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14:27 Newbury

Saturday 5 March 2022

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Off time: 14:27 | Winning time: 4m 5.5s

1^st

Punctuation

511-0

11/8f

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Held up towards rear, mistake 3rd, headway approaching 3 out, soon close up, about 1 length down last, hung left flat, led inside final 100 yards, stayed on well op 6/5

2^nd

1 ¼

Irish Hill

410-5

4/1

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Chased leaders, brought stands side and led 3 out, about 1 length ahead when untidy last, headed inside final 100 yards, held towards finish op 6/1 tchd 7/2

3^rd

Pearly Island

611-7

18/1

T: L WadhamJ: Bryony Frost

Held up in rear, pushed along after 5th, stayed on from 3 out, went 3rd towards finish, no impression on front pair op 14/1

4^th

1 ¾

Mark Of Gold

511-12

7/2

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Chased leaders, outpaced before 2 out, 4th and beaten before last, plugged on op 4/1

5^th

4 ½

Flinteur Sacre

710-12

12/1

T: N J HendersonJ: Aidan Coleman

Led until 3 out, weakened from last, weakened into 4th flat op 11/1

6^th

4 ¾

Fred Bear

410-2

66/1

T: Miss S WestJ: M Goldstein

Soon close up on outside, every chance 3 out, weakened before next, mistake last op 50/1

7^th

John Betjeman

611-4

11/1

T: Mark GillardJ: Fergus Gillard (3)

Prominent, ridden before 3 out, lost place 2 out tchd 9/1

8^th

6 ½

Sherborne

611-8

14/1

T: C L TizzardJ: Brendan Powell

Held up towards rear, not fluent 1st, ridden and weakened before 3 out op 12/1

Also Ran

Madiba Passion

811-4

33/1

T: A KingJ: Tom Cannon

Held up in mid-division, pushed along on outside after 5th, weakened before 3 out, pulled up before 2 out op 22/1 tchd 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.40Pl:£1.20, £1.70, £3.10EX:£9.30Trifecta:£73.40Tricast:£67.47SF:£7.83Swingers:£1.90, £8.00, £11.40

Forecasts

Punctuation (11/8), Mark Of Gold (7/2), Irish Hill (4/1), John Betjeman (11/1), Flinteur Sacre (12/1), Sherborne (14/1), Pearly Island (18/1), Madiba Passion (33/1), Fred Bear (66/1)

PUNCTUATION justified support in good style starting out for Fergal O'Brien in January and, given his Flat form, this revised mark ought to be within range. Mark of Gold is a big threat on handicap debut, while it would be no surprise to see Irish Hill get back on the up.