18:15 Newcastle

Tuesday 15 March 2022

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Off time: 18:16 | Winning time: 1m 40.06s

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(5)

War Defender^t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Phil Dennis| T: T D Easterby| OR: 75| CD

7/2

C&D winner in January. 3/1, good second of 5 in handicap, again over this C&D, 14 days ago. Clearly in good nick and still on a workable mark, so he has to enter calculations.

Form: 050-912

(9)

End Zone¹⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: B A Curtis| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 75

17/2

Latest win at Wolverhampton in November. Seventh of 11 in handicap at this C&D (6/1), doing too much too soon. Off 105 days and a few of these appeal as more likely winners.

Form: 821367-

(4)

Dance At Night¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Jason Watson| T: A M Balding| OR: 74

15/2

Lightly-raced winner. Successful at Kempton in January. 16/1, respectable fourth of 11 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 12 days ago. More needed if he's to play a leading role in this contest.

Form: 44-174

(2)

Coase^h¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: F Norton| T: M Wigham| OR: 74| D

10/3

Latest win at Chelmsford City in February. 16/5, creditable second of 6 in handicap at this C&D 19 days ago. Up another 2 lb, but he's hard to knock and should be in the thick of things once more.

Form: 413122

(3)

Alpine Sierra²²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 74

6/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Visored for 1st time, eleventh of 14 in handicap (20/1) at Galway (8.3f, good to firm), making effort earlier than ideal. First run for yard after leaving D. K. Weld.

Form: 3630-

(1)

Whatwouldyouknow¹⁴⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Sophie Clements⁽⁷⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 73

50/1

Three wins from 13 runs last year. Seventh of 10 in handicap (8/1) at this C&D. Off 144 days and while he would be in with a shout if he were to put his best foot forward, others make more appeal.

Form: 591537-

(6)

Motawaafeq^p⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 72| D

25/1

Three wins from 15 runs last year, the latest at Kempton in September. 15/2, sixth of 7 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 45 days ago, reportedly bled. Looks vulnerable.

Form: 1730-76

(7)

Abnaa^b¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Mark Winn⁽⁷⁾| T: A Brittain| OR: 68| CD

9/1

C&D winner in February. 11/4, fourth of 5 in handicap at this C&D off this career-high mark 14 days ago and while rider's claim will be a help in that regard, he's likely to find one or two too good.

Form: 551434

(8)

Cathayensis¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Oliver Stammers⁽³⁾| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 64| C

9/2

One win from 3 runs last year. 9/1, career best when winning 12-runner handicap at this course (7.1f) 14 days ago. Up just 2 lb and also upped in class, but she's a player all the same.

Form: 5/516-21

Forecasts

Coase (10/3), War Defender (7/2), Cathayensis (9/2), Alpine Sierra (6/1), Dance At Night (15/2), End Zone (17/2), Abnaa (9/1), Motawaafeq (25/1), Whatwouldyouknow (50/1)

The trio with the most appealing claims are COASE, War Defender and Cathayensis. Preference is for the first-named, who is holding his form admirably well and proved that he's just as effective on this surface when going close over C&D last time. Though Cathayensis has more on her plate than when scoring here a fortnight ago, she is strongly respected, but War Defender is second choice.