17:10 Newmarket

Saturday 28 July 2018

All14:1514:5015:2516:0016:3517:1017:40

White Crown Handicap

Off time: 17:10 | Winning time: 1m 0.31s

(8)

George Dryden^t¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Harry Burns⁽⁷⁾| T: C Wallis| OR: 85| D

4/1

Returned to form with a good third over 6f at Epsom (good-to-firm) last time out. Interesting to see if he can back that up in this contest.

Form: 500863

(3)

Diamond Lady⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Hollie Doyle| T: W Stone| OR: 80| D

8/1

Placed on seasonal debut at Lingfield (6f, good-to-soft) at the start of last month. Disappointing on her two most recent starts however.

Form: 344-265

(5)

Rockies Spirit³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: P Cosgrave| T: D P Quinn| OR: 80

4/1

Winner on good ground at two and some fair efforts in defeat so far this season. Likely more needed than when finishing sixth over C&D a month ago.

Form: 743456

(6)

Lucky Beggar¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: Nicola Currie⁽³⁾| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 75| C| D

5/1

Pleasing seasonal debut when beaten a short-head on soft ground over this trip at Doncaster in April. Disappointing in the main since however.

Form: 075055

(1)

Shamshon^p,t⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: P J McDonald| T: S C Williams| OR: 73| BF| CD

11/4

Placed four times so far this season including when 2L second over this trip at Lingfield (good-to-firm) last weekend. Cheekpieces worn for the first time that day are retained.

Form: 507352

(9)

Rickyroadboy⁵¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Josephine Gordon| T: M Walford| OR: 73| BF

9/2

Victorious three times so far this season including over 6f at Redcar (good-to-firm) on his penultimate outing. Good fourth since and has run well over this trip in the past.

Form: 131214

Non-Runners

(7)

War Whisper¹⁶

Weight: 9-10| Age: 5

T: P T Midgley J: M Harley

(2)

Mountain Peak²²

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: E Walker J: Liam Keniry

(4)

Secretinthepark⁸

Weight: 8-13| Age: 8

T: M Mullineaux J: Phil Dennis

Forecasts

Mountain Peak (5/2), Shamshon (11/4), War Whisper (3/1), George Dryden (4/1), Rockies Spirit (4/1), Rickyroadboy (9/2), Lucky Beggar (5/1), Diamond Lady (8/1), Secretinthepark (25/1)

MOUNTAIN PEAK was successful last time out and with further improvement likely he can complete his hat-trick in this 5f sprint. The selection looks likely to race behind the pace here and can see off War Whisper who is seeking a fourth consecutive victory. Shamshon ran well in first time cheekpieces last time out and he can finish third on this occasion.