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15:50 Newcastle
Register At Sportpool.co.uk Handicap (Class 5)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
- Surface: Turf
- £3,600 added
- Winner: £2,331
- 2nd: £694
- 3rd: £347
- 4th: £173
- Form 10-4124
- Age 5
- Weight 9-13
- Official Rating 74
held up and well behind, hanging left and right over 2f out, rapid headway and continually switched left and right entering final furlong, carried head high, finished strongly under hand riding, never able to challenge
- Form 232711
- Age 3
- Weight 9-13
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer D Nicholls
- Jockey Billy Cray
towards rear and off the pace, hung left over 2f out, headway over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, finished well, going on close home
- Form 943745
- Age 5
- Weight 9-12
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey P Makin
off the pace and always behind
- Form 0-71432
- Age 4
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer M G Quinlan
- Jockey William Carson
went right start, in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 873184
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer Miss Tracy Waggott
- Jockey A Mullen
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong
- Form 73-5670
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer R F Fisher
- Jockey T Eaves
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, led towards finish
- Form 696016
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer M Brittain
- Jockey S De Sousa
in touch, ridden along over 3f out, no impression final 2f
- Form 487478
- Age 6
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer R E Barr
- Jockey M Stainton
in touch, ridden and hung left over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 963676
- Age 8
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer J S Goldie
- Jockey Paul Norton
badly hampered start, well in rear, no chance after
- Form 149015
- Age 5
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer Mrs R Carr
- Jockey J P Sullivan
led on far rail, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened towards finish
- Form 88317
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey D Allan
went left start, held up in mid division, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not pace to reach leaders
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In depth
Verdict
ROSKO can get the better of Rasselas in landing this competitive handicap; Verluga and Seldom are likely dangers if bouncing back from below-par efforts. Brian Ellison's charge landed a competitive lady riders' contest at Ascot recently and while it's true that everything went his way - they went fast and he had the best rider in the race on board - we're hopeful he can repeat the dose in this lower-grade affair. Indeed the fact he drops two grades for us negates the 5lb rise and Dale Swift is a fine young rider, so with pace in the race courtesy of Dhhamaan and Casela Park a big run is likely. Of that pair the latter makes more appeal as a less exposed type who has the best of the draw, especially with connections making the journey from Ireland, but in all likelihood Rasselas is the biggest threat to our selection. The drop in trip is of no concern to Billy Cray's mount who landed a better race than this at Newcastle over a mile and a 4lb rise seems fair. Dashing Beauty can't be ruled out having found Lingfield's six furlongs an inadequate test recently, Whispered Times has work to do with Rasselas and looks in the handicapper's pocket while Baybshambles appears out of sorts. With that in mind Seldom and Verluga look the chief threats to our preferred pair; the latter lost his race at the start at Beverley and is now tried in blinkers while Seldom got no run last time and is best judged on previous efforts. This has the makings of a tight encounter, one taken to go to Rosko.
Formwatch
Casela Park (IRE) 10-1 (9-13) Chased leaders, 2nd halfway, ridden to lead briefly over 1 1/2f out, no extra in 2nd 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 17, 4l behind Gracchus (8-13) at Leopardstown 7f hcp 50-75 gd in Jul.