Mintbet Handicap

Off time: 20:46 | Winning time: 57.79s

(3)

Jaganory^v¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Joshua Bryan⁽³⁾| T: C Mason| OR: 59| D

10/3

Back to winning ways in an equally poor Chepstow race two weeks ago and another good claimer on board this time. Closely matched again with Swendab, but probably more at home on the ground if it remains on the soft side.

Form: 345231

(1)

Everkyllachy^b⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Hollie Doyle| T: J S Moore| OR: 59| D

9/2

Takes plenty of driving and perseverance but gets on well with this rider who has partnered her to all three successes. Down to her last winning mark and the ground has turned favourable.

Form: 755235

(5)

Swendab^b,h¹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 9-6| J: Rossa Ryan⁽³⁾| T: J G M O'Shea| OR: 58| C| D

6/1

Beaten a head by Jaganory at Chepstow on quick ground. That was a big improvement on recent efforts but slower ground would be a negative.

Form: 707802

(4)

Compton Abbey^p1,t⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Finley Marsh⁽⁵⁾| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 56

6/4

Won a weak race on handicap debut at Kempton. Sold for £600 afterwards and recovered the outlay at the first time of asking here last week. Cheekpieces fitted this time and conditions are expected to be slower. Goes up another 2lb next week.

Form: 791762

(2)

Give Em A Clump^p1³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: E J Walsh⁽³⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 57| C

9/1

Winner of a seller and a nursery as a juvenile, but efforts since the turn of the year have been a little up and down. On the plus side, he is 3lb lower than when scoring in handicap company, handles soft ground and cheekpieces may inspire.

Form: 322U06

(6)

Celerity^p³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Elisha Whittington⁽⁷⁾| T: L Williamson| OR: 45

14/1

46-race maiden has run well on both previous visits here but still does not look good enough and carries obvious risks.

Form: 448854

Forecasts

Compton Abbey (6/4), Jaganory (10/3), Everkyllachy (9/2), Swendab (6/1), Give Em A Clump (9/1), Celerity (14/1)

Jaganory and Swendab fought out the finish at Chepstow two weeks ago and the former would be expected to confirm the placings with the ground currently expected to be on the soft side. A line through Swendab shows that EVERKYLLACHY is well treated using form at Wolverhampton at Christmas as a guide. The selection is ideally suited to some juice in the ground and Hollie Doyle knows how to get the best from her. Compton Abbey ran well here on stable debut and is due to go up 2lb in future. That makes her an obvious danger if handling the slower ground.