16:25 Newcastle

Thursday 17 January 2019

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sunracing.co.uk Handicap

Off time: 16:29 | Winning time: 1m 42.2s

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(8)

Effernock Fizz²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: L Morris| T: Miss K Brown| OR: 50

16/1

Irish raider unplaced in nine career starts. Hurdles latest saw her tailed off and made little impression on the level earlier but at this paltry level she ought to fare better.

Form: 094000

(6)

Little Choosey^b,t²⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 9-12| J: R Winston| T: S R Bowring| OR: 50| CD

10/1

C&D winner three starts back registered lesser efforts twice since at Southwell but fibresand not as suitable as this tapeta surface so better effort fully expected here and only 1lb higher than aforementioned win.

Form: 07/5100-

(11)

Irish Times²⁰³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: R Havlin| T: H Spiller| OR: 50

16/1

Fourth of 11 on handicap debut at Lingfield over 1m offered promise of better to come but well beaten next and subsequent absence suggests something went amiss. Scope for improvement here so fitness will be key.

Form: 9/9440-

(10)

Miss Bates³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: J Fanning| T: Mrs A Duffield| OR: 50

6/1

Maiden of 18 starts went oh so close to ending that streak here three starts back when beaten a nose over C&D. Close fourth again latest over 7f at Chelmsford offered more persuasion that a win is just round the corner.

Form: 840284-

(12)

Ruled By The Moon¹⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Joey Haynes| T: I Furtado| OR: 49

14/1

Maiden of seven starts seems to have his problems based on absences between all of last four runs and again had a break coming into this. Risky proposition overall.

Form: 877/766-

(9)

Cold Fire¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Robbie Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: R Brisland| OR: 49

12/1

Debut fourth in 2017 remains a career best effort. Recent effort at Southwell can be excused as it came after a break so fare better here if handling this new surface.

Form: 49/57-0

(14)

Wide Acclaim^p1,t¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: R Menzies| OR: 48

25/1

Not better than eight in five starts for this yard and recent evidence offers little hope of changing that. Tongue-tie and cheekpieces added but need to make drastic difference.

Form: 59800-0

(3)

Harbour Patrol^b¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Phil Dennis⁽³⁾| T: Rebecca Bastiman| OR: 47

12/1

Four-time winner has raced five times over 1m in his career and looked a non-stayer in all of them. Never nearer sixth at Wolverhampton over 7f prompted another try but has to be considered a risky proposition.

Form: 74726-6

(7)

Song Of Summer²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Paula Muir⁽⁵⁾| T: I Jardine| OR: 46

16/1

Only placed twice in 12 2018 races and latest was a third beaten 12L at Southwell. Well beaten again since at same venue so again can easily be dismissed.

Form: 545530-

(5)

Taceec¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: C J McGovern⁽³⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 46

2/1

Built on promise of fourth over 1m1½f to score over 7f latest (both at Wolverhampton). This 1m trip likely to prove ideal and this lightly raced sort makes plenty of appeal in such a weak contest.

Form: 909-41

(13)

Our Manekineko^b,t²⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: G Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: S Hanlon| OR: 45| D

8/1

Six-time Dundalk winner ran best race for some time latest when a close fourth at Southwell. Similar sort of claims here and certainly one of the more likely sorts overall.

Form: 706004-

(2)

Moonbi Creek⁶

Age: 12| Weight: 9-7| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 45

20/1

Only two career wins came in 2012 and 2015. Never made the frame in 2018 and despite now tumbling handicap he's easily dismissed.

Form: 55975-0

(1)

Foxrush Take Time^e/s⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: F Norton| T: R C Guest| OR: 45

7/1

25-race maiden placed the last twice but record at this course less compelling with all six previous races unplaced. In better form than most however so place claims today.

Form: 97692-3

(4)

Shandon^t1⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Liam Jones| T: L Egerton| OR: 45

66/1

Beaten in excess of 11L in all four flat races when trained by John Joseph Murphy and tailed off in two recent hurdle starts. Can only really be watched here.

Form: 0000/

Forecasts

Taceec (2/1), Miss Bates (6/1), Foxrush Take Time (7/1), Our Manekineko (8/1), Little Choosey (10/1), Harbour Patrol (12/1), Cold Fire (12/1), Ruled By The Moon (14/1), Irish Times (16/1), Song Of Summer (16/1), Effernock Fizz (16/1), Moonbi Creek (20/1), Wide Acclaim (25/1), Shandon (66/1)

This looks an excellent chance for recent Wolverhampton winner TACEEC to follow up and this lightly-raced four-year-old is a confident selection. Miss Bates has been knocking at the door lately off this mark and looks the obvious danger while Our Manekineko is another expected to go well in handling Tapeta as well as he does other AW surfaces.