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15:55 Newcastle

Monday 29 April 2019

All14:2014:5015:2015:5516:2517:0017:30

Border Minstrel Handicap

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 2m 10.64s

1^st

(4)

Harbour Breeze

49-1

4/1

T: L WadhamJ: G Lee

Raced keenly, pressed leader after 2f, led over 6f out, joined 3f out, ridden and kept on under pressure final furlong, held on well op 7/2 tchd 3/1

2^nd

(8)

Addis Ababa

49-4

11/4

T: D O'MearaJ: D Tudhope

Led to over 6f out, tracked winner, challenged 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on and every chance throughout final furlong, just held op 3/1 tchd 10/3

3^rd

3 ½

(2)

Zabeel Star

79-5

16/1

T: Karen McLintockJ: Jason Hart

Slowly into stride, behind, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, went 3rd and kept on inside final furlong, never getting to front pair op 20/1 tchd 22/1

4^th

1 ½

(7)

Alfa McGuire

49-4

8/1

T: Phillip MakinJ: S H James

Tracked leader 2f, in touch, driven over 2f out, ridden and no impression with front pair over 1f out, lost 3rd inside final furlong tchd 9/1

5^th

(3)

Tamreer

49-0

16/1

T: R Fell & S MurrayJ: Dane O'Neill

Tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced 2f out, no impression from over 1f out tchd 18/1

6^th

(1)

Employer

49-2

14/1

T: J S GoldieJ: Phil Dennis

Held up behind, shaken up and headway inside final 2f, ridden and kept on same pace inside final furlong, never near leaders op 16/1

7^th

3 ¼

(6)

Super Kid

79-2

16/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: Rachel Richardson

Towards rear, outpaced over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, never near leaders tchd 14/1

8^th

(5)

Merweb

48-11

9/4f

T: H MainJ: David Egan

Mid-division, headway to track leaders over 6f out, ridden over 2f out, never on terms, weakened 1f out op 5/2

9^th

(9)

Diodorus

59-7

14/1

T: Karen McLintockJ: P J McDonald

Tracked leaders, lost place over 5f out, no danger after, outpaced over 2f out, soon behind

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.80Pl:£1.40, £1.40, £4.80EX:£20.70Trifecta:£237.00Tricast:£161.70SF:£16.06Swingers:£2.60, £13.10, £7.90

Forecasts

Merweb (9/4), Addis Ababa (11/4), Harbour Breeze (4/1), Alfa McGuire (8/1), Employer (14/1), Diodorus (14/1), Zabeel Star (16/1), Tamreer (16/1), Super Kid (16/1)

An open race without a standout contender with the likes of Addis Ababa, Employer and Zabeel Star all closely matched on the evidence of a recent C&D clash, whilst the top-weight Diodorous looks difficult to assess. It's entirely possible that the progressive Merweb can continue to thrive for Heather Main and cope with both a step up in trip and grade, but at the forecast odds we'll take a real chance on the Tim Easterby-trained 7yo SUPER KID. He made his seasonal reappearance in a very competitive 1m4f handicap at Thirsk (wasn't disgraced at odds of 50/1) and could make the most of a downward-spiralling handicap mark imminently.