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Northumbria Leisure Handicap Steeple Chase (Go North Red Rum Series Qualifier)
Class 5, 3m (3m0f41y), Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-100, £5,413, 9 runners
- Going
- GOOD (GoingStick: 7.0)
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Super Citizen is our selection at Hexham, and on our figures he holds a clear edge, rated 95 and six pounds clear of Burning It Up on 89, which should count over this marathon 24f trip on good ground. Burning It Up is the chief danger, with Killybegs Jet Lady on 85 and Defence Witness on 84 also within range of the pack behind, though both look to have plenty to find with the top-rated runner. With a sizeable gap back to the bottom three in the field, Super Citizen looks the one to side with, even if a nine-runner staying contest can always throw up a surprise. Super Citizen is the pick.
Runners
Brian Hughes
Lucinda Hughes 0/1
Super Citizen has finished in the first four in each of his last five starts, including a second three starts back and thirds two and four runs ago, and he's fresh enough after 18 days. He has run over today's trip and going, and our rating makes him the one to beat, though he's yet to win in that spell.
- Sire
- Multiplex (GB)
- Dam
- Kallithea (IRE) by Dr Fong
- Owner
- Mrs L Hughes
- Foaled
- 25 Apr 2014
- Stable
- Carlton-In-Cleveland, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 1 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 54%
- Ratings
- Perf 95
Jonathan England
Sam England 1/22
Defence Witness has finished second twice in his last five starts, and he has run over today's trip and on this going before, so he's a solid threat at 164 lb. The main risk is a 150-day absence, plus a sixth last time out and a stable out of form.
- Sire
- Court Cave (IRE)
- Dam
- Colleen Dubh (IRE) by Presenting
- Owner
- Ursa Major England
- Foaled
- 24 Mar 2019
- Stable
- Guiseley, W Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 22 runs (5%)
- Trainer running to form
- 44%
- Ratings
- Perf 84
Killybegs Jet Lady tv D
18 days
9yo, 11-10, OR 94 -21P04
J: Derek Fox · T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore
Derek Fox
Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore 4/19
Killybegs Jet Lady showed she can win with a victory four starts back, and a fourth last time out only 18 days ago keeps her fit, while she has run over today's trip and on the going. The main risk is the 164 lb she carries, which is a stiff burden after a modest recent sequence.
- Sire
- Jet Away (GB)
- Dam
- Little Twinkle (IRE) by Fourstars Allstar
- Owner
- Old Gold Racing 18
- Foaled
- 10 Apr 2017
- Stable
- Milnathort, Perth & Kinross
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 19 runs (21%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 85
Bruce Lynn
N. W. Alexander 0/4
Winless in his last five and unseated last time, Burning It Up still warrants respect after a second three starts back, and he returns fresh after 27 days with experience of today's going. Our rating has him second of nine, but the risk is a patchy, error-prone profile carrying 160 lb.
- Sire
- Milan (GB)
- Dam
- Burnt It Up (IRE) by Scorpion
- Owner
- H W Turcan
- Foaled
- 12 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Leslie, Fife
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 4 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 32%
- Ratings
- Perf 89
Sean Bowen
Cian Collins 0/8
Runner-up last time and a winner two starts back, so the form is respectable, but he's turned out just two days later and our figures rank him last of nine. Carrying 151 lb off an official mark of 81 is a big ask, though he has run over this trip and on this going before.
- Sire
- Walk In The Park (IRE)
- Dam
- J'Espere (IRE) by Oscar
- Owner
- Del Boy Partnership
- Foaled
- 9 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Navan, Co Meath
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 8 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 41%
- Ratings
- Perf 71
Sean Quinlan
Ewan Whillans 1/11
Luminaries arrives in cracking form, a winner last time out and two starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going, but he is turned out just seven days later carrying 150 lb off an official mark of 80, and our figures rank him eighth of nine.
- Sire
- Leading Light (IRE)
- Dam
- Pas De Chapeau (IRE) by Milan
- Owner
- Ewan Whillans Racing Club
- Foaled
- 14 Mar 2017
- Stable
- Hawick, Scottish Borders
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 11 runs (9%)
- Trainer running to form
- 16%
- Ratings
- Perf 72
Jonathon Bewley
George Bewley 0/2
Fifth last time out and a fourth two starts back suggest Lights Are Green is finding some form, and he has run over today's trip and going, but he is yet to win in his last five and was pulled up twice in that spell. Carrying 150 lb off 80, he rates a mid-pack sort at sixth of nine in our ratings.
- Sire
- Califet (FR)
- Dam
- Katjakem (IRE) by Old Vic
- Owner
- Holland And Todd
- Foaled
- 1 Jun 2017
- Stable
- Colby, Cumbria
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 2 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 23%
- Ratings
- Perf 83
Patrick Wadge
Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore 4/19
C'Mon So arrives in solid recent form, a fourth last time out and a third two starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Yet he is winless in his last five and carries 145 lb off an official mark of 75, which limits the scope for improvement.
- Sire
- Elusive Pimpernel (USA)
- Dam
- Sail On (IRE) by Robin Des Champs
- Owner
- Miss Lucinda V Russell
- Foaled
- 29 Apr 2021
- Stable
- Milnathort, Perth & Kinross
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 19 runs (21%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 84
William Maggs (3)
Gillian Boanas 0/0
Croagh Patrick is hard to fancy, winless in his last six with a sixth last time out, a fifth two starts back and a pulled up four starts back, and he carries 142 lb. He has run over today's trip and going and is back after 18 days, but our figures rank him seventh of nine.
- Sire
- Mountain High (IRE)
- Dam
- Benedicta Rose (IRE) by Beneficial
- Owner
- R J Hewitt
- Foaled
- 21 Mar 2015
- Stable
- Lingdale, Redcar & Cleveland
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 0 runs (None%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 73
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.