13:52 Newcastle

Saturday 26 July 2025

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Happy 40th Birthday Tracy McLure Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 13:52 | Winning time: 2m 14.21s

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Brunello Breeze^p⁵⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Mason Paetel⁽⁵⁾| T: L Bailey| OR: 64| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Creditable third of 9 in handicap at Haydock (11.8f, good, 33/1) 57 days ago, nearest finish. First run for yard after leaving Tom Tate and not ruled out.

Form: 16080-3

(5)

Etretat²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Archie Young⁽³⁾| T: C Johnston| OR: 63| D

10/3

Seventh of 9 in handicap (5/1) at Musselburgh (9f, good to firm) 25 days ago. Well treated if back on his A-game though.

Form: 847687

(9)

Mr Withington¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Alex Jary| T: Paul Robson| OR: 61

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good sixth of 13 in handicap (40/1) at Ayr (10f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Progressing and one to note.

Form: 6-676

(2)

Quintus Arrius¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Andrew Breslin| T: P D Niven| OR: 59| C

22/1

Course winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2023. Eleventh of 12 in handicap at Ayr (8f, good to soft, 16/1) 19 days ago. Up in trip. Has work to do.

Form: 579-060

(8)

Berkshire Phantom⁶^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: O McSweeney| T: Fionn McSharry| OR: 54

13/8

7/4, improved on recent efforts to win 12-runner handicap at Redcar (9f, good) 6 days ago. Scored comfortably there so holds good claims under a 5 lb penalty.

Form: 585831

(3)

Falcon Nine^b²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Mohammed Tabti⁽³⁾| T: I Jardine| OR: 54

4/1

Remains a maiden after 24 Flat runs. 13/2, creditable third of 11 in handicap at Musselburgh (12.5f, good to firm) 25 days ago. No forlorn hope.

Form: 855743

(7)

Crownthorpe^p²¹

Age: 10| Weight: 8-12| J: Shay Farmer⁽⁵⁾| T: A D Brown| OR: 53| BF| C

9/1

Course winner. Creditable second of 8 in handicap at Carlisle (7.8f, heavy, 7/2) 21 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Fifteen runs since last win in 2023.

Form: 086582

(1)

Exceptionality⁹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-4| J: Jay Mackay⁽⁷⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 45

66/1

Remains a maiden after 19 Flat runs. 66/1, ninth of 10 in handicap at Southwell (11.1f). Off 97 days.

Form: 78-0799

Non-Runners

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Fazen²⁶

Weight: 8-13| Age: 4

T: Micky Hammond J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Berkshire Phantom (13/8), Fazen (3/1), Etretat (10/3), Falcon Nine (4/1), Brunello Breeze (15/2), Crownthorpe (9/1), Mr Withington (14/1), Quintus Arrius (22/1), Exceptionality (66/1)

This is wide open but BERKSHIRE PHANTOM edges the vote under a 5 lb penalty for his ready Redcar victory. Mr Withington comes here on the up and is next on the list with the handily-weighted Etretat also well in the mix if back on song.