November Handicap: Jamie Lynch’s horse-by-horse guide to the Newcastle feature on Saturday | Racing News

Sky Sports activities Racing’s senior type analyst Jamie Lynch assesses the 14 runners within the November Handicap at Newcastle which is reside on Sky Sports activities Racing on Saturday…

It is the November Handicap, Jim, however not as we all know it. The rearrangement from Doncaster to Newcastle has moved the goalposts, in the beginning the change in floor, serving to some and hindering others.

The sphere is smaller than the same old 20+, all of which makes it a reasonably extra odd handicap than historically, although no lesser a regular, all bar two of the sphere operating off a mark of 90 or increased. Let’s undergo them…..

TEUMESSIAS FOX

Jockey: Callum Hutchinson (3) | Coach: Andrew Balding

He is one for whom the change to synthetics might be a constructive contemplating his final two all-weather makes an attempt resulted in wins by eight-and-a-half lengths and four-and-three-quarter lengths. Has been freshened up for this since an unfortunate fifth underneath high weight within the Racing League occasion that labored out the very best in your entire collection, and Callum Hutchinson’s declare successfully brings his mark again to sub-100, which is effectively inside his means. Loads of upside.

MR ALAN

Jason Hart | George Boughey

Would have been difficult for favouritism if the race was at its pure residence of dangerous floor Doncaster as he is in his component underneath such circumstances, emphasised this autumn, when he has been profitable at Nottingham and simply pipped at Newmarket final week, proof he is higher than final yr (fifth in November Handicap), additionally more energizing, after his return was delayed till September. That is one occasion the place the vacation spot issues greater than the journey, Newcastle much less appropriate with him than the Doncaster mud.

CHILLINGHAM

PJ McDonald | Ed Bethell

Possibly the tongue strap is the reply to the query of what is lacking? It is due to his dynamic growth as much as and together with Royal Ascot (fourth to Vauban and Absurde) that the query has come up since, twice crushed favorite and wanting one thing, onerous to know precisely what. However the break is the refresher and the tongue tie is the treatment, doubtlessly at the very least, and there is undoubtedly a way of unfinished enterprise about him. P.J McDonald is one/one on him.

EUCHEN GLEN

Paul Mulrennan | Jim Goldie

A winding-down warrior, Father Time assembly Mom Nature, therefore it is two-and-a-half years since he final gained. Remarkably ran on this race approach again in 2017, unthreatening then and once more in 2020, although he was a short-head second within the Northumberland Vase in 2018, the one time he is been on the all-weather within the final six years.

LOCAL DYNASTY

William Buick | Charlie Appleby

Began the season on the periphery of the Derby image, reappearing within the Dee Stakes, however he received caught within the departure lounge like many of the steady’s three-year-olds, not taking off there nor in handicaps at Royal Ascot and the July Pageant. The reset button has been pressed with the lay-off and the gelding operation and if there is a horse who’ll take this race aside then it is him, however it’s onerous to suck up the quick odds when he is having his first go on the journey and on the all-weather.

PRYDWEN

Sean Levey | George Scott

Beat one residence within the 2022 November Handicap however he is not a mudder, and the change to synthetics this time is music to his ears, having gained thrice on the all-weather. A mark within the mid-90s has appeared his tipping level, however that is why first-time cheekpieces have been enlisted, and he is been freshened up for this, off since August. The actual fact he goes so effectively on Tapeta ought to see him beat greater than beats him.

LAAFI

Cieren Fallon | William Haggas

You do not see many William Haggas handicappers go off at 20/1 however the reality Laafi did at Newmarket mirrored a stuttering season to that time, a nook turned, so says his clean success, however the dynamics are decidedly totally different right here, together with the basics of journey and floor. What’s extra, he will not be allowed the simple lead which was the method if not the facility behind his Newmarket reawakening.

PLEASANT MAN

Dylan Hogan | Jack Jones

Seemed the proper uncooked materials for hurdling as a three-year-old, the explanation why he value 175,000 guineas to get him on Paul Nicholls’ workforce, however his coronary heart was by no means in it, and now he is having to start out once more from scratch for a brand new yard, on a brand new floor to him.

BERAZ

Graham Lee | Julie Camacho

Part Three goes effectively, one having been his basis in France and two his quick and bitter spell as a hurdler. Bar one blip he has gone from power to power in his time with Julie Camacho and the 3lb rise for his newest win at Leicester seems lenient provided that was an particularly sturdy 0-90, to not point out that 10f is a naked minimal for him. From profile to type and strategy, each field is ticked besides all-weather, having by no means earlier than skilled it, not that it is a lot of a cause to carry again nowadays.

SPLENDENT

Luke Morris | Paul and Oliver Cole

Had a Hungarian hotspot this summer time underneath Frankie Dettori however in and round that he is simply appeared to discover a mark within the 90s a bit past him. The plus factors in order for you them are that he gained at Newcastle in his youthful days and maps to be higher positioned than most in a race that will flip tactical.

FURZIG

Billy Garritty | Richard Fahey

Would not have made the lower on turf, the place his mark is just 78, however his break up ranking (90 on all-weather) will get him entry, and he was increased nonetheless – raced off 100 – the final time we noticed him on synthetics. In brief, circumstances have given him an opportunity, as has the handicapper, however aged eight it is nonetheless asking numerous him to outrun the youthful weapons, even when he’s a five-time winner on the all-weather.

ONESMOOTHOPERATOR

Ben Robinson | Brian Ellison

Out of the profitable behavior however again on the boil recently and it is a residence fixture for him, within the first three on seven of his 9 runs at Newcastle. This race is little or no higher than the 0-105 during which he wasn’t crushed far into fifth over this course and distance final month, and he is a full of life longshot, extra so if the gallop is stronger in apply than on paper.

MUSTAZEED

Kaiya Fraser (5) | Harry Eustace

The race rearrangement has compromised his probability as Doncaster – the place he was crushed solely by a resurgent Sure Lad final time – and mushy floor have served him effectively, whereas he is zero-five on all-weather. Extra of a difficulty than the Tapeta is the journey, as he is pretty late in life for a departure in distance, going past 10f for the primary time.

STRUTH

Joe Fanning | Charlie Johnston

His profitable return at Chester again in Could was one thing of a false daybreak because it has been sideways ever since, holding his personal all the identical, together with within the high-value Previous Rowley Cup final time at Newmarket the place he perhaps did an excessive amount of too quickly. A 3-year-old from that steady lurking on the foot of the weights is an attractive proposition, although this will likely be his all-weather debut.

JAMIE LYNCH’S VERDICT

Litigant in 2015 is the one high weight to win within the final 25 years, however the reality it is a November Handicap with a twist – on the all-weather with a smaller subject – could imply that class counts, and TEUMESSIAS FOX matches the invoice completely as one who was twice fourth to Hamish in Group Threes this summer time and is a benefactor of the synthetics change given his proficiency and effectivity on the all-weather.

Watch all of the motion from Newcastle on Saturday reside on Sky Sports activities Racing.