16:55 Leicester

Tuesday 4 September 2018

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Rothwell Handicap

Off time: 16:57 | Winning time: 1m 24.61s

(1)

Popsicle¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Rossa Ryan⁽³⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 60| D

9/4

Placed at Lingfield (good-to-soft) on her penultimate start and went one better when winning over this trip on the AW at Wolverhampton recently. Carries a penalty for that success and one to note in this contest.

Form: 057621

(12)

Tember^v1¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: B A Curtis| T: T D Barron| OR: 60| CD

12/1

Won here over C&D in a seller four starts back. Struggled in handicaps since and this is competitive. Much more needed to be involved and visor goes on for the first time.

Form: 771807

(16)

Freebe Rocks^v⁵⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J P Spencer| T: M L W Bell| OR: 60| D

10/1

Has won twice on the AW but his turf form has been pretty weak. Beaten a long way on his last three starts and needs to do much more. Visor returns and is now on a handy mark.

Form: 210078

(14)

Herringswell²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Cameron Noble⁽⁵⁾| T: H Spiller| OR: 60| D

16/1

Won really well on handicap debut at Yarmouth off a 5lb lower mark. Failed to follow up next time but that may have come a bit too quick and is certainly capable of bouncing back having been given a four week break. Player.

Form: 60313

(13)

Chizz De Biz²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: J P Fahy| T: D & C Kubler| OR: 59

50/1

Won at Brighton on her reappearance over 6f (firm) off a 1lb lower mark. Has struggled since and needs to bounce back. There is still a slight question mark over her stamina for this trip and others are preferred.

Form: 69-1780

(6)

Elusif²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Aaron Jones⁽³⁾| T: S L Keightley| OR: 59

66/1

Yet to win in eight starts and has not shown any improvement for a switch to this yard on last couple of efforts. Mark is falling but plenty more needed to be involved at the business end.

Form: 0-78869

(5)

Invincible Peace²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Jim Crowley| T: H J L Dunlop| OR: 58

14/1

Has shown steady improvement on each of her three starts so far. Moves into handicap company today off what looks a fair mark and could be a different proposition now. All the more interesting if she is strong in the market.

Form: 093

(4)

United Kingdom¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Raul Da Silva| T: P & O Cole| OR: 58

20/1

Has shown bits and pieces of ability so far. 7f seemed to suit at Brighton last time (ran on well) and has been dropped another 4lb. Would be no surprise were he to get closer here and has place claims.

Form: 75-404

(3)

Affluence^b²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: C Lee⁽³⁾| T: Martin Smith| OR: 58

7/2

Has run really well on on several occasions. Ran on well for a close second over 6f last time (good). This extra furlong should suit better and capable of going well again.

Form: 0-82042

(8)

Hic Bibi³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Josephine Gordon| T: D H Brown| OR: 57

25/1

Won at Kempton at the back-end of last year and looked to be going the right way. Four runs so far this year have not been anything to shout about and is looking exposed now. She does get on well with Josephine Gordon.

Form: 12-5854

(11)

Billie Beane³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: George Wood| T: Dr J D Scargill| OR: 56

25/1

Steady improvement in four starts and ran well enough at Epsom (7f, good) last time. Dropped 1lb and capable of getting involved if the improvement continues.

Form: 6543

(10)

Shyjack^p⁵⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: T P Queally| T: Mrs C A Dunnett| OR: 55

20/1

Only just failed at Yarmouth (7f, good to firm) two starts back but failed to fire back there next time under identical conditions. Up 3lb now and needs more for win purposes.

Form: 60-4923

(15)

Twilight^b²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 55| D

11/1

Winner at Catterick (7f, good to firm) two starts back. Soft ground and extra furlong didn't suit in follow-up bid at Thirsk last time. Return to these conditions will suit and more than capable of getting back on track here.

Form: 793310

(2)

Rockesbury^p¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: J F Egan| T: D Loughnane| OR: 54

8/1

12-race maiden who seems to save his better efforts for Chester. Not much to shout about elsewhere this year and despite a falling mark, hard to fancy at present.

Form: 062650

(7)

Vodka Pigeon^b1¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Toby Eley⁽⁷⁾| T: A West| OR: 51

33/1

Yet to win in 15 starts and this drop in trip is not really ideal. Now 4lb lower than when going close at Lingfield back in June so mark is no issue, but drop back to 7f is despite blinkers going on first time.

Form: 327365

(9)

Madame Jo Jo^p¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: J P Sullivan| T: Sarah Hollinshead| OR: 48

18/1

17 race maiden beaten 4L when runner-up in a four runner contest at Chepstow on good-to-firm ground a month ago. Well beaten back there next time and others make more appeal here.

Form: 232625

Non-Runners

(17)

N Over J⁷

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: W J Knight J: Fran Berry

Forecasts

Popsicle (9/4), Affluence (7/2), Rockesbury (8/1), Freebe Rocks (10/1), N Over J (10/1), Twilight (11/1), Tember (12/1), Invincible Peace (14/1), Herringswell (16/1), Madame Jo Jo (18/1), Shyjack (20/1), United Kingdom (20/1), Hic Bibi (25/1), Billie Beane (25/1), Vodka Pigeon (33/1), Chizz De Biz (50/1), Elusif (66/1)

Affluence seems to really like it here and the extra furlong should suit today so he has sound claims of going close. Popsicle won cosily at Wolverhampton last time and is very much respected as there could be plenty more to come. INVINCIBLE PEACE has improved with each start so far and looks to be on a fair opening mark so can claim her first win on handicap debut.