17:00 Brighton

Monday 4 September 2017

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Brighton Lions Firework Night 5 November Handicap

Off time: 17:00 | Winning time: 1m 24.15s

(8)

Black Caesar⁶⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: Sebastian Woods⁽⁷⁾| T: P Hide| OR: 72| CD

7/2

He's won three times over this course (one C&D win) with the latest of those victories coming here in June. Has run with credit since then although the handicapper may just have him pegged off this mark now.

Form: 332132

(2)

German Whip¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: H Crouch⁽³⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 69| D

10/1

Won a couple of handicaps on the AW at around this time last year and looked unlucky (poorly drawn) not to complete a hat-trick. Went missing after that and has only had a couple of runs in the past year but could be still capable of better.

Form: 31130-5

(10)

Zavikon¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: P Cosgrave| T: R Hughes| OR: 67| BF

7/2

Certainly didn't really need to improve when winning at Windsor over 5f in late June looking to be going the right way. That hasn't really proved to be the case though having been a beaten favourite twice since and still 6lb above that winning mark.

Form: 531523

(3)

Miss Icon²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: P R Chamings| OR: 67| D

9/2

Showed her best form this year when third over C&D on her seasonal debut but hasn't really backed up that run. She may have found 6f a little too sharp last time out but all in all others look more attractive now.

Form: 5-39635

(9)

Tulip Dress¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Ryan Tate| T: A Carson| OR: 63| CD

3/1

A scorer over C&D in a lower grade than this back at the start of the year she's run with credit since and has now slipped back down to her last winning mark. She ran well last time out but will need to improve slightly back in a higher grade.

Form: 436742

(11)

Gala Celebration^b1¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: F Sweeney| T: J Gallagher| OR: 64| D

9/1

His win on his seasonal debut showed him to be a better proposition than he was as a juvenile but he's failed to go on from that Lingfield AW success. Well below-par after a break last time and can't be really fancied.

Form: 137390

(1)

Pass The Cristal⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: D C Costello| T: W R Muir| OR: 63| BF| CD

14/1

Back-to-back handicap wins at the start of the season (one over C&D) hinted that he may be capable of better but he's failed to find any consistency in four runs since. Needs to settle better than he has to be fully effective over this trip.

Form: 116548

Non-Runners

(4)

Evanescent⁸⁶

Weight: 9-12| Age: 8

T: A W Carroll J: R Winston

(5)

Mansfield⁷⁴

Weight: 9-10| Age: 4

T: M Wigham J: A Kirby

(6)

Rockley Point³⁵

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: P W D'Arcy J: David Egan

(7)

Chicago Star¹⁸

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: M R Channon J: J F Egan

Forecasts

Tulip Dress (3/1), Black Caesar (7/2), Zavikon (7/2), Miss Icon (9/2), Evanescent (8/1), Gala Celebration (9/1), German Whip (10/1), Rockley Point (12/1), Pass The Cristal (14/1), Chicago Star (14/1), Mansfield (16/1)

Quite a few of these were in better form earlier in the year but have tended to struggle a bit of late and come here with question marks against them. Black Caesar would one of that group with his mark looking awkward despite a good course record with Zavikon another that fits into that group although both should run well. German Whip is one that is interesting at likely double figure odds given his form last year along with Chicago Star. TULIP DRESS appears to be one of the most solid options though with just a slight improvement needed for her to revert to winning form.