20:05 Newcastle

Friday 4 May 2018

All17:1017:4518:2018:5519:3020:0520:40

Foundation Of Light Handicap

Off time: 20:06 | Winning time: 1m 17.33s

Settings

Selected odds by:

(9)

Circuit Judge²⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: T Eaves| T: M Herrington| OR: 70

25/1

Some promise in trio of maidens last term, including over 1m on Kempton's AW final start, doesn't appear to be getting into handicaps off a lenient mark however.

Form: 565-

(1)

Aguerooo^p⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: D Allan| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 70| D

14/1

All career wins have come on artificial surfaces, but losing run now at 22 and dates back to 2016. Needs to bounce back to get in the mix.

Form: 706-030

(2)

Katheefa¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: J Garritty| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 70

16/1

Ex-Charles Hills inmate, has shaped with some promise on occasion for new handler, though not finding as much as hoped when required. Not discounted back on the AW.

Form: 419-650

(11)

Kingofmerrows⁸⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Gemma Tutty⁽⁵⁾| T: K Tutty| OR: 68

20/1

A 12-race maiden with a tendency to hang under pressure. Shaped better in 7f Wolverhampton seller last time in February and starts out for new yard here.

Form: 223-495

(7)

Cliff¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: Faye McManoman⁽⁷⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 68| D

20/1

Tends to run well around here over 6f/7f, well off the pace on return at Thirsk (6f, soft) last month however and plenty to do off current rating.

Form: 62635-8

(4)

Tigerwolf⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: E J Walsh⁽³⁾| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 68| BF| D

4/1

In excellent tune right now, recording second win in three starts when taking 6f Wolverhampton apprentice contest six days ago. Has to figure here with mark unchanged and officially 4lb well-in.

Form: 6-37121

(13)

Meshardal^p¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 67| D

12/1

Has been around the block a few times and has 10 wins on his CV. Well beaten over C&D on reappearance in March and in two runs since. 8lb lower back here as a result.

Form: 888-797

(10)

Duke Cosimo¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: P J McDonald| T: M Herrington| OR: 67| CD

6/1

C&D winner in January and holding form on AW since, didn't seem to relish soft ground at Ripon recently but only 1lb above winning mark now back on this surface.

Form: 712530

(3)

Independence Day⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Joey Haynes| T: S Donohoe| OR: 67

9/4

Winning favourite on seasonal return at Chelmsford over this trip, doing things with minimum of fuss. First run on Tapeta and this is a good bit tougher seemingly.

Form: 30000-1

(6)

Insurplus³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: D Tudhope| T: J S Goldie| OR: 66| BF| C

15/2

Winner over 7f here in November, not really threatened in two starts since return (both here over 7f) but down in trip now and mark slipping back to a workable level.

Form: 5331-45

(12)

Epeius¹⁷⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: G Lee| T: B Haslam| OR: 63| CD

16/1

Gained his only career win (from 17) over this C&D back in March 2017, rated just 1lb higher for this contest on return from a break and that previous score did come when fresh.

Form: 593376-

(5)

Robben Rainbow⁵⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: B A Curtis| T: T D Barron| OR: 63| D

20/1

Promising start to AW career at Wolverhampton (7f) in February, made favourite next time at Kempton over this trip and failed to beat a rival home. Improvement needed.

Form: 0066-40

Non-Runners

(8)

Bouclier⁴¹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 8

T: J W Unett J: Non Runner

(14)

Poppy In The Wind⁶⁰

Weight: 9-6| Age: 6

T: A D Brown J: A Mullen

Forecasts

Independence Day (9/4), Tigerwolf (4/1), Duke Cosimo (6/1), Insurplus (15/2), Meshardal (12/1), Poppy In The Wind (12/1), Aguerooo (14/1), Katheefa (16/1), Epeius (16/1), Kingofmerrows (20/1), Robben Rainbow (20/1), Cliff (20/1), Circuit Judge (25/1), Bouclier (25/1)

January C&D winner DUKE COSIMO has held his form on the AW since and is best forgiven his recent soft-ground turf run at Ripon. Back here, and just 1lb above that winning mark, he can give a good account. Tigerwolf is in excellent form and should mount a bold bid as he goes unpenalised for last week's Wolverhampton score in apprentice class while Independence Day had plenty in hand at Chelmsford in March, though this is tougher. The retuning Epeius is worth a market check, given he's won over C&D before and is on a good mark.