Racegoers Club 50th Anniversary Handicap

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 1m 9.88s

(1)

Desert Frost²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Cameron Noble⁽⁵⁾| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 85| BF| D

5/2

Dropped back into a novice contest latest after his 7f Newmarket handicap debut; that 6f Lingfield third has been franked since with the winner Embour scoring next time at Newmarket; solid chance.

Form: 16-233

(5)

Bahamian Dollar¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: P J McDonald| T: P D Evans| OR: 81| D

5/1

Despite winning on heavy ground at Leicester in April (6f), he's proved that he handles quicker conditions with a couple of placed efforts; beaten just over 1L at Windsor latest (6f good to firm); 4lb above last winning mark.

Form: 031533

(2)

The Great Wall¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: A Mullen| T: M Appleby| OR: 81

6/4

Back from a four month absence with a solid effort at York (7f) last month when beaten a neck by Starlight Romance (third placed Kaeso has finished second since); up 4lb and down in trip but definite shortlist material.

Form: 241-462

(6)

Chookie Dunedin^p1²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: P Makin| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 85| D

20/1

No win since his debut in May 2017 (6f, good), seemingly regressing quickly after a respectable seasonal reappearance at Musselburgh in March (1m, heavy); cheekpieces applied.

Form: 070-386

(3)

Logi^b²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Jamie Gormley⁽⁵⁾| T: Rebecca Bastiman| OR: 77| BF| CD

7/2

Not finished out of the frame in four C&D starts since early May (2,1,1,3), but now racing off a mark 5lb higher than when winning a Class 5 handicap and faces competition for the lead from Big Les.

Form: 962113

Non-Runners

(4)

Big Les²⁹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: Karen McLintock J: Non Runner

Forecasts

The Great Wall (6/4), Desert Frost (5/2), Logi (7/2), Bahamian Dollar (5/1), Big Les (6/1), Chookie Dunedin (20/1)

The C&D winners Logi and Big Les are likely to set the early fractions, which could set the race up for one of the others. The Great Wall rates as a leading contender if able to adapt to this drop in trip after a fine comeback run at York last month, but under useful 5lb claimer Cameron Noble the top-weight DESERT FROST is more alluring. There was no disgrace in his latest Lingfield run (form solid) despite being a beaten 7/4f, and unexposed in handicap company, he can provide trainer Saeed Bin Suroor with a rare Hamilton Park success (1/5; 20% course strike-rate in the past five years).