Racecards
16:30 Newcastle
32Red Casino Handicap (Class 2)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £23,500 added
- Winner: £15,202
- 2nd: £4,524
- 3rd: £2,261
- 4th: £1,130
- Form 0432-31
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 99
held up, pushed along halfway, ridden and headway over 1f out, effort inside final furlong, unable to quicken towards finish
- Form 2721-31
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer T D Barron
- Jockey A Mullen
led 2f, prominent, ridden 2f out, stayed on one pace final furlong
- Form 12935-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 94
- Trainer M Botti
- Jockey Daniel Muscutt
tracked leaders, headway and every chance over 1f out, ridden to join leader inside final furlong, ran on to lead near finish
- Form 402119-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 91
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey Oisin Murphy
dwelt, in touch in rear, pushed along halfway, not trouble leaders
- Form 5-14568
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey S De Sousa
tracked leaders, headway to lead 2f out, driven and joined inside final furlong, headed near finish
- Form 62-1
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer T D Barron
- Jockey B A Curtis
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, faded inside final furlong
- Form 5421-V3
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer E A L Dunlop
- Jockey Josephine Gordon
keen, prominent, led after 2f, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 519-2
- Age 3
- Weight 8-2
- Official Rating 80
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out
In depth
Verdict
It should pay to stick with GLORIOUS POLITICS in this. David Barron’s colt landed the odds in a maiden over track and trip with the minimum of fuss and is clearly on the up. He’ll need to improve past stablemate Wick Powell in this given the latter beat both Hemingway and Zamjar when scoring here recently while Tomily will be no pushover having won a conditions race at Lingfield last month. Unabated and Leontes showed plenty of ability last year and both return to action today.
Formwatch
Tomily (IRE) 5-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, led narrowly just over 1f out, ran on well, won at Lingfield 6f stks (3) pol in Feb beating Sutter County (9-0) by 1/2l, 5 ran.
Wick Powell 5-1 (9-7) Made all, ridden inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Newcastle 6f hcp (4) pol in Mar beating Hemingway (9-2) by 3 3/4l, 10 ran.
Unabated (IRE) 12-1 (9-1) Led, ridden and headed inside final 2f, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 6 1/2l behind Harry Angel (9-1) at Newbury 6f Grp 2 stks (1) gs in Sep.
Leontes 16-1 (8-9) Tracked leaders, effort and every chance inside final 2f, soon ridden and one pace, lost place inside final furlong, 9th of 19, 7 3/4l behind Mubtasim (8-9) at Doncaster 6f stks (2) gd in Sep.
Letmestopyouthere (IRE) 33-1 (9-10) Raced wide in rear, effort over 1f out, not trouble leaders, 8th of 11, 5 1/4l behind Gilgamesh (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Glorious Politics 2-9fav (9-5) Tracked leader, led over 1f out, pushed clear, comfortable, won at Newcastle 6f mdn stks (4) pol in Jan beating Life Won't Wait (9-5) by 3 3/4l, 6 ran.
Zamjar 9-2jfav (9-4) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong to take 3rd place towards finish, 3rd of 10, 4 1/4l behind Wick Powell (9-7) at Newcastle 6f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Hemingway (IRE) 6-1 (9-2) Tracked winner until ridden inside final furlong, kept on to regain 2nd place near finish, no impression, 2nd of 10, 3 3/4l behind Wick Powell (9-7) at Newcastle 6f hcp (4) pol in Mar.