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13:40 Newcastle

Saturday 2 December 2017

All11:5512:3013:0513:4014:1014:4515:20

Weatherbys General Stud Book Online Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap)

Off time: 13:42 | Winning time: 6m 15.5s

1^st

Lake View Lad

711-8

4/1

T: N W AlexanderJ: S Mulqueen (3)

Tracked leaders in 3rd place, led before 5 out, pressed from 4 out, kept on well towards finish, driven out op 9/2 tchd 4/1

2^nd

2 ¾

Solomn Grundy

711-3

8/1

T: N P MulhollandJ: T Scudamore

Towards rear and in touch, headway before 11th, every chance from 4 out until no extra run-in op 13/2

3^rd

Point The Way

611-5

3/1

T: B EllisonJ: Danny Cook

Led, blundered 6 out, headed before 5 out, weakened before 3 out tchd 6/1

4^th

Acdc

710-5

5/2f

T: C GrantJ: S Bowen

Always behind, weakened before 12th op 2/1

Also Ran

Central Flame

911-6

16/1

T: J WaltonJ: Miss C Walton (3)

With leader and keen, mistake 10th, quickly lost place and dropped into rear, tailed off, pulled up before 3 out

Mac N Cheese

710-9

7/2

T: K DalgleishJ: Craig Nichol

Held up in touch, fell 7 out op 7/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.10Pl:£3.00, £2.20EX:£38.30Trifecta:£162.20SF:£32.24Swingers:£6.20, £3.00, £9.20

Forecasts

Acdc (5/2), Point The Way (3/1), Mac N Cheese (7/2), Lake View Lad (4/1), Solomn Grundy (8/1), Central Flame (16/1)

Much like in The French Furze for the novice hurdlers, this contest makes masses of appeal as a spectacle and looks choc-full of above average young Northern chasers. Lake View Lad is a grand horse, so it was a delight to see him back to form and digging in deep over a much shorter trip at Ayr last month, and he can only improve for that seasonal reappearance. Both Point The Way and Mac N Cheese are at much earlier stages of their careers over fences, and whilst both remain certain future winners, these Newcastle fences can often take some jumping, and both have some room for improvement in the fencing stakes; albeit the application of a first-time hood might help the latter to focus. Therefore, the most likely winner is ACDC. He travels well through his races, and that is a clear sign that he has much more to offer. The handicapper could've acted far harsher than 'gifting' him just a 3lb rise for his Ayr success, and he can provide local owner David Armstrong with a much sought after success in the Black and White Newcastle silks on Newcastle's feature National Hunt fixture of the year.