Racecards
19:20 Newcastle
Money Back At Cheltenham With Betway Handicap (Class 6)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £3,500 added
- Winner: £2,264
- 2nd: £674
- 3rd: £337
- 4th: £168
- Form 11432-2
- Age 5
- Weight 9-12
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer R C Guest
- Jockey Connor Beasley
held up mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
- Form 6630/
- Age 4
- Weight 9-12
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer Ollie Pears
- Jockey P Hanagan
behind, pushed along and outpaced halfway
- Form 280-093
- Age 4
- Weight 9-12
- Official Rating 65
led, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
- Form 8262-21
- Age 4
- Weight 9-11
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer E J Alston
- Jockey P Makin
held up mid-division, kept on same pace final furlong
- Form 382510-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer P T Midgley
- Jockey P Mulrennan
held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, one pace
- Form 4636-21
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer J & S Quinn
- Jockey Jason Hart
tracked leader, led over 1f out, kept on and headed towards finish
- Form 3-71642
- Age 7
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer Miss Tracy Waggott
- Jockey B A Curtis
held up towards finish, outpaced from halfway, headway over 1f out, kept on well to lead towards finish
- Form 850-006
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer K A Ryan
- Jockey Seamus Cronin
held up mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 853765
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer S Dixon
- Jockey Robbie Walsh
chased leaders in 3rd, ridden and kept on inside final furlong
In depth
Verdict
HORSFORTH finished just ahead of Entertaining Ben with Windforpower and Socialites Red further behind when going close over track and trip once again. A course and distance winner last year, she’s preferred to recent Wolverhampton maiden winner Poetic Queen, who is dropping back down in class today. Indian Pursuit won in this grade here last month and is only upped 4lb while Groundworker scored over course and distance in November, though remains 5lb higher.
Formwatch
Horsforth 11-4fav (9-2) In touch in rear, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead briefly inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 7, nk behind Ambitious Icarus (8-13) at Newcastle 5f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Tabikat Elle (IRE) 12-1 (9-1) Led until over 4f out, weakened over 2f out, 13th of 14, 11 1/4l behind Art Collection (9-7) at Windsor 6f (5) gd in Oct.
Entertaining Ben 11-1 (9-2) Led, ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 7, 3/4l behind Ambitious Icarus (8-13) at Newcastle 5f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Poetic Queen (IRE) 5-2 (9-8) Led 1f, settled 3rd, ridden and hung right from over 1f out, ran on under pressure to lead near finish, won at Wolverhampton 6f mdn stks (5) pol in Feb beating Trotter (8-12) by shd, 9 ran.
Groundworker (IRE) 9-4fav (9-6) Held up towards rear far side, short lived effort over 1f out, 10th of 12, 9 1/4l behind Poppy In The Wind (9-6) at Newcastle 5f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Indian Pursuit (IRE) 7-1 (9-5) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, soon led, held on near finish, won at Newcastle 5f hcp (6) pol in Feb beating Spiraea (9-11) by hd, 11 ran.
Windforpower (IRE) 15-2 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, kept on and just held, 2nd of 12, hd behind Sea Of Green (8-7) at Newcastle 5f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Jess 20-1 (8-3) Led 1f, remained close up, every chance over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, 6th of 7, 6 3/4l behind Ki Ki (8-6) at Newcastle 6f hcp fll (5) pol in Mar.
Socialites Red 14-1 (8-8) In touch, ridden 2f out, one pace final furlong, 5th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Ambitious Icarus (8-13) at Newcastle 5f hcp (5) pol in Mar.