17:30 Newcastle

Tuesday 29 October 2024

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Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Handicap

Off time: 17:32 | Winning time: 1m 42.86s

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(2)

Cusack^p¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Jonny Peate| T: D Thompson| OR: 68| CD

25/1

Three-time C&D winner. Eighth of 9 in handicap back here (16/1) 14 days ago. Has fallen to a workable mark but others make more appeal all the same.

Form: 535008

(10)

Midnight's Dream¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: J Mitchell| T: R Varian| OR: 68

9/4

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good fifth of 14 in handicap (9/2) at Kempton (7f) 18 days ago, not ideally placed. High on the shortlist given that he's probably capable of better.

Form: 2-6385

(1)

Barleybrown⁷^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Billy Loughnane| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 60| CD

10/3

Temperamental sort. 4/1, career best when winning 11-runner handicap at this C&D 7 days ago, easily. That was his fourth success over this C&D and he has to enter calculations.

Form: 449131

(5)

Overlooked³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: J Fanning| T: H Bethell| OR: 67

13/2

First run since leaving Tom Dascombe when sixth of 9 in handicap at Beverley (7.4f, good to soft, 8/1) 35 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 73-6556

(9)

Rob's Umberella¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Warren Fentiman⁽⁷⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 67

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 12 in handicap (50/1) at Southwell (7.1f) 12 days ago and he looks set for another struggle.

Form: 44500

(6)

Redondo¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Rowan Scott| T: D Bourke| OR: 64| CD

50/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Hamilton in May. Last of 11 in handicap at this C&D (18/1) 11 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 283140

(8)

Ravishing Beauty¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 64

20/1

Bit below form fourth of 9 in handicap (33/1) at this C&D 14 days ago. No more than an each-way squeak.

Form: 6-53674

(11)

Jez Bomb^p¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: S A Gray| T: S England| OR: 62

5/1

Three wins from 11 runs this year. 7/2, career best when winning 12-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 10 days ago. 3 lb rise fair enough and he should be on the premises.

Form: 124161

(4)

Wyvern^p³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: D Nolan| T: P Morris| OR: 59

28/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2023. 100/1, 4 lengths third of 10 to Barleybrown in handicap at this C&D 35 days ago. Readily passed over.

Form: 500083

(3)

Dingwall^h²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 62

8/1

Winner at Ayr in July. 17/2, creditable fourth of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 24 days ago, having hopeless task from position. Place possibilities.

Form: 751484

(7)

Little Ted^p²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: O J Orr| T: T D Easterby| OR: 58| CD

12/1

Unreliable individual. C&D winner. Latest win at Musselburgh in August. Creditable second of 9 in handicap (13/2) at this C&D 25 days ago. Others make more appeal from a win point of view.

Form: 437152

Forecasts

Midnight's Dream (9/4), Barleybrown (10/3), Jez Bomb (5/1), Overlooked (13/2), Dingwall (8/1), Little Ted (12/1), Ravishing Beauty (20/1), Cusack (25/1), Wyvern (28/1), Redondo (50/1), Rob's Umberella (80/1)

The trio that stand out here are MIDNIGHT'S DREAM, Barleybrown and Jez Bomb, in that order of preference. The first-named produced his best effort yet when a strong-finishing fifth in a steadily-run race at Kempton recently and, granted a decent pace to aim at here, this unexposed colt could be the answer. Barleybrown is feared most on the back of notching C&D win number four in good style last week.