16:45 Salisbury

Monday 30 April 2018

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Sharp's Doom Bar Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 3m 13.39s

Hewouldwouldnthe⁸⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: George Wood⁽³⁾| T: J G Portman| OR: 62

13/2

Beaten a very long way when stepped upto two miles at Kempton latest. That was disappointing and needs to bounce back on first turf start.

Form: 843-30

Ochos Rios^p1⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Rossa Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 60| BF

4/1

Quirky sort who can cause the odd worry at the start. Stayed on once again to be third at Southwell (1m4f, AW) when a well backed favourite last time. This step up in trip should suit and cheekpieces are added for the first time.

Form: 33/1-523

Miss Dusky Diva⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: William Carson| T: David Drinkwater| OR: 57

6/1

Fairly consistent mare that is still 2lb above her highest winning mark. Switch to turf today and conditions should be no problem. No reason why she shouldn't run well.

Form: 223529

Beyeh⁴⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 9-1| J: Kevin Lundie⁽⁵⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 54| D

5/1

Won on soft ground over hurdles at Fakenham (2m) in February. Conditions should be no problem and is on a workable flat mark so one of the more interesting ones with rider claiming 5lbs.

Form: 613250/

Artic Nel²¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Callum Shepherd| T: Ian Williams| OR: 50

8/1

Not shown a great deal thus far. Early days though and mark has dropped. This trip looks about ideal on what we saw last year and any sort of market support on return would be significant.

Form: 966557-

Crindle Carr^b⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: William Cox⁽⁵⁾| T: J L Flint| OR: 49

3/1

Maiden after 11 starts and was beaten a very long way at Wolverhampton (1m4f, AW) last time. Mark is dropping rapidly but hard to fancy all the same. Blinkers go back on.

Form: 640560

Patent^b,t²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Shelley Birkett⁽³⁾| T: Mrs L J Young| OR: 45

25/1

Placed just twice in 18 starts and hard to see a turnaround in fortunes here. Best effort did come with ease in the ground which is a positive. Blinkers return.

Form: 86387-8

Garcon De Soleil²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Rob Hornby| T: M Blanshard| OR: 45

12/1

16 race maiden who's best efforts have come on artificial surfaces. Very hard to fancy in current mood.

Form: 79-9637

Non-Runners

Diamond Reflection¹²

Weight: 9-4| Age: 6

T: Alexandra Dunn J: Hollie Doyle

Forecasts

Crindle Carr (3/1), Ochos Rios (4/1), Beyeh (5/1), Miss Dusky Diva (6/1), Hewouldwouldnthe (13/2), Artic Nel (8/1), Garcon De Soleil (12/1), Diamond Reflection (14/1), Patent (25/1)

Miss Dusky Diva is sure to run her race and will be thereabouts. Any kind of market move for Arctic Nel would be significant for a shrewd yard and should be noted but preference is for BEYEH. Mick Appleby’s team continue in excellent form and she has a recent hurdles victory to her name that suggests this could be a decent mark.