ABF The Soldiers Charity Handicap

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 1m 10.21s

(1)

Lightning Charlie¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Jason Watson⁽³⁾| T: Mrs A J Perrett| OR: 80| D

5/2

His form has been inconsistent this year with his last two runs being poor (looked disinterested last time out). Drops down in class here though and back in a smaller field which looks likely to suit better; hard to ignore.

Form: 940200

(4)

Mamillius^p¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: P Cosgrave| T: George Baker| OR: 79| C

15/8

Course winner whose record here reads 1333 having run his last four races here (two over C&D) and his consistency is hard to ignore. Made his effort a little earlier than was ideal last time on softer ground than previously; cheekpieces return.

Form: 021333

(2)

Walk On Walter^h²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: M Dwyer| T: D M Simcock| OR: 77| D

9/4

Hard to fault his body of work so far this year with two novice wins to his name so far and ran with credit on his handicap debut last time. Front-runner who doesn't look especially well handicapped but dangerous with a soft lead.

Form: 4-21214

(3)

Wotadoll¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: F Norton| T: D K Ivory| OR: 59| C| D

9/2

Course winner who has eased her way into the season and ran into a progressive winner last time at Windsor when she took the runner-up slot. Still above her last winning mark though and not helped by a small rise for her last run.

Form: 137-362

Forecasts

Mamillius (15/8), Walk On Walter (9/4), Lightning Charlie (5/2), Wotadoll (9/2)

A tight and complex little event with all four being given some sort of chance. MAMILLIUS has an excellent course record and if he can take a lead for a little longer this time then he has a good chance of adding to that already sound CV here. Walk On Walter should be able to grab an easy lead and he’ll be dangerous if setting the right fractions with Lightning Charlie likely to find this test more palatable than the large field he ran in last time. Wotadoll can’t be left out of the equation given how she ran last time at Windsor behind a progressive sort but she has to do so from out of the handicap and would need a career-best performance.