19:30
AWC Finals Day At Newcastle 26th March Handicap Stakes
Class 5, 1m½f (1m142y), Flat, 3yo, Rated 0-70, £3,716, 8 runners
- Going
- TAPETA: STANDARD
- Surface
- AW
- Weather
- Dry
- Stalls
- 7f - Outside; Remainder - Inside
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Eduardo Calderon looks the one to beat in this Wolverhampton Class 5 over a mile, with our rating of 79 putting him eight pounds clear of Sovereign Bay on 71, a gap that is meaningful at this level. That edge gives him a comfortable cushion against a field that looks fairly tightly packed behind, with Jamie Sommers on 70 and Carwyn on 68 the other main dangers. Sovereign Bay is the likeliest threat, but he has plenty to find on our figures. Eduardo Calderon is the confident selection.
Runners
Cieren Fallon
James Owen 13/56
Sovereign Bay sits second of eight on our ratings at 71, against an official 67, and he has run over today's trip and on this going, having finished fourth twice and third in the string before a recent dip. The main risk is a 120-day absence, with 135 lb to carry from stall eight.
- Sire
- New Bay (GB)
- Dam
- Holy Roman Empress (IRE) by American Pharoah
- Owner
- The Horse Watchers 2 & Partner
- Foaled
- 24 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 13 wins from 56 runs (23%)
- Trainer running to form
- 54%
- Ratings
- Perf 71, Speed 61
George Wood
Harry Eustace 0/11
Eduardo Calderon has been consistent, with a second six starts back, a third three starts back and a second two starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Our rating of 79 makes him the one to beat, though he was unplaced last time and returns after 46 days off.
- Sire
- Shaman (IRE)
- Dam
- Deia Glory (GB) by Kyllachy
- Owner
- David Batten
- Foaled
- 2 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 11 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 57%
- Ratings
- Perf 79, Speed 72
Billy Loughnane
Tony Carroll 1/40
Third last time out and a winner two starts back, Shes Got The Blues has hit the frame in all six recent runs, is fit after 13 days and has run over today's trip and going. Against that, the yard is cold at 1/40 and she carries 132 lb from draw 3, with our rating of 65 ranking her fifth of eight.
- Sire
- Space Blues (IRE)
- Dam
- Valtina (IRE) by Teofilo
- Owner
- Ian Furlong
- Foaled
- 14 Apr 2023
- Stable
- Cropthorne, Worcs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 40 runs (3%)
- Trainer running to form
- 32%
- Ratings
- Perf 65, Speed 61
Hollie Doyle
David Loughnane 0/9
Jamie Sommers has been thirds two and five starts back, plus a third six starts back, and she has run over today's trip and going before, while our rating of 70 ranks her third of eight. The risk is a 136-day layoff, and she is yet to win in her last six.
- Sire
- Kodiac (GB)
- Dam
- Rince Beo (IRE) by Frankel
- Owner
- D Lowe S Hoyland
- Foaled
- 3 May 2023
- Stable
- Stoke Heath, Shropshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 9 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 33%
- Ratings
- Perf 70, Speed 65
Pierre-Louis Jamin
Donald McCain 2/20
Moonlight Melody is yet to win in her last six, though a third four starts back and a pair of fourths show she's competitive, and she has run on today's going before. Unplaced last time and ranked sixth of eight by our rating, she looks held back by that dip, carrying 130 lb from stall two.
- Sire
- Mohaather (GB)
- Dam
- Artistic Streak (GB) by New Approach
- Owner
- Mrs Carol Shaw
- Foaled
- 21 Jan 2023
- Stable
- Cholmondeley, Cheshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 20 runs (10%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 65, Speed 70
Callum Shepherd
David Simcock 0/8
Rajendra won last time out and has run over today's trip and going, but that sits against a ninth and a sixth in the two runs before it, and he is only one win in his last six starts. Ranked seventh of eight on our figures, he is hard to fancy off 124 lb from stall four.
- Sire
- Time Test (GB)
- Dam
- Veena (FR) by Elusive City
- Owner
- Chola Dynasty
- Foaled
- 15 Apr 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 8 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 27%
- Ratings
- Perf 65, Speed 64
Tom Kiely-Marshall (3)
Patrick Morris 2/14
Carwyn is rated 68 by us, fourth of eight, and has run over today's trip and on this going, which makes him a live threat off a light 121 lb from stall seven. The risk is a form line of unplaced, seventh, unplaced and three more finishes of eighth or ninth, so he is yet to show it on the track.
- Sire
- Masar (IRE)
- Dam
- Gwendolyn (GER) by Invincible Spirit
- Owner
- Morris And Allan
- Foaled
- 16 Feb 2023
- Stable
- Prescott, Merseyside
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 14 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 41%
- Ratings
- Perf 68, Speed 61
Luke Morris
James Owen 13/56
Labiche is winless in his last five, having been fifth last time out and a third two starts back, and he returns after 128 days off, which makes him hard to fancy. He has run over today's trip and going, and our rating of 57 still ranks him last of eight, drawn 1 and carrying 118 lb.
- Sire
- Tasleet (GB)
- Dam
- Labise (IRE) by Azamour
- Owner
- Woodward, Jones And Astbury
- Foaled
- 7 May 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 13 wins from 56 runs (23%)
- Trainer running to form
- 54%
- Ratings
- Perf 57, Speed 50
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.