14:45 Hamilton

Tuesday 3 July 2018

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Hamilton Park Racegoers Club 'Best Small Racecourse' Handicap

Off time: 14:47 | Winning time: 1m 46.19s

(1)

Where's Jeff⁵^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Nathan Evans| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 59| D

10/11

Decisive winner of a divided Class 6 1m handicap at Newcastle on Thursday and carries a 6lb penalty as a result; unexposed after just eight starts; holds a further seven provisional entries on July 5th-6th.

Form: 8929-41

(11)

Breathable⁴⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 62

6/1

Still early days for this Bated Breath gelding in handicap company, and he can be excused his latest mid-division finish in a competitive race at Beverley (1m2f); place prospects.

Form: 733-58

(7)

Knight In Armour¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: J Fanning| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 61| BF

9/2

Nine-race maiden who was a beaten favourite on his most recent outing at this track (1m1f, soft); likes to race prominently and that often makes him vulnerable late on, but this shorter trip/quicker ground could prove helpful.

Form: 36-4535

(3)

Alabanza¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Connor Beasley| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 60

12/1

25/1, but posted a creditable handicap debut when beaten less than 1L over C&D last month (soft) - form franked with Party Fears Too also scoring at Newcastle on Friday; vastly different ground conditions today.

Form: 9-743

(10)

Moretti^h¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 59

9/1

Six-race maiden who has raced consistently since introduced to handicaps, staying on late over 1m at Wetherby latest (fourth); worth a go over further but does need to progress in order to break the maiden tag.

Form: 37-5574

(6)

Silvington^b1²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: A Mullen| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 52

50/1

Seven-race maiden who has shown no worthwhile form for over 12 months; falling in the weights dramatically but needs the application of blinkers to hold the key.

Form: 3509-00

(4)

Eva Docc³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Rowan Scott⁽³⁾| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 50

80/1

Stablemate of Alabanza; but essentially very disappointing since a fair debut over 5f here in June 2017; now an eight-race maiden and has failed to make any impact whatsoever in handicap company.

Form: 376-778

(2)

Little Poem³²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Jamie Gormley⁽⁵⁾| T: D Thompson| OR: 50

40/1

Formerly with Marco Botti, but moderate in both starts for this trainer (6f-7f) and tough to build a constructive argument with regards her chances.

Form: 365-88

(9)

Rock On Bertie⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: D Fentiman| T: N Tinkler| OR: 48

25/1

19-race maiden who has under-performed throughout the course of 2018 (1m-1m2f), and despite looking capable of winning a small race as a juvenile perhaps simply hasn't trained on into a 3yo.

Form: 7-90755

(12)

Flying Focus¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: T P O'Shea| T: R J Osborne| OR: 46

28/1

Massive odds and well beaten on all three starts in Irish maidens (7f-1m2f); market check advised on handicap debut with an eye-catching jockey booking, but he'd be a surprise winner nevertheless.

Form: 000

(5)

Brough Lane Lass³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Phil Dennis⁽³⁾| T: J R Weymes| OR: 45

100/1

Five-race maiden who appears to be very light on ability; well beaten in both handicap starts so far, including when dwelling over 7f at Musselbugh last month.

Form: 688-59

(8)

Tweeting^p1²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 45

66/1

Not made much noise so far (6f-7.5f) including in selling company; handicap debut off a lowly-mark in a weak race (wears first-time cheekpieces), but equally makes no great appeal.

Form: 05-7

Forecasts

Where's Jeff (10/11), Knight In Armour (9/2), Breathable (6/1), Moretti (9/1), Alabanza (12/1), Rock On Bertie (25/1), Flying Focus (28/1), Little Poem (40/1), Silvington (50/1), Tweeting (66/1), Eva Docc (80/1), Brough Lane Lass (100/1)

The advice can only be to focus on those towards the top-end of the handicap with Thursday's Newcastle winner WHERE'S JEFF rating as the rather obvious selection despite his 6b penalty. Whilst that wasn't a strong race on Tapeta, this almost certainly isn't either and he looks to be the type to run up a rapid-fire sequence of wins with a plethora of entries already made for later this week (on Thursday and Friday). Of the remainder, preference is for Breathable.