14:30 Salisbury

Sunday 29 April 2018

All14:0014:3015:0515:4016:1516:4517:20

Betfred 'Home Of Goals Galore' Handicap

Off time: 14:36 | Winning time: 2m 20.11s

(7)

Edge^b¹⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: David Probert| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 60| C| D

7/1

Won twice at the back-end of last season here (7f, soft) and at Brighton (1m1f, good). Little disappointing after and needs to bounce back here on the back of a four month break.

Form: 217935-

(6)

Pack It In^b²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: L P Keniry| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 59| D

10/1

Has been struggling for a while on the AW and mark continues to fall. He is higher in the weights on turf and needs to show more before becoming of interest.

Form: 0-08995

(2)

Berkeley Vale^p¹⁵⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: R Kingscote| T: R A Teal| OR: 57| D

2/1

Form tailed off when last seen but has dropped 7lbs below last winning mark. Trip and ground are no problem and is on a decent mark if ready to go on the back of a break.

Form: 549040-

(3)

Zaria^p¹⁹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: Gabriele Malune⁽⁵⁾| T: R J Price| OR: 55

5/1

Really versatile mare that goes well on most types of ground so conditions are no problem. Returns from a six month break but rider claims a handy 5 lbs and hard to discount.

Form: 403218-

(10)

Born To Please¹⁸⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Jason Watson⁽⁵⁾| T: M D I Usher| OR: 54

9/2

All her best pieces of form are over slightly shorter than this so slight concern over this trip on bad ground although she does act on it. Has been freshened up with a winter break and talented rider claims a handy 5lbs.

Form: 318263-

(4)

Loving Your Work⁶¹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: P J Dobbs| T: K O Cunningham-Brown| OR: 51| D

5/1

Struggled on the AW recently but is a three time winner on turf (all at Newbury) and is starting to look quite attractively handicapped. Needs to bounce back but a case can be made.

Form: 5340-56

(8)

Mowhoob²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 8-7| J: Jack Osborn⁽⁷⁾| T: B Barr| OR: 45

20/1

Ran pretty well last year and was placed off a 12lb higher mark at Bath in June. Has largely struggled over the winter and this trip tends to stretch his stamina.

Form: 604-586

(1)

Spike's Princess^b²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Hollie Doyle| T: B Barr| OR: 45

28/1

A maiden after nine starts now and yet to finish in the places either. Needs to improve some way to trouble a few of these.

Form: 58-6077

Non-Runners

(9)

Hong Kong Joe²⁵

Weight: 8-7| Age: 8

T: Mrs L Richards J: Edward Greatrex

(5)

Slipalongtrevaskis¹⁵²

Weight: 8-7| Age: 5

T: J R Jenkins J: Gina Mangan

Forecasts

Berkeley Vale (2/1), Born To Please (9/2), Loving Your Work (5/1), Zaria (5/1), Hong Kong Joe (5/1), Edge (7/1), Pack It In (10/1), Mowhoob (20/1), Slipalongtrevaskis (25/1), Spike's Princess (28/1)

A weak handicap where it is not easy to discount anything completely. Edge would be a danger to all despite top weight if returning to form on the back of a winter break. Pack It In is well handicapped if returning to anything like his best but marginal preference is for ZARIA. She’s a very reliable mare who goes on all ground and should be bang there.