20:05 Nottingham

Tuesday 14 August 2018

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Racing UK Profits Returned To Racing Handicap

Off time: 20:06 | Winning time: 1m 15.22s

(8)

Swanton Blue¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: S De Sousa| T: E De Giles| OR: 66| D

5/1

Made all when winning over this trip (good) at Chepstow in June, but has given the impression that he's trained off a little since; capable, and has the bonus of Silvestre De Sousa in the saddle, but his best form is on quick ground.

Form: 36-1578

(7)

Father Mckenzie¹⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Ryan Tate| T: J M P Eustace| OR: 64| DWS

7/1

Off the track since March, and has had wind surgery; has plenty of placed form as a three-year-old over 6f with cut, and whilst it's a clear leap of faith to support one with such a poor win record (1 from 23), he looks very well handicapped.

Form: 2475-88

(6)

Searanger²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Oisin Murphy| T: R Menzies| OR: 62| D

10/3

Reliable sort who is a credit to his trainer; inching up the weights, and that'll make finding winning opportunities tougher, but beaten by just a nose at Catterick last month (6f, good to firm), so fully respected.

Form: 017432

(2)

At Your Service¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Joey Haynes| T: P Howling| OR: 62| BF| D

7/2

Just unable to provide this trainer with a comeback winner at Yarmouth last month (6f), when losing little in defeat to Deeds Not Words; 3lb higher now on very different ground conditions.

Form: 0-00512

(5)

Coastal Cyclone^p1⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Charles Bishop| T: H J L Dunlop| OR: 61| D

12/1

Yet to win on turf (0 from 14), but went closest off a 4lb higher mark when finishing third over C&D in May; increasingly poor efforts with each subsequent start since, so needs the first-time cheekpieces to provide the spark.

Form: 630800

(3)

Secret Agent¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: M Dwyer| T: W R Muir| OR: 60

6/1

Capable performer on his day (mainly over 5f on quick ground) so has a few question marks to answer over this trip with cut, but beaten narrowly off a 2lb lower mark latest, and that was a step back in the right direction.

Form: 4-86562

(9)

Seebring^b¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Ben Robinson⁽³⁾| T: B Ellison| OR: 48| D

8/1

Nine-race turf maiden (runner-up at odds of 50/1 over C&D in June); not entirely disgraced over this trip at Redcar latest (fifth) and is fairly lowly-rated, but others hold far better winning chances.

Form: 644205

(4)

Fantastic Flyer²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: L Morris| T: D K Ivory| OR: 49

14/1

Not shown much in the way of ability in five starts so far (5f-7f), dropping 7lb in the weights since being allocated a handicap mark; hard to consider in any shape or form.

Form: 80670

Non-Runners

(1)

Nampara²

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: P W D'Arcy J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Searanger (10/3), At Your Service (7/2), Swanton Blue (5/1), Nampara (5/1), Secret Agent (6/1), Father Mckenzie (7/1), Seebring (8/1), Coastal Cyclone (12/1), Fantastic Flyer (14/1)

Both Searanger and At Your Service are fully respected after a sustained spell of solid recent form, but their winning opportunities are slowly being restricted by the handicapper, and both horses need to find further improvement. Secret Agent took a step back in the right direction on his most recent start, but rates as slightly risky on slower ground, so a chance is taken on the very well handicapped FATHER MCKENZIE. Assuming wind surgery has proved beneficial, he has the conditions (6f on soft ground) to more than make his mark.