Newton Abbot 4:43 Result

Final Entry is the class act here on official rating (97, clear top of the weights bar Glitz And Glamour who is out of form). Form figures 4-3144 show consistent placing/winning recently including a recent win, and he ran just 24 days ago so is fresh and in form. David Pipe is a strong yard for this staying trip and the tongue-tie may help. At 3m2f on good ground he looks the most proven stayer in the field with the right profile - progressive, in form, and with a leading rating. Glitz And Glamour has the second highest OR but her form (39-P60) shows a pulled-up and 6th last time, with a 55-day break suggesting fitness question marks. The rest of the field are all rated in the 70s-80s and look moderate handicappers by comparison, several with indifferent recent form figures (P7, -24636 etc.) or first-time makers of a step up. Final Entry looks the most solid, in-form, proven stayer with the profile to defy a workmanlike amateur pilot and land this on class and current form.