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17:30 Newcastle

Arc Weekend On Sky Sports Racing Handicap (Class 5)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 56y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £7,100 added
  • Winner: £3,716
  • 2nd: £1,744
  • 3rd: £871
  • 4th: £436
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 52.26s
  • Off Time: 17:30:37
  • 5 Ran
1(4)
Silk - Pink, Dark Blue stars and armlets
8/1
  • Form 341-854
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-5
  • Official Rating 73

in touch, smooth headway to lead over 2f out, soon ridden, ran on well inside final furlong, headed close home

2(2)
Silk - Black, Red stripe, Red cap, Black star

Gastronomy

38 C
5/1
  • Form 035162
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-1
  • Official Rating 69

raced keenly, in touch, ridden and headway when hung left over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong

3(3)
Silk - Black, white triple diamond, white and black striped sleeves, black cap, white diamond
  • Form 463174
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 68

took keen hold, tracked leader, led after 8f, ridden over 3f out, headed over 2f out, rallied and stayed on same pace

4(1)
Silk - White, emerald green triple diamond and armlets, emerald green cap, white star
  • Form 90554
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 64

led at steady pace, headed after 8f, soon prominent, pushed along over 3f out, soon weakened

5(5)
Silk - Pink and dark blue diamonds, white cap
  • Form 894732
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 63

waited with in last, ridden and good headway into contention over 2f out, kept on strongly inside final furlong, led close home

In depth

Formwatch

Arcon (GER) 14-1 (10-0) Tracked leaders on inside, ridden 2f out, held from over 1f out, kept on, 4th of 10, 2l behind Papagei (9-8) at Haydock 1m 4f hcp (5) gs in Sep.

Gastronomy 10-3 (9-3) Awkward start, towards rear, closer over 4f out, pushed along and went 3rd well over 2f out, ridden well over 1f out, chased winner 1f out, ran on, always well held, 2nd of 6, 3 1/4l behind Knights Affair (9-7) at Redcar 1m 6f hcp (5) gf in Aug.

Pons Aelius (IRE) 12-1 (10-1) Mid-division, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, late headway final 100 yards, 4th of 11, 5 1/2l behind Judgementofsolomon (9-7) at Pontefract 2m 1f hcp (5) gf in Sep.

Sydney Seabreeze (FR) 18-1 (9-5) Held up in midfield, ridden over 4f out, headway 3f out, outpaced over 1f out, plugged on one pace final 110yds, went fourth final stride, 4th of 10, 1 1/2l behind Wannabe Brave (10-2) at Lingfield 2m hcp (6) pol in Sep.

Unique Spirit (IRE) 11-4 (9-6) Held up in behind leaders, dropped to midfield over 10f out, pushed along over 2f out, edged left 2f out, switched left over 1f out, went second inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Different Drum (8-12) at Newcastle 2m hcp (6) pol in Sep.