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12:55 Newcastle

Saturday 4 January 2020

All11:5012:2512:5513:3014:0014:3515:10

Sky Sports Racing On Sky 415 Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 12:59 | Winning time: 5m 29.1s

1^st

Overthetop

611-5

10/11f

T: O MurphyJ: Fergus Gregory (3)

Held up in touch, went 2nd 6th, led approaching 3 out, ridden and edged left flat, driven out op 6/5

2^nd

1 ½

Prince Kayf

611-5

1/1

T: K DalgleishJ: Craig Nichol

Held up, went 2nd and jumped left 3 out, every chance 2 out, ridden and not quicken when switched right near finish op 4/5 tchd 11/10

3^rd

Atlantic Dancer

710-5

66/1

T: A C WhillansJ: Jamie Hamilton

Held up and behind, headway 3 out, reminder before 2 out, weakened approaching last tchd 100/1

4^th

Black Opium

610-5

250/1

T: Miss T JacksonJ: Ross Chapman

Chased leader to 6th, pushed along and weakened 3 out, tailed off

5^th

Bear That N Mind

810-12

28/1

T: Mrs S J SmithJ: Danny Cook

Led until approaching 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off op 25/1 tchd 33/1

6^th

4 ½

Shouldn't Be Here

610-12

150/1

T: D ThompsonJ: Aaron Anderson (7)

Held up in touch, weakening when hit 3 out, tailed off op 125/1 tchd 200/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.80Pl:£1.10, £1.10EX:£1.80Trifecta:£7.30SF:£2.04Swingers:£2.60, £2.70, £2.70

Forecasts

Overthetop (10/11), Prince Kayf (1/1), Bear That N Mind (28/1), Atlantic Dancer (66/1), Shouldn't Be Here (150/1), Black Opium (250/1)

Effectively a straight match between Overthetop and the French Furze Novices' Hurdle winner PRINCE KAYF. Olly Murphy's Flemensfirth gelding has his sights lowered to a more realistic level after struggling to make his mark in the Grade 2 Winter Novices' Hurdle at Sandown, but a ready preference is for the Keith Dalgleish-trained runner. He travelled supremely well (before clouting the final flight) when edging out the promising Imperial Alcazar and Espoir De Romay here (2m6f) five weeks ago, with that form given a direct boost by the runner-up scoring at Cheltenham on New Year's Day.