19:50 Newcastle

Friday 31 March 2023

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Spreadex Sports Get 40 In Bonuses Handicap

Off time: 19:51 | Winning time: 1m 26.65s

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(11)

Global Spirit¹⁶⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-10| J: Jonny Peate⁽⁵⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 76| D

40/1

Sixteenth of 20 in handicap (50/1) at Doncaster (7f, heavy). Off 160 days.

Form: 103070-

(7)

Anif²⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 9-9| J: T Eaves| T: M Herrington| OR: 75| CD

15/2

5-time course winner. Won 7-runner handicap (15/2) at this C&D 28 days ago by short head from Satin Snake, slowly away. Respected.

Form: 334351

(3)

Streak Lightning¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 75| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Five wins from 19 Flat runs. One win from 2 runs last year. Good second of 14 in handicap (20/1) at this course (6f) 17 days ago, finishing well. Likely to continue in form.

Form: 0/17-262

(4)

Satin Snake^b²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Ryan Sexton⁽³⁾| T: A Keatley| OR: 74| D

13/2

Latest win at Kempton in February. Sixth of 8 in handicap at Kempton (6f, 4/1) 21 days ago, left poorly placed.

Form: 216126

(1)

Lord Abama⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Connor Beasley| T: M Dods| OR: 71

3/1

First run since leaving M. Halford when creditable second of 8 in minor event at this course (6f, 7/2) 7 days ago, running on late. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 54333-2

(9)

Danielsflyer²²

Age: 9| Weight: 9-4| J: Sean Kirrane⁽³⁾| T: D Thompson| OR: 70| CD

11/1

Won 10-runner handicap at this course (8f, 25/1) 22 days ago, driven out. Unpredictable last year so remains to be seen if able to back that up.

Form: 09480-1

(10)

Viva Voce¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Gianluca Sanna⁽⁷⁾| T: T D Barron| OR: 67| CD

8/1

C&D winner. 8/1, career best when winning 8-runner handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 17 days ago, helped by being held up in strongly-run race.

Form: 34149-1

(2)

Merricourt¹⁷²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: P Mulrennan| T: I Jardine| OR: 67| D

33/1

Bit below form sixth of 12 in handicap (20/1) at Musselburgh (7.2f, soft). Off 172 days. Others more persuasive.

Form: 823456-

(6)

Novak²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 66| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2022. 11/2, good second of 10 in handicap at this C&D 29 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 23-2942

(8)

Custard The Dragon^v¹⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 8-12| J: G Lee| T: J Mackie| OR: 64| CD

66/1

C&D winner. Last of 9 in handicap at Southwell (7.1f, 18/1) 15 days ago.

Form: 269-909

(5)

Papa Cocktail⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Callum Shepherd| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 64| D

6/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2021. 33/1, big eye-catcher when third of 14 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f) 49 days ago, nearest finish. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 05000-3

Forecasts

Lord Abama (3/1), Streak Lightning (6/1), Novak (6/1), Papa Cocktail (6/1), Satin Snake (13/2), Anif (15/2), Viva Voce (8/1), Danielsflyer (11/1), Merricourt (33/1), Global Spirit (40/1), Custard The Dragon (66/1)

PAPA COCKTAIL was a big eye-catcher off his much-reduced mark when third at Southwell 7 weeks ago (ran on strongly from a poor position), so looks ready to strike. This does look competitive, though, with Streak Lightning and Novak heading the dangers.