January 04 / 15.20 Newcastle (AW)

15.20

Standard To Slow

Huge Daily Boosts Only At BetUK Handicap (Div II)

  • Prize money: £3402.1
  • 0m 6f 0y
  • Class 6
  • 10 runners
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Runners: 10 runners

Type: Flat AW

Surface: Tapeta

Weather: Showers

7/2 (Won)

  • Win: £8.50
  • Place: £2.00

Form: 00127- CD

Last run: 33 days

W: 9st 6lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 52

Form & Verdict
Travelled strongly before overcoming some interference to beat Minhaaj over C&D in October (first-time visor) but was nudged along from some way out before badly checked back over 6f here last month so the effect of the visor could be wearing off; interesting on the earlier win.
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4th

1

(7)

20th Jan 2026

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 6

13:13 Newcastle (AW)

Catherine Chroi

9st 9lb

J: Mohammed Tabti

T: Iain Jardine

No AW win since March 2024; respectable showings, behind in-form rivals, over a range of trips (6f-1m) recently, without doing enough to suggest that she's primed to strike; drop back to 7f is helpful and she might have place possibilities; one of two for Iain Jardine.

8/1

9

(10)

28th Oct 2025

Soft

0m 5f 212y

Class 6

16:10 Catterick

Catherine Chroi

8st 12lb

J: Mohammed Tabti

T: Iain Jardine

Won six times from seven starts between March and May last year, but losing run up to 22 and well held back with her former trainer at Newcastle (6f, AW; well backed) this month; enough to prove.

7/1

9

(10)

28th Oct 2025

Soft

0m 5f 212y

Class 6

16:10 Catterick

Catherine Chroi

8st 12lb

J: Mohammed Tabti

T: Iain Jardine

Won six times from seven starts between March and May last year, but losing run up to 22 and well held back with her former trainer at Newcastle (6f, AW; well backed) this month; enough to prove.

7/1

16/1

  • Place: £4.90

Form: 00000- CD

Last run: 14 days

W: 9st 2lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 48

Form & Verdict
Now 5lb below his most recent course win last March but has hardly beaten a rival in his last five starts and has it to prove at present; refitted blinkers replace cheekpieces.
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17th

19

(13)

20th Apr 2024

Soft

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

19:40 Thirsk

Atrafan

9st 0lb

J: Jason Watson

T: Alan Brown

towards rear

25/1

17th

19

(13)

20th Apr 2024

Soft

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

19:40 Thirsk

Atrafan

9st 0lb

J: Jason Watson

T: Alan Brown

towards rear

25/1

10th

10

(2)

31st Mar 2024

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 6

16:25 Southwell (AW)

Atrafan

9st 3lb

J: Connor Beasley

T: Alan Brown

Multiple AW winner but looks far from solid on 2024 form and may be somewhat on the wane aged ten; held by Written Broadcast on C&D running last time.

33/1

6/1

  • Place: £1.40

Form: 62332- D

Last run: 19 days

W: 9st 9lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 55

Form & Verdict
0-15 on the AW but is a solid marker for the level and has been in good form since the autumn, including over C&D before close calls over 7f at Southwell last month; is very likely to go well again.
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8th

8

(4)

29th Sep 2023

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 6

18:30 Newcastle (AW)

Final Frontier

9st 0lb

J: James Sullivan

T: Ruth Carr

No win since the summer of 2021 and is handicapped accordingly (13lb below last winning mark); wasn't beaten all that far when fourth of 13 over 6f here on penultimate start, but failed to improve on that at Southwell; others are more convincing.

12/1

7th

13

(11)

28th Aug 2023

Standard

0m 6f 16y

Class 6

16:25 Southwell (AW)

Final Frontier

9st 0lb

J: James Sullivan

T: Ruth Carr

towards rear, switched left and hampered rival after 1f

16/1

4th

13

(11)

3rd Aug 2023

Standard

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

20:15 Newcastle (AW)

Final Frontier

8st 9lb

J: James Sullivan

T: Ruth Carr

Banging at the door on AW over the winter, including C&D, and he's well treated on those efforts; not at his best on turf the last twice but returning to this surface could help.

