Newcastle (AW)
15:45
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Newcastle (AW) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 Distance: 7f Type: Flat Going: Standard Class: Class 5 Surface: AW
Win: £41.60 Place: £7 £1.70 £2.40 Exacta: £240.80 Tricast: £1644.48 Trifecta: £1496.60
Non-Runners: Blackjack (vet's certificate)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Prominent - switched left from over 1f out - led inside final furlong - soon ridden and edged right - kept on (trainer's rep said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding benefitted from the step up in trip from 6f to 7f on this occasion)
4 G Poor Richard Fahey 130 lbs 33/1 Won
2nd
Midfield - steady headway from over 3f out - pressed leader over 1f out - briefly led inside final furlong - kept on(op 11/2)
8 G AVG Ruth Carr 135 lbs 9/2 .5
3rd
Prominent - challenging from 2f out - led narrowly over 1f out - headed inside final furlong - soon carried right but no extra(op 16/1 tchd 9/1 and tchd 18/1)
11 G AVG Ruth Carr 134 lbs 10/1 .75
4th
In touch with leaders - lost ground after 2f - steady headway from over 3f out - kept on when prominent and up the centre final furlong(op 10/1 tchd 17/2)
4 F Poor Brian Ellison 124 lbs 9/1 0.2
5th
Led - faced challenge from 2f out - headed over 1f out - weakened gradually and lost position final furlong(op 13/8)
3 G Poor Julie Camacho 130 lbs 15/8F 1.25
6th
In rear - nudged along and headway from 2f out - kept on(op 15/2 tchd 17/2)
5 G AVG Ben Haslam 130 lbs 7/1 .75
7th
Towards rear - steady headway from over 3f out - keeping on against near rail when not clear run and hampered inside final furlong - not recover (jockey said gelding suffered interference approximately 110yds out)(op 11/2)
10 G AVG Linda Perratt 129 lbs 9/2 .5
99th
Reared start and slowly away - took keen hold - in rear - pulled up over 3f out (vet reported that a post-race endoscopy confirmed that bleeding was the result of gelding rearing as stalls opened and hitting his head on top of starting stalls)(op 11/2 tchd 8/1)
4 G Poor Michael Wigham 130 lbs 15/2 -
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