Newcastle R5 DFK CROSBIE PACE

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Finished 13.2m 5th $8.00 (Fr1) Audace Newcastle 2030m (1:59.8) R4955 race Apr 11 then beaten 13m 3rd $17 (Fr2) Dennington Heights Newcastle 1609m (1:54.5) R4865 race Apr 18. Capable type on his day.

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Good run when 2m 2nd $19 (Sr3) Shades Of Heaven Tamworth 1980m (1:59.8) R5055 race Apr 23 then solid effort when 6m 3rd $9.50 (Sr3) Rocknroll Rhythm Tamworth 1980m (2:02.8) R4655 race Apr 30. Has placed twice in past three runs and worth an each way ticket.

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Commanding winner $9.00 (Fr5) over Final River 12.5m Newcastle 1609m (1:54.5) R4865 race Apr 18 then tired over the latter stages when 60m 7th $3.10 (Fr2) Robbo Tamworth 1980m (2:00.6) R5469 race Apr 30. A winner at this course two back and has won at this distance three times; contender on those figures.

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Scored handily defeating Dancinginthedark 2m $126 (Fr1) Menangle 1609m the 2F-GP2 2YOF True Blue Final (grp2) Jul 13 then beaten 51m 5th $17 (Fr3) Mummys Boy Armidale 1980m (1:59.6) 3R4261 race Mar 15. Might need more racing.

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A comfortable winner $3.20 (Fr3) over Arna 9.5m Newcastle 1609m (1:57.8) R3747 race Apr 18 then beaten 12.2m 4th $6.50 (Fr3) Topsky Newcastle 2030m (1:58.1) R4755 race Apr 25. In the mix on consistent recent form.

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Battled on gamely defeating Moneymatters 0.7m $1.80 (Fr2) Tamworth 1609m (2:03.1) R4653 race Mar 19 then beaten 31.5m 8th $13 (Fr1) Shades Of Heaven Tamworth 1980m (1:59.8) R5055 race Apr 23. Minor factor in this field.

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Easy winner $1.60 (Fr3) over Miss Serendipity 10.7m Newcastle 1609m (1:56.4) 3R4051 race Apr 4 then won $1.30 (Fr5) narrowly over Always A Lexus 0.1m Tamworth 1980m (2:01.1) R4254 race Apr 13. Expected to be handy at the bell lap and if so should be hard to hold out.

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Checked when 32m 9th $23 (Sr2) Hes The Warrior NZ Newcastle 2030m (1:57.9) R4655 race Apr 4 then tired over the latter stages when 67.5m 10th $31 (Fr6) Audace Newcastle 2030m (1:59.8) R4955 race Apr 11. More needed to figure here.

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Inconvenienced when 28.5m 7th $34 (Fr7) Shadow Shark Newcastle 2030m (2:00.8) R5053 race Mar 6 then beaten 10.7m 4th $41 (Fr3) Aymar NZ Newcastle 1609m (1:59.5) R4855 race Mar 14. Could fill a spot.

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Back from a spell. Finished 1.2m 2nd $4.60 (Fr6) Starzzzinthe Cross Newcastle 1609m (1:55.6) R4452 race Jul 15 then beaten 21.5m 6th $4.00 (Fr7) Onahi Delight Newcastle 1609m (1:57.1) R4752 race Feb 17. Coming off a break but winner first-up previously and can't ignore.