16/1

Form: 45995- CD

Last run: 26 days

W: 9st 4lb

9 yo Mare

OR: 50

Form & Verdict
Multiple course winner at both sprint trips who wasn't in much form last spring but ran quite promisingly at Southwell last month when returning from a lengthy break; is weighted to have a say back here; regular cheekpieces are still left off.
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8th

9

(8)

31st Jul 2023

Good

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

15:05 Ayr

Oriental Lilly

8st 9lb

J: Amie Waugh

T: Jim Goldie

Three-time course winner but she's been operating off this basement mark without success for quite a while; others are preferred.

25/1

5th

12

(6)

17th Jul 2023

Soft

0m 7f 50y

Class 6

16:55 Ayr

Oriental Lilly

9st 1lb

J: William Pyle

T: Jim Goldie

Losing spell goes back to 2021 and recent efforts don't particularly suggest she's about to regain the winning thread; opposed.

33/1

8th

12

(5)

10th Jul 2023

Good To Soft

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

17:15 Ayr

Oriental Lilly

8st 12lb

J: William Pyle

T: Jim Goldie

Took a division of this race from 6lb higher in 2021 and 7lb lower than when successful at Newcastle (6f, AW) later that year, but she has gone 27 starts without a win since then; hard to fancy.

25/1

Form: 70523- D

Last run: 33 days

W: 9st 6lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 52

Form & Verdict
Just one turf win but has run with great credit, and had no luck in running, in all three C&D starts this winter; the latest two have come behind winners on the middle leg of three-timers, and his turn looks near.
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2

(3)

7th Nov 2023

Standard

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

20:30 Newcastle (AW)

Kraken Power

9st 9lb

J: Paul Mulrennan

T: Jim Goldie

Beaten 14 times since landing a 5f double here in January but placed several times here in the interim, most recently runner-up over C&D; every chance he'll be in the mix.

6/1

2nd

10

(4)

20th Oct 2023

Standard

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

20:30 Newcastle (AW)

Kraken Power

9st 4lb

J: Paul Mulrennan

T: Jim Goldie

took keen hold, prominent, briefly led over 1f out, kept on final 110yds, no match for winner

7/1

8th

9

(5)

3rd Oct 2023

Soft

0m 7f 50y

Class 6

15:57 Ayr

Kraken Power

9st 6lb

J: Paul Mulrennan

T: Jim Goldie

prominent, weakened from 2f out

14/1

10/1

Form: 42374- C

Last run: 19 days

W: 9st 8lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 54

Form & Verdict
Both wins at 5f but best recent effort when chasing home Catherine Chroi over C&D in October; ran well for a long way when upped to 7f at Southwell recently (first-time tongue-tie, retained) and the return to 6f can suit; thereabouts.
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9th

8

(5)

28th Jul 2023

Good To Soft

0m 7f 16y

Class 6

20:25 Chepstow

Minhaaj

8st 9lb

J: Barry McHugh

T: John O’Shea

Lost all chance at the start when behind two of these over C&D (good) eight days ago and had run with some credit in three starts at Brighton prior to that, but losing run is up to 33 and her best form has come over shorter.

16/1

12th

8

(4)

20th Jul 2023

Good To Soft

0m 7f 16y

Class 6

16:05 Chepstow

Minhaaj

9st 0lb

J: Owen Lewis

T: John O’Shea

On a three-year losing run; however, has shown satisfactory form over 6f at Brighton since joining current yard, while shaping as if she's worth another crack at this longer distance; could go well.

9/2

4th

3

(9)

4th Jul 2023

Good

0m 5f 215y

Class 6

15:57 Brighton

Minhaaj

9st 8lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: John O’Shea

Nothing like the force of old but she retains some ability and has run creditably in both starts for this yard, latterly finishing second over C&D (soft) two weeks ago; each-way claims; new headgear.

9/4

7/2

Form: 63284- BF

Last run: 14 days

W: 9st 5lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 51

Form & Verdict
Rarely gets away on terms but has run some good races in defeat this winter and was gaining all the way to the line when a close fourth at Wolverhampton recently (6f; first-time cheekpieces, retained); not far away.
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7th

10

(9)

3rd May 2024

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 6

20:30 Newcastle (AW)

Billian

8st 11lb

J: Alex Jary

T: Philip Kirby

Won twice over this trip at Wolverhampton and Chelmsford last spring, though is just 3-42 overall and recent efforts don't suggest his strike-rate is about to improve; first-time visor made no difference ten days ago.

20/1

7th

10

(9)

3rd May 2024

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 6

20:30 Newcastle (AW)

Billian

8st 11lb

J: Alex Jary

T: Philip Kirby

Won twice over this trip at Wolverhampton and Chelmsford last spring, though is just 3-42 overall and recent efforts don't suggest his strike-rate is about to improve; first-time visor made no difference ten days ago.

