18:30 Newcastle

Thursday 28 December 2023

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Bet 10 Get 40 At BetMGM Nursery

Off time: 18:32 | Winning time: 1m 14.5s

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(10)

Professor Tickle^b¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-10| J: Laura Pearson| T: D Loughnane| OR: 71| D

13/2

Career best when winning 11-runner nursery (4/1) at Lingfield (6f, AW) 15 days ago, making all. Largely consistent since the headgear went on and he has to enter calculations again.

Form: 332261

(8)

Magic Fluke^t¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-10| J: Marco Ghiani| T: M Botti| OR: 71| CD

2/1

Showed improved form to make a winning nursery debut over C&D in November and improved again despite meeting with defeat when runner-up back here 12 days ago, headed late on. Should give another good account.

Form: 48912

(6)

King Street^b1⁴⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: C Lee| T: D Loughnane| OR: 70

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 33/1, seventh of 12 in maiden at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 44 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Makes handicap debut. Must improve.

Form: 747

(4)

Moyola^t¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Ryan Sexton⁽³⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 69| CD

16/1

Winner over C&D in October. Last of 12 in nursery back here (10/1) 12 days ago, weakening over 1f out. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 654410

(3)

Keen Interest^p1¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Jack Enright⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Haggas| OR: 69

8/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fourth of 9 in maiden (14/1) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 18 days ago. Switch to handicaps will help and not underestimated for top yard with cheekpieces enlisted.

Form: 864

(11)

Flying Fletcher¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: D Nolan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 68

6/1

Muhaarar colt. 33/1, good fifth of 10 in nursery at this course (7.1f) 19 days ago, unable to sustain effort having made a big move from right out the back. That was his first start for 9 weeks and he could be worth siding with to confirm the promise of that effort.

Form: 03965

(9)

Reprised¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: D Tudhope| T: K R Burke| OR: 68

17/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 8/1, respectable fourth of 8 in nursery at Southwell (5f) 13 days ago. Step up in trip worth exploring on balance and not discounted with her yard in good form.

Form: 5234

(7)

Ravensbourne²²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: P J McDonald| T: E Walker| OR: 68

10/1

Creditable seventh of 12 in nursery (12/1) at Lingfield (7f, AW) 22 days ago, possibly unsuited by the step up in trip. Return to sprinting rates a likely plus and she's been eased 2 lb ahead of this.

Form: 7437

(5)

Havana Smoke^p1⁴⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Kyle Strydom| T: Dylan Cunha| OR: 66| BF

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 7/2, not seen to best effect when eleventh of 12 in nursery at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 40 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time and unlikely we've seen the best of him yet.

Form: 7830

(2)

Love Yours¹²⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Rowan Scott| T: G Tutty| OR: 65

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Blinkered for 1st time, last of 7 in nursery at Leicester (6f, good to firm, 16/1) in August. Changed hands for 10,000 gns in October and present mark demands improvement.

Form: 67567

(1)

Hand Jive¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: J Mitchell| T: C Johnston| OR: 58

10/1

Below form seventh of 13 in nursery (10/3) at Kempton (7f) 15 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 745447

Forecasts

Magic Fluke (2/1), Flying Fletcher (6/1), Professor Tickle (13/2), Keen Interest (8/1), Reprised (17/2), Havana Smoke (9/1), Ravensbourne (10/1), Hand Jive (10/1), Moyola (16/1), King Street (33/1), Love Yours (150/1)

FLYING FLETCHER shaped better than the bare result when finishing midfield on nursery debut here 3 weeks ago, his effort flattening out having made a big mid-race move from the back. Returned to sprinting, he can confirm the promise of that run and strike. Lingfield scorer Professor Tickle and Magic Fluke head up the dangers, whilst it would come as no surprise to see Keen Interest take a step forward on his handicap debut.