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Brosay made a successful stable debut for Paul Attwater (previously with Diego Dias) at Southwell a couple of weeks ago and he looked unlucky not to follow up at Lingfield.
Brosay ended up further back than ideal after he was slightly hampered leaving the stalls and he had plenty of ground to make up in the straight, but he kept on strongly and missed out by only a head, despite being bumped close home.
He has made a positive start for this yard, has shown his effectiveness over five and six furlongs and remains one to keep on side.
This was an open contest, most coming into it in at least reasonable form, but it was an infrequent winner who came out on top, able to capitalise on a clearer passage than the runner-up Sandret.
Sandret is a regular at Newcastle, and also a multiple winner at the track, resuming winning ways over the same course and distance two starts back.
He shaped just as well in defeat on this occasion, too, coming from a similar position as the winner but not getting anything like as clear passage, and flying home once in the clear. He seems sure to get his head back in front in the coming weeks from what will still be a fair mark.
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MISS CALCULATION
Third, 6f classified stakes, Wolverhampton, Tuesday 7 January
Miss Calculation had ended her 2024 campaign out of sorts for Stella Barclay but made a very eye-catching return to action on her first start since September in this classified stakes.
Dropped out from her wide draw and taking a strong hold, Miss Calculation still had plenty to do early in the straight and didn’t get a clear run approaching the final furlong but once switched ran on late to finish a length and a half third to Back Tomorrow.
Miss Calculation won a handicap over seven furlongs at Carlisle last season and will benefit from the return to that trip, looking one to keep an eye on at a lowly level.
Lequinto had shaped well from a tumbling mark when a running-on third at Lingfield on New Year's Eve and he produced an even better effort when runner-up at Wolverhampton on Monday, leaving the impression that he's in good enough form to capitalise on his fall in the weights.
Lequinto was beaten only a length at Wolverhampton and would have finished closer had he not been short of room in the straight and conceded first run.
He ran on well and will be seen to better effect when granted a stronger gallop to chase, so he is one to note having competed on Monday off a mark 15 lb lower than the BHA rating he defied in June 2023.
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