Result 20:00 · Newcastle

Festive Celebrations At The Grand Hotel Handicap

Class 6Handicap5fStandard3yo+ · 9 ran

Result

Official · time 58.96s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Azucena (IRE)	D Allan	Ann Duffield	—	9.50	11.5
2	Howzak (GB)	Billy Garritty	Liam Bailey	1¾L	17.0	24.2
3	Rockley Point (GB)	William Pyle	K Scott	1¾L	9.00	9.40
4	Better (IRE)	Dougie Costello	Paul Midgley	2L	34.0	41.3
5	Kyber Crystal (IRE)	Kaiya Fraser	R Menzies	2½L	4.00	4.51
6	Musical Diva (IRE)	D Tudhope	D O'Meara	4¼L	5.50	5.60
7	Street Life (GB)	Rhys Elliott	P Morris	4¼L	6.00	6.62
8	Silky Robin (IRE)	Mark Winn	Paul Midgley	5L	6.00	6.00
9	Never This Way (IRE)	J P Sullivan	Mrs R Carr	14L	17.0	21.7

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1 (5)

Silky Robin (IRE)

3yo · 9-11 · OR 60

306044 J Mark Winn T Paul Midgley —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
14 Aug 24	Beverley	5f	Good To Firm	C5	4/9	2¼L	8.00
03 Aug 24	Doncaster	5f	Good To Firm	C5	4/9	2¼L	29.0
26 Jul 24	York	5f 110y	Good To Firm	C4	13/14	13L	34.0

0 wins from 8 · placed 2

2 runs here without a win

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2 (4)

Howzak (GB)

6yo · 9-11 · OR 60

215350 J Billy Garritty T Liam Bailey —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
24 Sep 24	Newcastle	6f	Standard	C6	10/13	10¼L	34.0
12 Sep 24	Newcastle	5f	Standard To Slow	C6	5/8	5¾L	5.50
18 Jul 24	Chepstow	6f	Good	C5	3/9	1½L	3.50

6 wins from 27 · placed 12

Won 4 of 15 at around this trip

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3 (1)

Azucena (IRE)

4yo · 9-7 · OR 56

083707 J D Allan T Ann Duffield —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
17 Sep 24	Redcar	5f	Good To Firm	C6	7/10	6¾L	26.0
03 Sep 24	Newcastle	5f	Standard To Slow	C6	12/14	8¼L	23.0
13 May 24	Catterick	5f	Good	C6	7/13	4L	15.0

1 win from 17 · placed 5

Course winner: 1 win from 7 here

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4 (8)

Kyber Crystal (IRE) t

5yo · 9-4 · OR 56

614312 J Kaiya Fraser T R Menzies —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
02 Oct 24	Musselburgh	5f	Good	C6	2/11	1¼L	3.75
22 Sep 24	Hamilton Park	5f	Good To Soft	C6	1/11	—	5.00
14 Sep 24	Musselburgh	5f	Good	C6	3/10	1¾L	3.00

3 wins from 37 · placed 9

Won 3 of 25 at around this trip

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5 (6)

Musical Diva (IRE) v

3yo · 9-6 · OR 55

225634 J D Tudhope T D O'Meara —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
24 Sep 24	Beverley	5f	Good	C6	4/12	2L	4.33
09 Sep 24	Wolverhampton	5f	Standard	C6	3/9	2½L	4.00
30 Aug 24	Southwell	5f	Standard	C6	6/11	4L	10.0

2 wins from 26 · placed 10

Won 2 of 22 at around this trip

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6 (3)

Better (IRE)

3yo · 9-6 · OR 55

754006 J Dougie Costello T Paul Midgley —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
22 Jul 24	Ayr	5f	Good	C6	6/8	3¾L	13.0
06 Jul 24	Beverley	5f	Good	C6	10/12	8L	34.0
16 Jun 24	Doncaster	6f	Good To Soft	C6	10/10	9½L	11.0

1 win from 11 · placed 1

1 run here without a win

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Never This Way (IRE) h

4yo · 9-3 · OR 52

689070 J J P Sullivan T Mrs R Carr —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
15 Aug 24	Beverley	5f	Good To Firm	C5	10/10	14½L	29.0
27 Jul 24	Newcastle	5f	Standard	C6	7/11	2L	17.0
01 Jul 24	Pontefract	5f	Good To Firm	C6	11/12	9¼L	29.0

0 wins from 13 · placed 3

2 runs here without a win

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8 (2)

Street Life (GB) v

7yo · 8-6 · OR 48

022392 J Rhys Elliott T P Morris —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
29 Sep 24	Southwell	5f	Standard	C6	2/8	1¼L	3.50
17 Sep 24	Redcar	5f	Good To Firm	C6	9/9	6½L	29.0
03 Sep 24	Southwell	5f	Standard	C6	3/11	1L	11.0

9 wins from 64 · placed 24

Course winner: 2 wins from 9 here

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9 (7)

Rockley Point (GB) b

11yo · 8-8 · OR 46

287503 J William Pyle T K Scott —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Oct 24	Newcastle	5f	Standard	C6	3/12	1¾L	34.0
09 May 24	Chelmsford City	6f	Standard	C6	10/10	23¼L	34.0
26 Apr 24	Newcastle	6f	Standard	C6	5/10	4L	34.0

9 wins from 135 · placed 53

Course winner: 4 wins from 57 here

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