Penny Hotels Handicap

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
12th	1	8	Rocket Rod (G) P C&D winner but hasn't stood much racing in recent seasons and made no impact in 2 starts here this year. Down another 3 lb and has cheekpieces back on.	30D4/00	Rowan Scott G A Harker	9	61.2kg	34 33/1
6th	2	2	Penny Mountain (M) Off the mark in 6f handicap here on New Year's Day and has generally performed with credit since. Drops in class for first go at 1m.	356335	Amie Waugh Gary Rutherford	5	61.2kg	13 12/1
8th	3	9	Mercurius Power (G) PT Not won since August 2024 and merely ticking over at present, never a threat at Leicester last time.	785254	Lewis Edmunds Jessica Macey	8	61.2kg	7 6/1
2nd	4	10	Barleybrown (G) FAV P Drawn a blank since his 4 C&D victories in 2024. Excuses on turf last time and with that race having produced winners he might be worth another chance back at this venue.	285224	Joanna Mason Mrs R Carr	6	60.3kg	4.33 10/3
9th	5	7	Wicklow Way (G) Took advantage of the drop into classified company when taking 1¼m event on return here in March. Caught wide throughout and pulled hard under apprentice at Wolverhampton last time and could bounce b…	993714	J Garritty M Walford	4	60.3kg	7.50 13/2
—	6	4	Bantz (G) Won at Doncaster (7f) in April 2025 but been out of sorts for a while, including in 2 runs for new yard this season.	797073	Non Runner A D Brown	4	59.9kg	26 25/1
11th	7	14	Trais Fluors (G) Frequent slow starter who is tumbling down the weights and stopped the slide back on turf at Ayr (7f) last time. Well treated if backing that up returned to 1m (4-time C&D winner).	507618	Lauren Young Miss L A Perratt	12	59.4kg	7.50 13/2
10th	8	11	First Encounter (G) B In good form earlier in the year reunited with Luke Morris, winning at Wolverhampton and Lingfield. Has his first run at Newcastle back from 2 months off with promising apprentice up.	054087	C J Whiteley J Gallagher	5	59.4kg	12 11/1
4th	9	12	Volenti (G) Has won over C&D 4 times and produced his most encouraging effort of the season when fourth at Ripon (Barleybrown sixth) a fortnight ago, keeping on having taken a strong hold.	433552	A Mullen B Haslam	7	59kg	5.50 9/2
5th	10	13	Little Ted (G) P Possibly finding his way back to form and now 4 lb below his last successful mark. Plenty of good runs here (including a C&D win) bring him into the picture.	642215	Sean Kirrane T D Easterby	9	59kg	10 9/1
7th	11	6	Cable Beach (G) Won at Southwell (7f) in November and was in good heart when last seen, running well on first go over 1m in January. Could be set for a big run if picking up where he left off.	44-3742	P Mulrennan T P Tate	5	58.1kg	9.50 17/2
13th	12	3	Billyjoegold (G) Hasn't built on his Newcastle third first time up so far, always behind on handicap debut at Southwell 12 days ago. Has his first run over 1m now.	30970	William Pyle Mrs R Carr	4	57.6kg	67 66/1
3rd	13	5	Abu Royal (G) P Ayr maiden winner for Charlie Johnston in 2023 but has drawn a blank since and was well beaten again at Southwell 2 months ago (too free in a first-time visor). Drops back markedly in trip on first v…	367247	Aiden Brookes L Morgan	6	57.2kg	51 50/1
1st	14	1	Dinah Myte (F) Not the easiest of rides and while she managed to get her head in front at Ffos Las in September, she has yet to fire this year.	661757	George Bass J Gallagher	4	57.2kg	41 40/1

Position	Prize
P1	4711.0 GBP
P2	2210.0 GBP
P3	1104.0 GBP
P4	553.0 GBP
P5	275.0 GBP