16:10 Haydock

Friday 7 September 2018

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Unibet Handicap

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 1m 31.47s

(11)

Starlight Romance¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Oakley Brown⁽⁷⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 90| D

11/2

Regular at York, with all five runs in 2018 at the Knavesmire. Won off 5lb lower there in June, but ran poorly on latest outing, and needs to bounce back to defy career-high mark.

Form: 7-71720

(8)

Calder Prince^t1⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: R Kingscote| T: Tom Dascombe| OR: 88| BF| CDWS

7/2

Back to winning ways on AW in April, and best effort since when gambled-on fifth over 6f here in June. Has since had a breathing operation, and well treated on old form if that procedure is successful.

Form: 6-15505

(3)

Commander Han^p1¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: K Stott| T: K A Ryan| OR: 90| D

4/1

Won on reappearance at Chelmsford in February, but better efforts in defeat since, including when 4½L fifth of 17 to Urban Aspect in 1m handicap at York last time. Cheekpieces may help him find extra required.

Form: 4-12805

(6)

Cold Stare²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: D Nolan| T: D O'Meara| OR: 90| D

9/1

Started his season in the Greenham Stakes at Newbury, but has struggled to make a serious impact, and fared little better when dropped in class at Ripon last time. Plenty to prove at present.

Form: 8-60805

(10)

Final Frontier⁴²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 85

33/1

Group 3 winner for Jessica Harrington as a 2-y-o, but lost his way subsequently, and no sign of a revival in a couple of runs for Clive Cox this summer. Starts out for a new yard with questions to answer.

Form: 4998/78-

(2)

Rum Runner¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Tom Marquand| T: R Hannon| OR: 89| D

4/1

Best when bossing matters, and successful twice in handicap this year, most recently over 1m at Newmarket last month. Has competition for the lead here, and opposable from 4lb higher mark.

Form: 518001

(12)

Club Wexford²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: Paula Muir⁽⁵⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 82| C| D

16/1

Enjoying a fruitful campaign, winning three handicaps at 1m on fast ground, including here. Ridden too aggressively on last two starts, but likely to be pestered for the lead dropped in trip now.

Form: 141759

(1)

Humble Gratitude²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Rhona Pindar⁽⁷⁾| T: K R Burke| OR: 85| CD

9/2

Winner off 4lb lower over C&D in June, and ran well when second of 7 at Chester in July, but followed that with a below-par effort here, and needs to bounce back.

Form: 571525

Non-Runners

(7)

Mickey³³

Weight: 9-7| Age: 5

T: Tom Dascombe J: R Kingscote

(4)

Big Storm Coming²⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 8

T: J & S Quinn J: Megan Nicholls

(9)

Saluti²⁰

Weight: 9-0| Age: 4

T: Mrs A J Perrett J: Jim Crowley

(5)

Los Camachos¹²

Weight: 8-12| Age: 3

T: P D Evans J: Oisin Murphy

Forecasts

Calder Prince (7/2), Commander Han (4/1), Rum Runner (4/1), Mickey (4/1), Humble Gratitude (9/2), Starlight Romance (11/2), Big Storm Coming (8/1), Cold Stare (9/1), Saluti (10/1), Los Camachos (14/1), Club Wexford (16/1), Final Frontier (33/1)

Calder Prince could be interesting if a recent wind operation has worked, and he's very well treated on old form, but without that knowledge, the safest bet is to side with stablemate MICKEY, who looked better than ever under a change of tactics at Chester last time, and can gain a belated first handicap win. Commander Han has been running well in defeat, and could go close if gaining any traction from the fitting of cheekpieces.