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18:15 Newcastle
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- 9 Runners
- Distance: 1m 6y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £7,100 added
- Winner: £3,510
- 2nd: £1,648
- 3rd: £824
- 4th: £412
- Form 050-912
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey Phil Dennis
keen tracked leaders, ridden to lead entering final 2f, headed over 1f out, still every chance entering final furlong, kept on same pace
End Zone
105- Form 821367-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer R Fell & S Murray
- Jockey B A Curtis
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 44-174
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey Jason Watson
raced wide close up, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
- Form 3630-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer K Dalgleish
- Jockey Callum Rodriguez
dwelt in rear, never on terms
- Form 591537-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer N Tinkler
- Jockey Sophie Clements
in touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out
- Form 1730-76
- Age 6
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer M Appleby
- Jockey Alistair Rawlinson
keen soon led, ridden and headed entering final 2f, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 551434
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer A Brittain
- Jockey Mark Winn
slow into stride, towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, not reach leaders
- Form 5/516-21
- Age 4
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer Grant Tuer
- Jockey Oliver Stammers
in touch, headway on inner entering final 2f, ridden to lead inside final furlong, all out
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
War Defender won over track and trip before going close again here with Abnaa back in fourth. The consistent Coase will likely be in the mix once again but CATHAYENSIS has returned to action in fine form and went finished runner-up over course and distance before winning over 7f here a fortnight ago. There looks more to come from Grant Tuer’s charge though Dance At Night needs to improve on his form in handicaps so far if he’s to figure.
Formwatch
War Defender 3-1 (9-7) Edged right start, chased leader, led over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 5, hd behind Millionaire Waltz (9-6) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Mar.
End Zone 6-1 (9-9) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 11, 8 1/4l behind Star Shield (9-12) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Dance At Night 16-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 5 1/4l behind Love Your Work (8-13) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Coase 16-5 (8-8) Held up in 5th, good headway out wide 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed and outpaced final 100 yards, 2nd of 6, 3/4l behind Imperial Command (9-7) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Alpine Sierra (IRE) 20-1 (9-12) Held up towards rear, ran freely, improved to track leaders before halfway, 3rd halfway, ridden and no impression in 4th 2f out, soon weakened, 11th of 14, 11 3/4l behind Kaaranah (9-0) at Galway 1m hcp gd in Jul.
Whatwouldyouknow (IRE) 8-1 (9-10) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, no headway and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 10, 5l behind Midnite Bride (9-11) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Motawaafeq (FR) 15-2 (9-2) Raced keenly, led until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 4 1/4l behind Lafan (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Abnaa 11-4 (9-2) Held up in rear, headway 4f out, ridden over 2f out, one pace and lost 3rd over 1f out, 4th of 5, 3 3/4l behind Millionaire Waltz (9-6) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Cathayensis (IRE) 9-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, towards rear, headway over 1f out, ran on well, led towards finish, won at Newcastle 7f hcp (6) pol in Mar beating Clear Angel (9-4) by nk, 12 ran.