Newcastle Races

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Newcastle

15:10

Get Raceday Ready Handicap Chase

Off Time: 15:10 Distance: 2m4f Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf Prize: £3,248

5/2 Tommy Combats, 4/1 Always A Reason, 5/1 Too Cool Forshrule, 6/1 Emotional Roller, 13/2 The Jad Factor, 7/1 Empty Nest, 15/2 Stylish Recruit, 33/1 Gandhi Maker, 100/1 Goodoldbill

Previous Runs	No.	Horse	Age/Sex	Status	Jockey	Trainer	Weight	OFR	Mkt
1m7½f 2m½f 2m4f 2m½f 2m4½f	1	Tommy Combats (IRE) Ran well behind To Cool Forshrule on seasonal debut and not yet fully exposed over fences	5 G	Poor	Callum Bewley	Martin Todhunter	168	99	2/1 Open: 2/1
2m4f 2m1f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m7½f	2	Too Cool Forshrule (IRE) Ayr winner in November; not quite in same form since but still enters calculations	5 G	AVG	Joshua Thompson(7)	Jackie Stephen	166	97	5/1 Open: 5/1
2m4f 3m 3m½f 2m4f 2m3½f	3	The Jad Factor (IRE) Not always one to rely upon but has won his last two; headgear switched	8 G	AVG	Patrick Wadge	Sandy Thomson	165	96	9/1 Open: 9/1
2m1f 2m4f 2m4f 2m4½f 2m3½f	4	Always A Reason (IRE) Ended 2025 in good form over hurdles and is open to more progress on this chasing debut	6 G	AVG	Ross Chapman	Rebecca Menzies	165	96	4/1 Open: 4/1
2m4f 2m3½f 3m½f 2m1f 2m1f	5	Gandhi Maker (FR) Shaped quite well over hurdles on stable debut and reverts to chasing on tempting mark	9 G	AVG	Sean Quinlan	Noel Wilson	165	96	40/1 Open: 40/1
2m4½f 1m7½f 2m4f 2m4½f 2m4½f	6	Stylish Recruit (IRE) Kept on for third at Hexham last spring but has poor completion record over fences	6 G	Poor	Brian Hughes	Sandy Thomson	163	94	15/2 Open: 15/2
2m3½f 2m4f 2m5f 2m4½f 2m3f	7	Empty Nest (IRE) Dual chase winner last season (once over C&D); might be back at concert pitch today	7 G	AVG	Jamie Hamilton	Mark Walford	163	94	6/1 Open: 6/1
3m 3m½f 3m2½f 3m1f 3m	8	Emotional Roller (IRE) Made frame on first two starts this season; ran okay last time; back in trip; new headgear	7 G	Poor	Peter Kavanagh	Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith	156	87	13/2 Open: 13/2
2m4½f 3m 3m 3m½f 2m7½f	10	Goodoldbill (GB) Won here in 2023 but it's a good while since he showed any worthwhile form	9 G	Poor	Charlie Maggs(5)	Jane Walton	142	73	33/1 Open: 33/1
2m1f 1m7½f 2m 2m	NR	King Horse Soundly beaten on handicap hurdle debut (2m); up in trip for chase debut; headgear added	5 G	Poor	NON-RUNNER	Paul Robson	156	87	SCR Open: SCR