16:40 Ffos Las

Sunday 16 September 2018

All13:5014:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:1517:50

Sir Gordon Richards Handicap

Off time: 16:41 | Winning time: 3m 41.93s

(8)

Alfredo^p,t⁶²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: David Egan| T: S Durack| OR: 87| D

20/1

Prolific winner on the AW in 2016 but absent since winning by a head over 2m at Lingfield in December of that year. Worth a check in the market following a lengthy absence.

Form: 411211/

(1)

Gang Warfare^b,t³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: R Havlin| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 82| D

12/1

Built on a promising third over C&D when winning at Chepstow (2m, good-to-soft) last time out. Raised 2lb for that success and is of interest once more.

Form: 758631

(6)

Monjeni^p³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: R Winston| T: Ian Williams| OR: 80

4/1

Returning from a break when finishing a close fourth over an extended 1m5f at Newbury (good) last month. Has run well over this distance in the past.

Form: 1313-74

(5)

Arty Campbell³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: M Harley| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 77| D

10/1

Placed second over C&D on good-to-firm ground in July. Well held behind Gang Warfare on only subsequent start and others hold stronger claims.

Form: 9-07925

(7)

Polish^p1²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: K Shoemark| T: H & R Charlton| OR: 84

11/8

Winner over 1m4f at Salisbury (good-to-firm) in June but struggled in a couple of hot handicaps subsequently. Steps up in distance and wears cheekpieces for the first time.

Form: 61280

(3)

Nabhan^p,t¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 73| C| D

25/1

Running well over hurdles this summer but well beaten in a 1m6f contest on good-to-soft ground here last month on his most recent Flat appearance. Probably best watched at present.

Form: 41208-8

(4)

Altra Vita^p¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 70| C

9/4

Won four of her five starts since switching to handicaps. Sole defeat came over this trip in July and she looks likely to play a leading role back up in distance.

Form: 9-11131

Non-Runners

(2)

Arthur Mc Bride⁴⁶

Weight: 9-11| Age: 9

T: N & W Twiston-Davies J: Harry Bentley

Forecasts

Polish (11/8), Altra Vita (9/4), Monjeni (4/1), Arty Campbell (10/1), Gang Warfare (12/1), Arthur Mc Bride (12/1), Alfredo (20/1), Nabhan (25/1)

POLISH drops in grade here and that combined with the application of cheekpieces can see him register a first handicap victory stepping up in distance. The selection contested a valuable handicap at York last time and this looks a much weaker contest. Altra Vita looks capable of finishing runner-up receiving weight from all of her rivals having looked a progressive sort since switching to handicaps while third can go to Gang Warfare who was a winner last time out.