20/1

11th

13

(9)

23rd Apr 2024

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 6

20:30 Wolverhampton (AW)

Billian

9st 0lb

J: Billy Loughnane

T: Philip Kirby

C&D winner last spring who lacks consistency now and was below market expectations here last time; perhaps the switch of headgear will do the trick.

16/1

16/1

Form: 00068- D

Last run: 14 days

W: 9st 0lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
Irish gelding with claims on his best turf form at about this trip but his Dundalk Polytrack efforts don't amount to much, even since dropping down the weights.
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8th

10

(8)

4th Jan 2023

Standard To Slow

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

15:20 Newcastle (AW)

Drummond Warrior

9st 0lb

J: Paula Muir

T: R K Watson

took keen hold, prominent

16/1

8th

10

(6)

21st Dec 2022

Standard

0m 5f 0y

16:15 Dundalk (AW)

Drummond Warrior

8st 12lb

J: Sorcha Woods

T: R K Watson

in touch with leaders

14/1

6th

12

(13)

7th Dec 2022

Standard

0m 6f 0y

15:45 Dundalk (AW)

Drummond Warrior

8st 12lb

J: Sorcha Woods

T: R K Watson

Turf wins came some time ago and continues to struggle off basement mark; 7lb wrong.

33/1

Form: 7/078-

Last run: 27 days

W: 9st 0lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
Lightly raced mare from a good sprinting family; may yet improve with racing but has not shown much as yet, including in her first AW handicap at Chelmsford last month.
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10th

6

(1)

26th Jan 2023

Standard

0m 4f 214y

Class 6

15:50 Southwell (AW)

Pusey Street

9st 2lb

J: Darragh Keenan

T: John Gallagher

Faded late over 6f at Lingfield two weeks ago and may benefit from this return to 5f; however, holds weak claims as things stand (0-9 and yet to finish in the first six).

33/1

7th

6

(9)

13th Jan 2023

Standard

0m 6f 1y

Class 6

12:40 Lingfield (AW)

Pusey Street

9st 5lb

J: Ben Sanderson

T: John Gallagher

disputed lead

33/1

9th

9

(5)

4th Jan 2023

Standard To Slow

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

15:20 Newcastle (AW)

Pusey Street

9st 0lb

J: Trevor Whelan

T: John Gallagher

led, pushed along and joined 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened over 1f out

50/1

OUR TIP

25/1

Form: /4200-

Last run: 20 days

W: 9st 10lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 56

Form & Verdict
Twice ran well in C&D novices in late 2021 but has run only three times since and his two most recent defeats have been heavy ones; hard to enthuse right now.
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7th

7

(3)

23rd Feb 2023

Standard

0m 5f 0y

Class 6

20:00 Newcastle (AW)

Canzone

9st 2lb

J: David Allan

T: David C Griffiths

Off the mark at the 16th attempt in an apprentice handicap over C&D early in month, but didn't back it up at Lingfield (6f, Polytrack) eight days later; each-way claims if helped by the return to this venue.

7/1

10th

3

(8)

11th Feb 2023

Standard

0m 6f 1y

Class 6

16:50 Lingfield (AW)

Canzone

9st 8lb

J: Zak Wheatley

T: David C Griffiths

Opened his account in 5f apprentice event under Zak Wheatley at Newcastle last week; raised only 2lb for that neck win and rider can use his 5lb claim this time; likely player if proving as effective back over 6f.

6/1

1st

7

(5)

3rd Feb 2023

Standard To Slow

0m 5f 0y

Class 6

20:15 Newcastle (AW)

Canzone

9st 1lb

J: Zak Wheatley

T: David C Griffiths

Well treated on his best form last winter and he turned things around with a close third behind Rose Bandit over C&D last week; on same mark here and has possibilities if he can back that up.

9/1

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £136.00
Straight Forecast £177.37
Tricast £705.39
Trifecta £558.10

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Kraken Power

POSTDATA:

Billian

Daily Mirror:

Final Frontier

Daily Mail:

Atrafan

RP Ratings:

Kraken Power

Telegraph:

Kraken Power

D Express:

Kraken Power

The Star:

Kraken Power

The Times:

Billian

The Guardian:

Billian

The Sun:

Final Frontier

Daily Record:

Final Frontier