17:15 Newcastle

Friday 8 December 2023

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Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 17:17 | Winning time: 1m 27.72s

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(8)

Power of Darkness^p¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: Mikkel Mortensen⁽⁷⁾| T: C Fellowes| OR: 75| D

4/1

Latest win at Salisbury in September. Respectable sixth of 11 in handicap (5/1) at Southwell (8.1f) 14 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 012326

(4)

Alethiometer⁹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: J P Sullivan| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 75| D

25/1

Latest win at Ayr in June. 11/2, good second of 7 in handicap at Thirsk (7f, good to soft) 90 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. First run for yard after leaving Michael Dods. In the mix.

Form: 156372

(5)

Magical Max^t²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Elle-May Croot⁽⁷⁾| T: I Furtado| OR: 75| D

14/1

Latest win at Newmarket in June. Good second of 12 in handicap at this C&D (28/1) 27 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 810602

(1)

Jahidin²¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: C Lee| T: K R Burke| OR: 75| CD

18/1

Lightly-raced winner. C&D winner. 66/1, only fifth of 8 in handicap at Newmarket (7f, heavy). Off 7 months with more needed.

Form: 6-1245

(7)

Star Zinc²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: P J McDonald| T: R Menzies| OR: 73| CD

10/3

C&D winner. Latest win here in November. 12/1, respectable sixth of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 24 days ago, running on. Needs considering.

Form: 083016

(6)

Charencey²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: P Mathers| T: Ian Williams| OR: 72| C

7/2

Lightly-raced winner. Career best when winning 11-runner handicap at this course (6f, 9/2) 23 days ago. Getting better with each recent run so he's a player.

Form: 73421

(2)

Shaw Park¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: D Swift| T: S Dixon| OR: 72

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Seventh of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 20/1) 16 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 22507

(3)

Leap Day²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Phil Dennis| T: T D Easterby| OR: 72

33/1

11/2, below form fourth of 8 in minor event at this course (6f) 24 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 336254

(11)

Irish Flame^p³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: D Nolan| T: M Dods| OR: 71| C

5/1

Course winner. Good fourth of 11 in handicap (9/2) at this course (8f) 35 days ago. Expected to be bang there off an unchanged mark.

Form: 862534

(9)

No Saint⁵⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Joanna Mason| T: S England| OR: 70| D

40/1

Visored for 1st time, good fourth of 13 in handicap (20/1) at Leicester (7f, good) 59 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Michael Bell and not taken lightly.

Form: 418974

(10)

Mark's Choice¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: William Pyle⁽⁵⁾| T: G Tutty| OR: 69

15/2

Thirteen runs since last win in 2022. Creditable third of 11 in handicap (17/2) at Southwell (7.1f) 14 days ago. Others still more persuasive.

Form: 085423

(12)

Sibyl Charm²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 69

16/1

Respectable fourth of 10 in handicap at this course (6f, 20/1) 28 days ago, would have benefited from stronger handling. Can give a good account.

Form: 733064

Forecasts

Star Zinc (10/3), Charencey (7/2), Power of Darkness (4/1), Irish Flame (5/1), Mark's Choice (15/2), Magical Max (14/1), Sibyl Charm (16/1), Jahidin (18/1), Alethiometer (25/1), Leap Day (33/1), No Saint (40/1), Shaw Park (66/1)

A few with chances but IRISH FLAME can boast a course win and arrives on the back of a good fourth here last time out so gets the nod off the same mark. Fellow course scorer Charencey arrives on the up and is next on the list, with No Saint not taken lightly either now starting out with Sam England.