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Dogs Welcome At The Border Minstrel Pub Handicap Hurdle Race (Go North Sea Pigeon Series Qualifier)
Class 4, 2m1f (2m0f190y), Hurdle, 5yo+, Rated 0-120, £4,066, 6 runners
- Going
- GOOD, Good to soft in places (GoingStick: 6.7)
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Pyramid Place No. 4
Harry Reed · Tristan Davidson
✓ Top rated ✓ Distance winner ✓ Back from a 121-day break
Pyramid Place is the choice at Newcastle, as our figures put him 10 lb clear of Max of Stars, a real margin in a six-runner Class 4 contest over 17 furlongs on good ground. That gap gives him the strongest credentials on the book, and he only needs to run to his level to be hard to peg back. Max of Stars is the chief danger, with North of Richmond (111) and Jentobello (110) also closely grouped and capable of improving enough to make it a tight finish, while Roarin' Success and Hunters Spring look to have more to find. Pyramid Place is the selection, though our confidence is low.
Runners
Kielan Woods
Alex Hales 2/8
North of Richmond makes appeal on his earlier efforts, a winner four starts back followed by a third and a fourth, and he has run over today's trip, while our rating ranks him third of six. The main risk is a pulled-up last time out and a 242-day absence, with 168 lb to carry.
- Sire
- Workforce (GB)
- Dam
- Glide Away (IRE) by Getaway
- Owner
- The Royal Botanicals
- Foaled
- 26 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Edgcote, Northamptonshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 8 runs (25%)
- Trainer running to form
- 58%
- Ratings
- Perf 111
Jamie Hamilton
Ollie Pears 0/6
Fourth last time out and only nine days ago, Max of Stars keeps busy and has run over today's trip and going, while a second three starts back shows she can get close. Yet to win in her last five, and 166 lb is the main risk.
- Sire
- Cloth Of Stars (IRE)
- Dam
- Mooizo (IRE) by Rock Of Gibraltar
- Owner
- Mrs S D Pearson Ollie Pears
- Foaled
- 19 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Norton, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 6 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 25%
- Ratings
- Perf 112
Brian Hughes
Iain Jardine 3/29
Jentobello won last time out and has finished in the first four in each of his last five starts, with 23 days since that win and experience of today's trip and going. Carrying 164 lb is the main risk, and our rating of 110 ranks him fourth of six.
- Sire
- My Dream Boat (IRE)
- Dam
- Hester Flemen (IRE) by Flemensfirth
- Owner
- Paul Clare Rooney
- Foaled
- 2 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Carrutherstown, D'fries & G'way
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 29 runs (10%)
- Trainer running to form
- 44%
- Ratings
- Perf 110
Harry Reed
Tristan Davidson 1/9
Our top-rated runner at 122 despite a patchy book, Pyramid Place has run over today's trip and going before and, though officially rated only 106, he tops our ratings by a clear margin. A 121-day break and two pulled-up efforts in his last three runs are the concern, though.
- Sire
- Authorized (IRE)
- Dam
- Attima (GB) by Zafonic
- Owner
- Hoss On Racing
- Foaled
- 6 Mar 2017
- Stable
- Irthington, Cumbria
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 9 runs (11%)
- Trainer running to form
- 47%
- Ratings
- Perf 122
- Wind surgery
- w 1
Danny McMenamin
Donald McCain 2/14
Third last time out and a winner four starts back, Roarin' Success has sound recent form and has run over today's trip and going, but she carries 157 lb off an official mark of 103. Our figures rank her fifth of six, so she looks hard to fancy.
- Sire
- Roaring Lion (USA)
- Dam
- Random Success (IRE) by Shamardal
- Owner
- Hale Racing Lyle Farming Company Ptnr
- Foaled
- 16 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Cholmondeley, Cheshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 14 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 36%
- Ratings
- Perf 99
34 days
5yo, 11-1, OR 101 43U-P3
J: Patrick Wadge · T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore
Patrick Wadge
Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore 8/37
Without a win in her last five, Hunters Spring is hard to fancy, with a pulled up and an unseated in the last three starts raising doubts over reliability, and she carries 155 lb. On the plus side, she was third last time out and has run over today's trip and going, but our figures rank her sixth of six.
- Sire
- Nayef (USA)
- Dam
- Last Supper (GB) by Echo Of Light
- Owner
- Robert Gibbons
- Foaled
- 5 Mar 2021
- Stable
- Milnathort, Perth & Kinross
- Trainer last 14 days
- 8 wins from 37 runs (22%)
- Trainer running to form
- 40%
- Ratings
- Perf 99
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.