15:10 Newcastle

Monday 1 January 2024

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Off time: 15:12 | Winning time: 2m 10.42s

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Sir Busker^v²³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-12| J: Callum Shepherd| T: W J Knight| OR: 103| C| D

9/1

Course winner. Very good 1¾ lengths second of 9 to To Catch A Thief in handicap (6/1) at this C&D 23 days ago. Ought to be in the shake-up.

Form: 907972-

(10)

West End Charmer⁵²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: Jason Hart| T: C Johnston| OR: 100| D

28/1

9/1, respectable ninth of 18 in handicap at Goodwood (9.9f, good to firm). Off 17 months. Makes tapeta debut and much respected.

Form: 332559/

(13)

Teumessias Fox⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Harry Davies| T: A M Balding| OR: 99| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Respectable fifth of 13 in handicap (4/1) at this course (12.4f) 51 days ago, slowly away. In the mix.

Form: 104455-

(11)

Storm Catcher¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: J Mitchell| T: S Pearce| OR: 94| CD

6/1

Four wins from 11 runs last year. Creditable 4 lengths second of 6 to Penzance in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f, 2/1) 18 days ago, no match for winner. Needs considering.

Form: 310412-

(5)

Beraz⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Ryan Sexton⁽³⁾| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 91| D

7/1

Two wins from 5 runs last year. Latest win at Leicester in October. 12/1, creditable third of 13 in handicap at this course (12.4f) 51 days ago, left poorly placed. Enters calculations.

Form: 4/21013-

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To Catch A Thief²³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Tom Marquand| T: W J Haggas| OR: 90| CD

15/8

Son of Cracksman who continued theme of race-by-race progress when running out a comfortable winner over C&D on his handicap debut last month. Type to go on improving for leading yard and serious claims.

Form: 5311-

(1)

Sceptic²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: K T O'Neill| T: Ian Williams| OR: 89

125/1

Latest win at Goodwood in June. First run since leaving Andrew Balding when seventh of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 10/1) 27 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 103287-

(8)

Penzance¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 88| D

6/1

5/6, career best when winning 6-runner handicap at Chelmsford City (10f) 18 days ago by 4 lengths from Storm Catcher. Up 9 lb but had plenty in hand there so he's not taken lightly for his new yard.

Form: 529411-

(6)

Queen Of Ipanema^t¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Billy Loughnane| T: G Boughey| OR: 86| CD

22/1

C&D winner who posted a career best when winning 11-runner handicap (3/1) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 13 days ago. Can go well again.

Form: 5/61051-

(12)

King's Code⁶^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Finley Marsh| T: P D Evans| OR: 82| BF

10/1

Five wins from 11 runs last year, signing off with victory in 8-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 6 days ago. Much respected under a 5 lb penalty.

Form: 110421-

(4)

Dingle¹⁹²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-5| J: Hollie Doyle| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 82| C| D

33/1

Course winner. Respectable fourth of 8 in handicap at Redcar (8f, good to firm, 10/1), not ideally placed. Off 6 months. Up in trip. Needs considering.

Form: 231364-

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Southern Voyage¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-2| J: Cam Hardie| T: R A Fahey| OR: 78| C| D

100/1

Course winner. Tenth of 12 in handicap (40/1) at this course (12.4f) 16 days ago so needs to get back on track.

Form: 097000-

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Wadacre Gomez²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-2| J: J Fanning| T: C Johnston| OR: 79| CD

20/1

Three wins from 12 runs last year, latest in 7-runner handicap at Chelmsford City (10f, 7/4) 21 days ago. This C&D winner ought to be in the shake-up.

Form: 124831-

Forecasts

To Catch A Thief (15/8), Penzance (6/1), Storm Catcher (6/1), Beraz (7/1), Teumessias Fox (7/1), Sir Busker (9/1), King's Code (10/1), Wadacre Gomez (20/1), Queen Of Ipanema (22/1), West End Charmer (28/1), Dingle (33/1), Southern Voyage (100/1), Sceptic (125/1)

Lots with chances in a cracking contest but it's still hard to ignore the claims of TO CATCH A THIEF who made a winning start in handicaps over C&D last time and still looks to have a fair bit of improvement in him. Mick Appleby's hat-trick seeker Penzance rates the main danger to William Haggas' son of Cracksman ahead of in-form pair Queen of Ipanema and Sir Busker.