Result 16:05 · Newcastle

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Class 4Handicap2m 4fHeavy5yo+ · 5 ran

Result

Official · time 5m 52.20s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Gold Opera (IRE)	Lucy Alexander	N W Alexander	—	8.50	9.00
2	Asking Questions (IRE)	Harry Skelton	Oliver Greenall	8L	2.88	3.20
3	Swing Hard (IRE)	Danny Cook	Sue Smith	11L	2.88	3.23
4	Whitsundays (IRE)	Brian Hughes	Donald McCain	30L	7.00	7.66
PU	Valzan (FR)	Tony Kelly	R Menzies	—	6.00	7.00

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Gold Opera (IRE) v

9yo · 11-12 · OR 117

14P55P J Lucy Alexander T N W Alexander —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Feb 18	Ayr	3m 3f	Heavy	C4	PU	—	8.00
05 Feb 18	Newcastle	2m 7f 110y	Soft	C3	5/6	42L	13.0
14 Jan 18	Kelso	2m 7f 110y	Soft	C3	5/8	26¼L	21.0

5 wins from 20 · placed 10

Course winner: 2 wins from 3 here

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Whitsundays (IRE) t,b

9yo · 11-11 · OR 116

322155 J Brian Hughes T Donald McCain —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
08 Mar 18	Carlisle	2m 4f	Heavy	C4	5/5	81½L	9.50
30 Jan 18	Newcastle	2m 110y	Soft	C4	5/6	6¾L	3.75
25 Jan 18	Kelso	2m 1f	Heavy	C4	1/5	—	2.38

4 wins from 16 · placed 11

1 run here without a win

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Asking Questions (IRE) t,v

6yo · 11-9 · OR 114

263611 J Harry Skelton T Oliver Greenall —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
08 Apr 18	Carlisle	2m 5f	Soft	C4	1/10	—	3.50
08 Mar 18	Carlisle	2m 5f	Heavy	C4	1/6	—	4.00
23 Feb 18	Warwick	3m 2f	Good To Soft	C5	6/11	36¼L	8.00

2 wins from 10 · placed 5

3 runs at around this trip without a win

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Swing Hard (IRE)

10yo · 11-3 · OR 108

233PP2 J Danny Cook T Sue Smith —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
08 Apr 18	Carlisle	2m 4f	Soft	C4	2/9	4½L	10.0
21 Mar 18	Haydock Park	2m 7f	Soft	C4	PU	—	9.50
19 Feb 18	Carlisle	2m 4f	Heavy	C4	PU	—	3.50

3 wins from 25 · placed 16

Won 2 of 11 at around this trip

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Valzan (FR) b

6yo · 10-8 · OR 99

5979P J Tony Kelly T R Menzies —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
31 Jan 18	Ayr	2m 4f 110y	Heavy	C4	PU	—	11.0
02 Jan 18	Ayr	3m	Heavy	C4	9/10	52¾L	21.0
22 Dec 17	Ayr	3m	Heavy	C4	7/10	13L	41.0

0 wins from 5 · placed 0

3 runs at around this trip without a win

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