Racecards
20:00 Newcastle
Newcastle International Airport Handicap (Class 3)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 7f 14y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £15,000 added
- Winner: £9,704
- 2nd: £2,888
- 3rd: £1,443
- 4th: £722
- Form 514600-
- Age 5
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 96
- Trainer K Dalgleish
- Jockey P Mulrennan
in touch in rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, edged right inside final furlong, ran on
- Form 61-7224
- Age 6
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer R A Fahey
- Jockey Sean Davis
went left start, led, ridden and headed over 1f out, held when short of room and hampered inside final furlong
- Form 002002-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey D Allan
tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 051730-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 89
hampered start took keen hold, pressed leader until 2f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 312-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 97
held up, switched left 3f out, headway to press winner approaching final furlong, unable to quicken inside final furlong
- Form 101-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer S bin Suroor
- Jockey P Cosgrave
close up, pushed along and headway 2f out, hung left and led over 1f out, ridden and ran on
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Gallipoli is usually thereabouts without being quite good enough though beat Hyperfocus when scoring at Chelmsford back in October. Hajjam is at home at this level though remains 5lb higher than when scoring at Ayr last autumn and Dubai Legacy steps up in trip for his handicap debut having won carrying a penalty over 6f at Epsom last summer. The Godolphin colt should figure but GLORIOUS LOVER also returns to action having found only one too good in a Listed race over today’s trip at Ascot in July and Ed Walker’s charge gets the vote having been gelded subsequently.
Formwatch
What's The Story 40-1 (9-1) Raced centre, mid-division, headway over 3f out, soon weakened, 26th of 33, 36 3/4l behind Wissahickon (9-5) at Newmarket 1m 1f hcp (2) gf in Sep.
Hajjam 20-1 (8-11) Went left start, held up, headway on far rail over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 10, 3 1/4l behind Mubtasim (9-7) at Newmarket 7f hcp (2) gf in Apr.
Gallipoli (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Held up rear of mid-division, ridden over 2f out, ran on final 100 yards, nearest finish, 4th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Goring (9-11) at Lingfield 7f hcp (2) pol in Apr.
Hyperfocus (IRE) 14-1 (9-10) Led early, chased leaders, led again over 1f out, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Gallipoli (9-9) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Citron Major 25-1 (9-0) In touch, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 11, 23 1/2l behind Blue Mist (9-0) at Ascot 1m stks (3) gd in Oct.
Glorious Lover (IRE) 10-1 (9-3) Held up in last pair, headway under pressure over 1f out, stayed on into 2nd final strides, never able to challenge, 2nd of 6, 2l behind Victory Command (9-3) at Ascot 7f lst stks (1) gf in Jul.
Dubai Legacy (USA) 4-7fav (9-9) Tracked leader, shaken up to lead over 1f out, kept on well, won at Epsom 6f stks (5) gf in Jul beating Napanook (9-2) by 1 1/2l, 5 ran.