18:15 Salisbury

Saturday 29 July 2017

All17:1517:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:15

George Smith Horseboxes Handicap

Off time: 18:18 | Winning time: 1m 3.24s

(3)

Pride Of Angels²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Jim Crowley| T: G & J Moore| OR: 65

7/1

Maiden after four starts and finished fourth of six over 5f at Windsor (good-to-soft) last time out. Interesting runner on her handicap debut with a leading jockey booked to ride.

Form: 5434

(2)

Captain Ryan¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: T J Murphy| T: G Deacon| OR: 62| BF| D

9/1

Winner six times from 45 starts and running well of late. Placed on each of his last four starts including when a nose second over an extended 5f at Bath (firm) on his penultimate outing. Finished third off this mark last time and likely to run well once more.

Form: 5-52323

(8)

Our Lord²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Rob Hornby| T: M J Attwater| OR: 61| D

4/1

Finished runner-up the last twice most recently when beaten 1L over 5f at Newbury (good-to-firm) three weeks ago. Has been raised 2lb for that effort and would probably prefer the ground slightly quicker than is forecast today.

Form: 154-422

(1)

Who Told Jo Jo²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Oisin Murphy| T: J Tuite| OR: 65| D

10/1

Both wins have come on turf including over 5f at Windsor (good) in April. Disappointing since and finished last of nine at Haydock (good-to-firm) last time out. Races off the same mark as for that Windsor success here.

Form: 371649

(4)

Incentive^p1⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: K Shoemark| T: W S Kittow| OR: 63

14/1

Maiden after eight starts and came close to breaking his duck when beaten a head at Bath over an extended 5f on soft ground in May. Well held upped to 6f subsequently and cheekpieces fitted for the first time today.

Form: 450-529

(9)

Tidal's Baby⁵⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-6| J: George Downing| T: A W Carroll| OR: 59| D

8/1

Runner-up on all five starts since joining this yard from Lee Carter at the end of last year. Latest effort came over 7f at Leicester (good-to-soft) last month and tackles 5f for the first time in over 18 months here.

Form: 4-22222

(5)

John Joiner²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Charles Bishop| T: P Hedger| OR: 57| D

11/1

Registered a double last summer but disappointing in three runs so far this year and beaten 17L at Lingfield (good) over this distance last time out. Others preferred at present.

Form: 362-068

(13)

Wee Jock²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: R Ffrench| T: J P Shanahan| OR: 57| D

3/1

On a hat-trick following soft ground wins over 5f at Hamilton. Those efforts came within a week of one another including when making all against a favoured stands rail off a mark of 51 last time out. Races off a 6lb higher mark here and one for the shortlist today.

Form: 808011

(12)

Flying Sakhee⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: William Carson| T: J J Bridger| OR: 52

16/1

14 race maiden and best effort came when a neck second over 6f at Lingfield (good) in May. Well held the last twice including over 7f last time and tackles this trip for the first time today.

Form: 9-07295

(10)

Bushwise^p⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: M Dwyer| T: J M Bradley| OR: 48

20/1

Dual winner in spring 2016 but disappointing in four starts so far this term. Finished tenth of 14 at Nottingham (good-to-firm) over 6f last time out and more needed here.

Form: 30-9890

(6)

The Perfect Show^v1⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Katherine Begley⁽⁷⁾| T: J M Bradley| OR: 45

50/1

Maiden after 12 starts and well beaten in recent times. Rated 5lb lower than when beaten 29L over 7f at Chepstow (good) last time and a visor is tried for the first time racing from out of the handicap today.

Form: 770800

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 5p in the pound

Non-Runners

(7)

Zavikon¹⁰

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: R Hughes J: Non Runner

(11)

Kings Academy²⁸

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: P & O Cole J: Paul St John-Dennis

Forecasts

Wee Jock (3/1), Our Lord (4/1), Zavikon (6/1), Pride Of Angels (7/1), Tidal's Baby (8/1), Captain Ryan (9/1), Who Told Jo Jo (10/1), Kings Academy (10/1), John Joiner (11/1), Incentive (14/1), Flying Sakhee (16/1), Bushwise (20/1), The Perfect Show (50/1)

WEE JOCK has made all when winning the last twice and he can repeat that here with the jockey who's ridden him the last twice Royston Ffrench taking the ride once more. The selection is the sole confirmed front-runner in this contest and is taken to get the better of Captain Ryan who has been in decent form so far this season while Tidal's Baby who takes a marked drop in trip today can add to his previous placed efforts this season by claiming third.