Marathonbet Festival Of Racing/EBF Fillies' Handicap

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 1m 21.12s

(5)

Bint Dandy^p¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: S De Sousa| T: C A Dwyer| OR: 82| D

4/1

A six time career winner, but just the once on turf (at Yarmouth in late May) and held from higher marks since. Others appear to hold stronger claims at present.

Form: 661764

(2)

Bumptious^p¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Jim Crowley| T: I Mohammed| OR: 75| D

11/4

Lightly raced filly who ran a blinder on just her second start in handicaps when runner up to Realize at Yarmouth in May (7f good to firm), and took advantage of a good opportunity to narrowly get off the mark in a Ffos Las maiden latest (7f+ good to soft). Mark remains untouched, but winning rider claimed to ride Fleeting Motion today.

Form: 3/64201

(4)

Fleeting Motion²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Tom Marquand| T: R Hannon| OR: 80

11/2

25/1 winner of a Doncaster maiden fillies event in October 2016 (1m good), and that has rather made life tricky for her in handicaps from marks north of 80. This is probably her best opportunity since and eased fractionally in the weights could well be capable of returning to form.

Form: 61-4935

(1)

Finale¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: A Kirby| T: H Morrison| OR: 76

2/1

Placed in a couple of 1m Southwell maidens during the winter, but has thrived over the past six weeks since returning to action on turf in handicaps. She has been raised 9lb collectively for successes at Nottingham and Sandown, and whilst dropping in trip will relish any rainfall that arrives.

Form: 62311

(3)

Andalusite^v⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: R Ffrench| T: J Gallagher| OR: 62| CD

5/1

Twice a winner at this track in 2017, including over C&D on her penultimate start last month when making most to hold off One Big Surprise by ½L. Mowed down late off this mark at Epsom last week, but looks set to produce another solid effort from the front assuming the hectic spell hasn't begun to leave its mark.

Form: 142713

Non-Runners

(6)

Black Bess¹⁴

Weight: 10-3| Age: 4

T: J R Boyle J: Charlie Bennett

Forecasts

Finale (2/1), Bumptious (11/4), Bint Dandy (4/1), Andalusite (5/1), Fleeting Motion (11/2), Black Bess (6/1)

The front running Andalusite is likely to ensure that this is enough of a stamina test for the dropped in trip hat-trick seeker FINALE. The selection is a perfect 100% on grass (two from two) and is almost certain to benefit from the forecast rainfall. Of the others, Fleeting Motion is eased slightly in grade (and in the weights) and she is almost certainly capable of winning more races on the evidence of her Doncaster maiden success in October 2016.