← Horse Racing · Newbury · Sat 21 Mar

John Haine Memorial Handicap Chase (GBB Race).

Newbury · Saturday, 21 Mar · 20:10 · 2m 92y · Class 3 · TURF

WEIGHEDIN

Status

16:10

Off time

Runners

Good to Soft (Good in places)

Going

🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3

Sporting Life pick

🏆 Top pick

XCITATIONS

            #5 · 9.50
          

🥈 Second

KOUKEO (FR

🥉 Third

ESCAPEANDEVADE (IRE

Market prediction · 5 runners · sorted by price

01 · 🏆 FAV

Escapeandevade

3

2/1

02 · 🥈 2nd

Palacio

4.20

16/5

03 · 🥉 3rd

Kotmask

4.33

10/3

04 · —

Koukeo

5

4/1

05 · —

Xcitations

9.50

17/2

Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
2nd	1	—	Escapeandevade (G) FAV [P] Plenty of solid form this season, pulling clear of a subsequent winner when second behind Koukeo at Haydock, and the quick turnaround was the likely cause of his first poor run for new connections at Sandown in late-January.	Paul O'Brien	Harry Derham	10	76.2 kg	3 2/1
3rd	2	—	Kotmask (G) [PT1] Prone to mistakes but has only been beaten by unexposed novices on previous 2 completed starts, latterly over C&D, and he's entitled to be in the mix if his jumping holds up in new combination of headgear.	Caoilin Quinn	G & J Moore	8	75.3 kg	4.33 10/3
1st	3	—	Palacio (G) [T] Free-going sort hasn't kicked on from chase debut/reappearance success and it's difficult to know if more patient tactics would have benefitted here last time, unseating through no fault of his own at the sixth.	Dylan Johnston	S Thomas	8	73 kg	4.20 16/5
5th	4	—	Koukeo (G) Encouraging start when making it 2-2 over fences at Haydock (solid form) but well held in Greatwood Gold Cup at this track last time. Should relish these conditions, though, and may bounce back with sights lowered.	R P McLernon	J & A O'Neill	6	71.2 kg	5 4/1
4th	5	—	Xcitations (G) [P] Landed 2m chases at Sandown previous 2 seasons and looks to be building up to something this time around, only beaten by a novice at Leicester and going well in front when rider took wrong course at Stratford last time. Makes appeal from 2…	R T Dunne	Mrs P Sly	11	70.8 kg	9.50 17/2

Betting forecast: Escapeandevade (2/1), Palacio (16/5), Kotmask (10/3), Koukeo (4/1), Xcitations (17/2)