Racecards
18:30 Newcastle
Midnite Ain't Your Grandad's Bookie Handicap (Class 4)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £9,500 added
- Winner: £4,972
- 2nd: £2,333
- 3rd: £1,166
- 4th: £583
- Form 0/11-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-11
- Official Rating 87
slow into stride, midfield, shaken up and headway over 2f out, ridden and outpaced over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
- Form 5325/11-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer M Herrington
- Jockey Jason Hart
prominent, shaken up over 2f out, ridden and made brief headway over 1f out, no extra and faded inside final furlong
- Form 200675-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 81
wore hood to post, close up, pushed along to lead over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong
- Form 022350-
- Age 9
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer P T Midgley
- Jockey P Mulrennan
in touch, pushed along over 2f out, made no impression over 1f out, never dangerous
- Form 4612-15
- Age 6
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer M Dods
- Jockey Sean Kirrane
chased leaders, ridden along over 2f out, dropped to rear and outpaced over 1f out, rallied and kept on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge
- Form 242346-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 76
dwelt start, few lengths detached over 3f out, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, never on terms
- Form 505377-
- Age 10
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer J S Goldie
- Jockey Lauren Young
towards rear, ridden and went second over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, not pace of winner
- Form 10083-9
- Age 10
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer P T Midgley
- Jockey Barry McHugh
led, headed over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
In depth
Formwatch
Night Storm (IRE) 10-11fav (9-11) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, led close home, went clear near finish, won at Wolverhampton 5f stks (5) pol in Nov beating Leading Times (9-11) by 2l, 8 ran.
Buzz Box 2-1fav (9-9) Mid-division, driven over 1f out, kept on strongly to lead inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Newcastle 5f hcp (4) pol in Mar beating Monks Dream (9-8) by 1 1/4l, 8 ran.
Vantheman (IRE) 15-2 (8-12) Raced towards stands side, prominent, ridden over 1f out, edged right and held inside final furlong, kept on, 5th of 18, 1 1/2l behind Dan Tucker (9-3) at York 5f hcp (3) gd in Oct.
Ventura Express 16-1 (9-6) Towards rear, always behind, last of 10, 9 3/4l behind Copper Knight (8-13) at Redcar 5f hcp (4) gs in Oct.
King's Crown (IRE) 15-2 (9-3) In touch with leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and some headway over 1f out, no extra and faded inside final furlong, last of 5, 2 1/2l behind Heavenly Heather (9-9) at Newcastle 5f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Pop Star (IRE) 18-1 (9-9) Awkward start, towards rear, pushed along 2f out and improved, no extra inside last, 6th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Bright (9-7) at Newcastle 6f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Arnhem (IRE) 7-2 (9-9) Chased leaders, pushed along 2f out, gradually faded, 7th of 10, 6 1/2l behind Bright (9-7) at Newcastle 6f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Glory Fighter 16-1 (9-7) Held up in touch, shaken up over 2f out, soon beaten, 9th of 10, 7 1/4l behind Popular Dream (8-12) at Southwell 5f hcp (5) pol in Jan.