16:20 Newcastle

Wednesday 20 February 2019

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(2)

Trevithick²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 0-0| J: G Lee| T: B Smart| OR: 87| CD

9/2

Rock-solid C&D performer (1,2,2,1,2); beaten a neck by the re-opposing Rey Loopy 29-days ago; also has C&D previous with My Target.

Form: 2728-12

(8)

Fayez^p¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 0-0| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 87| CD

13/2

Went down by ½L to Glory Of Paris in a tactical small-field affair over C&D on his penultimate start; probable trip excuses (1m2f) at Lingfield latest, but others are far more appealing.

Form: 4654-25

(4)

My Target²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 0-0| J: Cam Hardie| T: M Wigham| OR: 84| D

11/1

Lingfield specialist who is dropping in the weights after a couple of essentially modest efforts; 3lb lower than when beaten ½L by Trevithick over C&D in early January and needs to bounce back to that level of form in order to be considered.

Form: 885-259

(3)

Call Out Loud³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 0-0| J: J F Egan| T: M Appleby| OR: 82| BF

14/1

5-20 on the AW; prominent racer who was caught in the shadow of the post by Made Of Honour over 7f here on his penultimate start; not so effective just six days later (6/4f) and the suitability of this trip is questionable.

Form: 045-524

Confrontational²⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 0-0| J: Unknown| T: J Candlish| D

Form: 2157-11

(7)

Philamundo^b¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 0-0| J: A Kirby| T: R Spencer| OR: 82| D

10/3

6lb higher than when recording a second Chelmsford win (1m) in January (beat Zodiakos by almost 3L); very much on the premises dropped back in trip under a less experienced rider latest; couldn't be discounted on Newcastle debut.

Form: 36-1913

Contrast²⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 0-0| J: Nathan Evans| T: M & D Easterby

Form: 0667-68

(5)

Master Diver²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 0-0| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 81

9/2

Handicap debutante; improving with racing and ventured over to Dundalk in order to break the maiden tag (7f) 26-days ago; by Mastercraftsman so shouldn't be inconvenienced by stepping up in trip and visually is a fine looking specimen.

Form: 521

(1)

Rey Loopy¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 0-0| J: A Mullen| T: B Haslam| OR: 80| CD

2/1

Like so many of his stablemates has developed into a course specialist (his form figures since September read 2,7,5,2,1,2,1,2); kept on well to beat the re-opposing Trevithick by a neck on his penultimate start and bumped in a thriving rival latest.

Form: 52-1212

(6)

Testa Rossa^b¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 0-0| J: Phil Dennis⁽³⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 71| CD

12/1

Six-time C&D winner who hasn't quite proved to be the force of old this winter, albeit hasn't necessarily been that far off the mark either; falling in the weights but looks to be held by the likes of Rey Loopy and Trevithick.

Form: 2420-64

Enzemble¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 0-0| J: Unknown| T: J R Fanshawe| D

Form: 2306-53

Come On Tier¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 0-0| J: Unknown| T: D M Simcock| D

Form: 286-346

Forecasts

Rey Loopy (2/1), Philamundo (10/3), Master Diver (9/2), Trevithick (9/2), Fayez (13/2), My Target (11/1), Testa Rossa (12/1), Call Out Loud (14/1)

Given their fine respective runs of form in recent months it's difficult to split the C&D specialists Trevithick and Rey Loopy, whilst the Newcastle debutante Philamundo also merits consideration now stepping back up in trip with a more experienced rider in the saddle. However, there is an unexposed young pretender on the block and that is the fine-looking Mastercraftsman gelding MASTER DIVER. He demonstrated a stack of ability on his second start here (6f) in January, yet was far from the finished article. Progressing to break the maiden on Polytrack at Dundalk a mere eight-days later, an opening mark of 81 should prove to be well within his comfort zone.