Racecards
16:00 Newcastle
Parklands Golfcourse Handicap (Class D) (Class D)
- 16 Runners
- Distance: 1m 3y
- Going: Str Crse Good,G/F plcs Rnd Crse Good,G/S plcs
- Form 0F0-200
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer Miss V Haigh
- Jockey L Enstone
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
- Form 4503-04
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer R Whitaker
- Jockey Dean McKeown
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on under pressure 2f out, not reach leaders
Ajeel (IRE)
45- Form 06-2
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer J L Dunlop
- Jockey Willie Supple
held up towards rear, pushed along halfway, headway under pressure 2f out, led well over 1f out, effort left inside final furlong, ridden out
- Form 050-530
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
mid-division, ridden halfway, headway over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
- Form 63000-0
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer Don Enrico Incisa
- Jockey Kim Tinkler
chased leaders to halfway, ridden and weakened over 2f out
- Form 600-13
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer T D Barron
- Jockey D Mernagh
slowly into stride, soon in touch, ridden and effort over 2f out, one pace final furlong
- Form 000-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
held up in rear, pushed along halfway, kept on same pace final 2f
Missing
23- Form 56-4
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey R Winston
raced alone stand side, slowly into stride, ridden over 3f out, no impression
Oldenway
14- Form 03505-2
- Age 3
- Weight 8-5
- Trainer R A Fahey
- Jockey Tony Culhane
tracked leader, ridden to lead briefly over 2f out, held when not much room inside final furlong
- Form 00-3
- Age 3
- Weight 8-5
- Trainer I Semple
- Jockey G Duffield
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened from halfway
Magic Lodge
39- Form 6060-0
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
- Trainer J Weymes
- Jockey Dale Gibson
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten
- Form 006-10
- Age 3
- Weight 8-2
- Trainer M L W Bell
- Jockey J Mackay
in touch, pushed along halfway, weakened over 2f out
Persian Fact
128- Form 035500-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-2
- Trainer K R Burke
- Jockey K Dalgleish
in touch, hampered and lost place after 5f, soon ridden and beaten
Double Em
16- Form 00300-0
- Age 3
- Weight 7-10
- Trainer C W Fairhurst
- Jockey J Bramhill
always behind
- Form 300532
- Age 3
- Weight 7-10
- Trainer A Reid
- Jockey S Hitchcott
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, no extra final furlong
Nifty Dan
294- Form 060-
- Age 3
- Weight 7-10
- Trainer E J Alston
- Jockey R Brisland
tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden and weakened over 3f out
In depth
Verdict
A low grade handicap albeit a keenly contested one can go to Ajeel. John Dunlop's charge shaped with ability on both starts as a juvenile and may have been unsuited by a combination of a slow pace and testing ground when a beaten favourite on his comeback. The assessor has not been harsh and it would be surprising if the son of Green Desert was unable to make an impact at this level.Tim Easterby's Missing is another capable of better on his handicap debut while Mr Lear hacked up in a poor event at Southwell in February but had his limitations exposed later in the month and has not been seen since. Oldenway,runner-up on his return in a modest contest at Pontefract, may pose a bigger threat.