17:00 Salisbury

Friday 15 September 2017

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Harriet Hodgkinson 21st Birthday Nursery

Off time: 17:00 | Winning time: 1m 34.58s

(4)

Ragstone View³⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Finley Marsh⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hughes| OR: 74

4/1

Didn't need to improve to win on fourth start at Lingfield but disappointing subsequently at Kempton. Returns to softer conditions and some relief from the handicapper may see him in a better light but questions over his stamina for this trip.

Form: 54315

(1)

Alifax³¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: T J Murphy| T: J A Osborne| OR: 73| D

4/1

Won a Chester maiden in decent style and produced a fine effort at Goodwood two starts back when third behind a progressive sort who won a Group 3 next time. Disappointing in France on latest run but not ruled out back on soft ground here.

Form: 521638

(2)

Go Now Go Now¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: K Shoemark| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 72| BF| D

11/4

Back-to-back winner this summer before finishing runner-up at Windsor last time out. Fair chance he will get an easy lead again here and ought to carry on progressing for this yard.

Form: 724112

(6)

Zalshah¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Tom Marquand| T: R Hannon| OR: 71

10/1

Still a maiden after eight starts and has run below his best on last couple of outings. Needs to settle better and significantly steps up in trip here; others arrive with stronger claims.

Form: 230269

(7)

Ojala¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: Paddy Bradley⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dow| OR: 70

8/1

Only moderate form in three starts to date and soft ground is an unknown but has shown some promise, particularly on his second start; may improve for his handicap debut here.

Form: 736

(3)

Dandiesque^p1⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Hollie Doyle⁽³⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 66

7/2

Getting better with every start and only just touched off on handicap debut over C&D last time. Due to go up 2lb when reassessed and first-time cheekpieces could bring about more improvement.

Form: 6632

Non-Runners

(5)

Makambe²⁰

Weight: 9-0| Age: 2

T: C Hills J: Liam Keniry

Forecasts

Go Now Go Now (11/4), Dandiesque (7/2), Alifax (4/1), Ragstone View (4/1), Ojala (8/1), Makambe (8/1), Zalshah (10/1)

ALIFAX ran well on soft ground at Goodwood two runs back and Jamie Osbourne's colt is narrowly preferred to Dandiesque, who looks on a lenient mark and may improve for first-time cheekpieces. The field won't want to give Go Now Go Now an easy lead and Mark Johnston's colt is clearly in fine form of late.