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Newcastle · Thursday, 15 Jan · 17:25
· 2m 4f 62y
· Class 4
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
13:25
Off time
16
Runners
Good to Soft (Good in places)
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
DALY BOY (FR
🥈 Second
LEWISHAM GROVE (IRE
🥉 Third
SHINEALIGHT (IRE
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 16 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
3.25
9/4
02 · 🥈 2nd
4.33
10/3
03 · 🥉 3rd
4.50
7/2
04 · —
6
5/1
05 · —
10
9/1
06 · —
15
14/1
07 · —
17
16/1
08 · —
23
22/1
09 · —
81
80/1
10 · —
101
100/1
11 · —
126
125/1
12 · —
126
125/1
13 · —
151
150/1
14 · —
201
200/1
15 · —
251
250/1
16 · —
251
250/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 1 | — |
Au Plaisir (G)
[T]
Showed a bit more than on debut when third of 16 in bumper at Navan but well held starting out for this yard at Wetherby. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip.
|
Ross Chapman | R Menzies | 5 | 74.4 kg |
201
200/1
|
| — | 2 | — |
Bathara (G)
[T]
Stepped up on April's debut fourth when seeing off 6 rivals at Warwick 6 months later. Unable to defy a penalty at Ascot since but has plenty about him physically and will make a hurdler.
|
Jonjo O'Neill Jr. | J & A O'Neill | 5 | 74.4 kg |
6
5/1
|
| 4th | 3 | — |
Chemoulin (G)
[T]
50/1 and tongue tied, soon brushed aside when last of 5 in novice hurdle at Market Rasen (20.6f, good to soft) on NH debut 42 days ago.
|
David Bass | C E Longsdon | 6 | 74.4 kg |
17
16/1
|
| — | 4 | — |
Colonel Jack (G)
Soldier of Fortune gelding. Brother to a winner, and half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Orkan and fair hurdler Half Bolly. 100/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Wetherby (16f, soft) on NH debut 40 days ago, losing touch from 4 out. Up in…
|
Tom Midgley | M Walford | 5 | 74.4 kg |
251
250/1
|
| — | 5 | — |
Crackersnap (G)
Telescope gelding. Dam lightly raced in bumpers/over hurdles. Pulled up in point (Feb 2025).
|
Ryan Mania | Paul Robson | 6 | 74.4 kg |
251
250/1
|
| 5th | 6 | — |
Daly Boy (G)
£60,000 purchase after finishing runner-up in an Irish point and showed promise when third in an Ayr bumper in March. Decent start in this sphere when second at Sedgefield on return and he sets the standard.
|
Craig Nichol | O Greenall & J Guerriero | 6 | 74.4 kg |
4.33
10/3
|
| — | 7 | — |
Eagle's Cairn (G)
Better effort in bumpers when third on soft ground here in February, but that form doesn't amount to much and was soon outpaced switched to hurdles at Carlisle on return.
|
Bruce Lynn | N W Alexander | 6 | 74.4 kg |
101
100/1
|
| 1st | 8 | — |
Lewisham Grove (G)
FAV
Going the right way over hurdles, runner-up at Newcastle last time. Should make his presence felt once again.
|
Sean Quinlan | J Candlish | 5 | 74.4 kg |
3.25
9/4
|
| 2nd | 9 | — |
Loulou Madrik (G)
Maiden Irish pointer who looks a longer-term project under Rules.
|
Charlotte Jones | M Walford | 5 | 74.4 kg |
126
125/1
|
| 9th | 10 | — |
Mr Ramoon (G)
€3,800 3-y-o, Sea Moon gelding. Half-brother to 4 winners, including fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser Holryale and fair chaser Ryalex, stayed 3m. Dam (c102) 19f chase winner. Made frame on last of 3 starts in Irish points (Mar 2025).
|
Conor Rabbitt | S Corbett | 6 | 74.4 kg |
126
125/1
|
| 3rd | 11 | — |
Port Station (G)
Promise when reaching the frame in 2 bumpers and again when third in C&D novice on hurdle debut in November. No match for a useful prospect but stepped up himself when second at Carlisle and that puts him in the mix.
|
B S Hughes | I Jardine | 6 | 74.4 kg |
10
9/1
|
| — | 12 | — |
Timefortom (G)
£75,000 5-y-o, Soldier of Fortune gelding. Got off the mark in Irish points in April and fair form when second in 2 starts over hurdles. dictating both times. Not taken lightly.
|
D R Fox | L Russell & M Scudamore | 6 | 74.4 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
| 8th | 13 | — |
Workhardplayhard (G)
Won point bumper and fair form when in frame both starts over hurdles in 2023/24 but absent since.
|
Mr William Easterby | T D Easterby | 7 | 74.4 kg |
15
14/1
|
| 11th | 14 | — |
Yorkshire Man Sam (G)
Showed ability when placed in 2 bumpers but well-held fifth of 7 in novice hurdle at Kelso (22.7f, soft, 33/1) on hurdles bow 17 days ago.
|
Jamie Hamilton | M Walford | 8 | 74.4 kg |
81
80/1
|
| 7th | 15 | — |
Shinealight (M)
Off mark in Irish points at second attempt (finished alone, May 2025) but last of 12 pitched into a listed bumper last month. Offered something to work on when fifth of 14 in novice at Wetherby (19.7f, soft) on hurdles bow 20 days ago, fi…
|
Charlie Maggs | John Dawson | 5 | 71.2 kg |
23
22/1
|
| 6th | 16 | — |
Tantivy Vavoom (M)
Successful on first of 2 starts in Irish points, pulled up last time (May 2025). 50/1, seventh of 9 in novice hurdle at Sedgefield (19.8f, soft) on NH debut 63 days ago.
|
Theo Gillard | Ruth Jefferson | 6 | 71.2 kg |
151
150/1
|
Betting forecast: Lewisham Grove (9/4), Daly Boy (10/3), Timefortom (7/2), Bathara (5/1), Port Station (9/1), Workhardplayhard (14/1), Chemoulin (16/1), Shinealight (22/1), Yorkshire Man Sam (80/1), Eagle's Cairn (100/1), Loulou Madrik (125/1), Mr Ramoon (125/1), Tantivy Vavoom (150/1), Au Plaisir (200/1), Crackersnap (250/1), Colonel Jack (250/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 5446.0 GBP |
| P2 | 2509.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1254.0 GBP |
| P4 | 628.0 GBP |