17:15 Newcastle

Tuesday 22 January 2019

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Off time: 17:15 | Winning time: 1m 25.07s

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Straight Right^h¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: P J McDonald| T: A M Balding| OR: 107| BF| CD

9/4

C&D winner of a similar Class 2 handicap in February 2018 (off a 7lb lower mark); back from a break in the autumn to score at Chelmsford (7f) and set plenty to do when runner-up at Lingfield latest; 5-9 on AW.

Form: 4/6115-2

(2)

Lucymai²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: R Winston| T: D K Ivory| OR: 100| D

10/1

A winner off this mark at Chelmsford in August 2018 (7f) with that Essex venue the site of five of her seven AW wins (0-3 on Tapeta at Wolverhampton); stayed on to finish 1½L fourth to Island Of Life in a 7f FTQ latest.

Form: 70932-4

(4)

Battered⁴⁹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: R M Beckett| OR: 99| BF| D

9/1

Last gasp winner of a Class 2 7f handicap at Glorious Goodwood (soft) for William Haggas in August 2017; off the track since being sold for 200,000gns in October 2017 and relatively untested on the AW (0-1); in the same ownership as Straight Right.

Form: 135122/

(8)

Starlight Romance⁹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Barry McHugh| T: R A Fahey| OR: 91| D

28/1

Narrow winner of a valuable Class 3 7f handicap at York (good to firm) in June 2018, and broadly competitive on turf from her revised mark since; untested on the AW, arriving off the back of a 99-day absence; stablemate of Gallipoil.

Form: 172029-

(3)

Gallipoli⁹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-6| J: P Mathers| T: R A Fahey| OR: 90| D

13/2

Given a 96-day break since winning over 7f at Chelmsford in October (Cl4); raised 4lb since but has twice finished runner-up in Class 2 contests at Newcastle, including when beaten ½L by Straight Right (Feb 2018); stablemate of Starlight Romance.

Form: 308361-

(9)

Pinnata^t³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-6| J: J Fanning| T: S C Williams| OR: 90

2/1

Steps up in grade seeking the hat-trick following wins at Chelmsford (1m Cl4) and Kempton (1m Cl3); 8lb higher than for the latest of those successes (beat next time out winner Scofflaw by 5L); drop back to a stiff 7f unlikely to inconvenience.

Form: 340211-

(5)

Areen Heart^h¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-5| J: L Morris| T: D O'Meara| OR: 89| D

10/1

Reliable gelding who has finished runner-up in five of his six starts since November; now 1lb higher than when beaten by regular nemesis Keyser Soze at Lingfield 11-days ago; should run his race if proving equally effective at Newcastle (debut).

Form: 22225-2

(1)

Contrast¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-2| J: Nathan Evans| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 84| D

25/1

Left the care of Richard Hannon for 24,000gns in July 2018 and has struggled since joining Jacqueline Coward; with Mick Easterby now and continuing to fall in the weights (2lb out of the handicap); drop in trip a positive move.

Form: 70667-6

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(7)

Pure Shores¹⁷

Weight: 8-2| Age: 5

T: Ian Williams J: K T O'Neill

Forecasts

Pinnata (2/1), Straight Right (9/4), Gallipoli (13/2), Battered (9/1), Areen Heart (10/1), Lucymai (10/1), Pure Shores (12/1), Contrast (25/1), Starlight Romance (28/1)

Another ultra-competitive Class 2 handicap with the AW standing-dish Straight Right heading the weights off an official rating of 107. He continues to run well and was unlucky in defeat to Salateen at Lingfield latest (set far too much to do by his rider Rob Hornby). He has previous over this C&D with the selection GALLIPOLI - the pair split by just ½L in their Class 2 clash in February 2018. Gallipoli has been freshened up by a break since winning a lesser event at Chelmsford (Class 4) in October and much preferred to his stablemate Starlight Romance could be the type to go well at a decent price. Another worthy of consideration is the progressive Pinnata.