Result 16:45 · Newcastle

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Class 4Handicap7fStandard3yo+ · 6 ran

Result

Official · time 1m 28.93s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Gressington (IRE)	Darragh Keenan	K Scott	—	10.0	10.8
2	Towerlands (IRE)	Jack Doughty	Tony Carroll	2L	2.88	3.19
3	Bobby Joe Leg (GB)	J P Sullivan	Mrs R Carr	2¾L	13.0	17.4
4	Selection (IRE)	T Eaves	Ivan Furtado	3½L	11.0	13.2
5	Blazing Son	Aiden Brookes	B Smart	3¾L	5.00	5.04
6	Yaaser (IRE)	Lauren Young	J S Goldie	6¼L	3.25	3.90

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2 (7)

Towerlands (IRE)

3yo · 9-8 · OR 79

925111 J Jack Doughty T Tony Carroll —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
19 Dec 25	Southwell	1m	Standard	C5	1/4	—	1.83
08 Dec 25	Lingfield Park	1m	Standard	C5	1/10	—	6.00
30 Oct 25	Southwell	1m	Standard	C5	1/8	—	23.0

3 wins from 10 · placed 5

3 runs at around this trip without a win

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3 (5)

Selection (IRE)

3yo · 9-5 · OR 76

210153 J T Eaves T Ivan Furtado —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
17 Nov 25	Newcastle	1m	Standard	C4	3/9	4¾L	9.50
21 Oct 25	Newcastle	1m	Standard	C5	5/8	4L	6.00
14 Oct 25	Newcastle	1m	Standard	C5	1/6	—	10.0

2 wins from 6 · placed 4

Course winner: 1 win from 3 here

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4 (2)

Blazing Son

7yo · 9-2 · OR 76

933130 J Aiden Brookes T B Smart —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
08 Nov 25	Doncaster	7f	Heavy	C4	18/21	28L	51.0
28 Sep 25	Newcastle	7f	Standard	C5	3/11	7L	8.50
19 Sep 25	Newcastle	7f	Standard	C5	1/7	—	9.00

7 wins from 40 · placed 22

Course winner: 3 wins from 8 here

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5 (4)

Gressington (IRE) b

4yo · 9-0 · OR 71

026644 J Darragh Keenan T K Scott —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
20 Dec 25	Newcastle	7f	Standard	C5	4/10	2½L	12.0
02 Dec 25	Newcastle	7f	Standard	C5	4/11	1L	8.50
27 Nov 25	Newcastle	1m	Standard	C5	6/7	2¾L	7.50

3 wins from 23 · placed 8

Won 2 of 10 at around this trip

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6 (1)

Yaaser (IRE)

7yo · 8-9 · OR 71

574417 J Lauren Young T J S Goldie —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
28 Dec 25	Southwell	6f	Standard	C5	7/8	11L	6.00
13 Dec 25	Newcastle	7f	Standard	C5	1/8	—	3.50
27 Nov 25	Newcastle	1m	Standard	C5	4/7	2½L	3.25

10 wins from 68 · placed 22

Course winner: 1 win from 6 here

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7 (3)

Bobby Joe Leg (GB) b

11yo · 8-13 · OR 70

754061 J J P Sullivan T Mrs R Carr —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
20 Dec 25	Newcastle	7f	Standard	C5	1/10	—	29.0
13 Dec 25	Newcastle	7f	Standard	C5	6/8	14¼L	13.0
02 Dec 25	Newcastle	7f	Standard	C5	11/11	10L	41.0

17 wins from 114 · placed 43

Course winner: 11 wins from 68 here

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