32Red Casino Selling Stakes

Off time: 18:46 | Winning time: 1m 31.39s

(2)

Bezos⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Rossa Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 75| D

1/1

Lumbered with a 9lb rise after winning at Lingfield in December (7f), and has unsurprisingly found life tough since, hence the drop into this grade. Excellent chance at the weights, further boosted by his riders valuable 5lb claim.

Form: 241-535

(1)

Zapateado^p1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: S W Kelly| T: R Hughes| OR: 63| CD

9/4

Ran out a comfortable winner of a Class 6 handicap over C&D in November, and has remained broadly productive in claimers since without quite adding to that success. Should run her race, with cheek-pieces now added seeking just an ounce more.

Form: 45172-3

(5)

Westfield Wonder^p1²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Lewis Edmunds⁽³⁾| T: Ronald Thompson| OR: 52

20/1

Offered nothing much to get excited about during an eight race career thus far, with the handicapper quite rightly adjusting his position downwards of late. Arrives in a weak race with cheek-pieces now added.

Form: 03065-5

(4)

Chasing Diamonds

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Danny Brock| T: P J McBride

20/1

Unraced filly by Sakhee's Secret who cost just 800 gns as a yearling. She's a sister to a 1m AW winning juvenile, but surely hasn't shown all that much at home given she starts off her racing career in a seller.

Form:

(6)

Laytown¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: J Fanning| T: J A Osborne| OR: 60

7/2

Well named filly by Footstepsinthesand, but a one that has yet to really earn her racing stripes. She's never quite been able to get on terms with the principals in a couple of low grade handicaps, so now tries the selling route.

Form: 734-74

Non-Runners

(3)

Mother of Dragons³⁵

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: P S McEntee J: Nicola Currie

Forecasts

Bezos (1/1), Zapateado (9/4), Mother of Dragons (9/4), Laytown (7/2), Westfield Wonder (20/1), Chasing Diamonds (20/1)

Moderate offerings, but the ideal winning opportunity for BEZOS. He appears to have been handicapped fairly harshly for his Lingfield success in December, so connections have probably been forced reluctantly down this route. He stays 7f well, unlike the unproven Mother Of Dragons, and under the tender handling of Rossa Ryan, seemingly has the first time cheek-pieced Zapateado as his main danger.