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17:00 Newcastle

MansionBet Beaten By A Head Handicap (Class 3)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 5y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £12,000 added
  • Winner: £6,480
  • 2nd: £3,042
  • 3rd: £1,522
  • 4th: £761
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 45.03s
  • Off Time: 17:02:16
  • 5 Ran
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Silk -

Star Shield

3/1

    2
    Silk -

    Imperial Command (IRE)

    6/4

      1(4)
      Silk - Royal blue, white braces, white sleeves, royal blue stars, royal blue cap, white star

      Imperial Command (IRE)

      18 CDCD
      6/4
      • Form 196824-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 88

      raced keenly tracking leader, led 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, outpaced inside final furlong, rallied into 2nd again towards finish, no chance with winner

      2(1)
      Silk - Dark green, white triple diamond and diamond on cap

      Darwell Lion (IRE)

      13 BF
      10/3
      • Form 1/7913-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 86

      steadied and went left start, held up in rear, good headway out wide edging left 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra and lost 2nd towards finish

      3(5)
      Silk - LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets

      Star Shield

      14 p DCD
      3/1
      • Form 934412-
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 83

      held up in last pair on rail, eased out over 2f out, smooth headway and quickened between horses over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on well, eased towards finish

      4(2)
      Silk - Light Blue, Orange epaulets, orange cap

      Lightening Company (IRE)

      70
      12/1
      • Form 122
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 81

      raced keenly, chasing leaders out wide, dropped to last 2f out, plugged on again into modest 4th towards finish

      5(3)
      Silk - Black, yellow and black halved sleeves, yellow cap, black star

      Alyara

      15
      13/2
      • Form 741283-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-2
      • Official Rating 69

      led on near side rail at steady pace, quickened 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, lost 2nd soon after, weakened over 1f out

      In depth

      Verdict

      Darwell Lion came up short when failing to land the odds at Wolverhampton and Danny Tudhope switches back to stablemate STAR SHIELD (NAP). The latter scored over track and trip before beaten a neck back here by the progressive Masked Identity so David O’Meara’s charge gets another chance. Lightening Company never troubled the winner when second of five runners here in October though may improve now handicapping while Imperial Command has a shout on an earlier second at the track and has stronger form than Alyara.

      Formwatch

      Imperial Command (IRE) 5-2 (9-8) Tracked leading pair, pushed along over 2f out, no headway over 1f out, lost 3rd towards finish, 4th of 5, 3 1/4l behind Animal Instinct (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp (3) pol in Dec.

      Darwell Lion (IRE) 5-6fav (9-12) Led, ridden and headed entering final furlong, no extra and lost 2nd close home, 3rd of 4, 1 1/4l behind Lequinto (9-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Dec.

      Star Shield 11-4 (9-7) Disputed lead at steady pace, quickened tempo over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed 1f out, rallied well inside final furlong, always held by winner, 2nd of 4, nk behind Masked Identity (9-10) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Dec.

      Lightening Company (IRE) 16-5 (9-9) Mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, minor headway over 1f out, kept on final furlong, no match for winner, 2nd of 5, 4 3/4l behind Global Walk (9-5) at Newcastle 1m stks (5) pol in Oct.

      Alyara 11-2 (9-1) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed and edged right inside final furlong, held towards finish, 3rd of 6, 1/2l behind Hector's Here (9-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Dec.