Newcastle R6 Somerset Meats Pace (Sky2)

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Handy effort when 5.7m 3rd $1.60 (Sr2) Quinzel Tamworth 1609m (2:01.5) R4147 race Jul 25 then ran 13.5m 7th $9.50 (Sr1) Mister Finnigan Newcastle 1609m (1:57.5) R4347 race Aug 3. Mixing form but not out of it on consecutive minor placings prior to last start failure.

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Raced wide early when 22m 6th $41 (Fr7) Battle Chimes Newcastle 1609m (1:54.5) R4552 race Jul 29 then raced wide early when 6.5m 4th $7.50 (Fr8) Sandy Lochinvar Newcastle 1609m (1:57.8) R4851 race Aug 3. Just out of the placings last start and could figure in the finish here.

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Good effort when 0.7m 2nd $5.00 (Fr3) Ponderosa Bigz Newcastle 1609m (1:57.9) R4353 race Jul 20 then raced well when 2.7m 2nd $19 (Fr10) Ananais NZ Newcastle 1609m (1:56.9) R4249 race Jul 29. Building up to a win following two minor placings in last three starts.

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Finished 16m 5th $5.00 (Fr2) Chezmac Newcastle 1609m (1:57.0) R4854 race Jul 29 then beaten 9m 6th $19 (Fr4) Sandy Lochinvar Newcastle 1609m (1:57.8) R4851 race Aug 3. Place claims.

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Eased early when 12.7m 5th $34 (Fr9) Milwaukee Terror Newcastle 1609m (1:59.6) R4245 race Jul 15 then beaten 23m 11th $81 (Fr5) Ananais NZ Newcastle 1609m (1:56.9) R4249 race Jul 29. Looks safely held here.

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Eased early when 8m 3rd $51 (Fr10) Master Catch Newcastle 2030m (2:01.8) R4558 race Jul 27 then eased early when 11.7m 6th $15 (Fr6) Mister Finnigan Newcastle 1609m (1:57.5) R4347 race Aug 3. In the mix on sound win three back.

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Eased early when 19.5m 8th $19 (Fr7) Ananais NZ Newcastle 1609m (1:56.9) R4249 race Jul 29 then beaten 4.7m 3rd $26 (Fr7) Mister Finnigan Newcastle 1609m (1:57.5) R4347 race Aug 3. Not rating well enough.

Race comment

Raced wide early and eased early when 13m 6th $5.50 (Fr9) Ananais NZ Newcastle 1609m (1:56.9) R4249 race Jul 29 then hung out when 0.5m 2nd $5.50 (Fr5) Mister Finnigan Newcastle 1609m (1:57.5) R4347 race Aug 3. Another good run last start and could be hard to run down if as expected he leads here.

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Eased early when 17.5m 8th $151 (Fr9) Our Sequel NZ Newcastle 2030m (2:00.2) R4960 race Jul 1 then finished 27m 8th $21 (Fr2) Scotlynn Jiggs NZ Newcastle 2030m (1:59.7) R4761 race Jul 13. Fitter for recent runs and could improve.

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Raced wide late when 35m 9th $3.80 (Fr4) Eagle Falls Newcastle 2030m (2:02.0) C0 race Feb 23 then finished 22.5m 9th $21 (Fr1) Ananais NZ Newcastle 1609m (1:56.9) R4249 race Jul 29. Failed to flatter first-up but has placed 2nd up.

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Solid effort when 8m 4th $23 (Fr7) Master Catch Newcastle 2030m (2:01.8) R4558 race Jul 27 then sound effort when 7.5m 5th $31 (Fr6) Sandy Lochinvar Newcastle 1609m (1:57.8) R4851 race Aug 3. Usually thereabouts ans stays in contention in this company.

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Finished 8m 4th $3.30 (Fr5) Ponderosa Bigz Newcastle 1609m (1:57.9) R4353 race Jul 20 then ran 26.5m 9th $31 (Sr1) Battle Chimes Newcastle 1609m (1:54.5) R4552 race Jul 29. Looks vulnerable here.