17:25 Sandown

Wednesday 19 September 2018

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ROA/Racing Post Owners' Jackpot Fillies' Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 17:27 | Winning time: 2m 11.38s

(10)

Assanilka⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Edward Greatrex| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 69

25/1

Almost two years since her debut success which remains the only win on her record. Ran fairly well on C&D stable debut but tailed off since at Haydock with no obvious excuse. Hard to forget a run like that.

Form: 207746

(8)

Shufoog²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Jason Watson⁽³⁾| T: M D I Usher| OR: 67| D

7/1

Winning hurdler ran a decent race back on the level when third at Newbury before flopping at Goodwood on unsuitably soft ground. Both races over 1m4f and drop in trip would be a concern.

Form: 210/736

(3)

Multigifted⁹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: William Cox⁽⁵⁾| T: M Madgwick| OR: 66

66/1

Won twice over 1m4f on soft ground last summer but form since disappointing. Improved effort upped to 2m at Lingfield (AW) before two poor runs at 1m6f since. Big drop in trip here and hard to fancy as a result.

Form: 55-9256

(2)

Mystic Meg³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J Mitchell| T: H Palmer| OR: 70| BF

9/4

Gradual improvement in three handicaps to date with second at Bath over this trip latest another step up. Only beaten 1L there and escapes any penalty so has to be considered a leading contender here.

Form: 108442

(5)

Fanfair¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Rossa Ryan⁽³⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 64| D

10/1

Dual winner over this trip last summer but quite lightly raced in 2018. Placed efforts in June suggested another win round the corner but flopped next twice and again ran moderately latest after a break.

Form: 6-32684

(1)

Sunshineandbubbles^p¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: T P Queally| T: J Candlish| OR: 63| D

33/1

Six time AW winner is a maiden on turf. Well beaten fourth latest after a break at Leicester when trying to take advantage of lower turf mark and hard to fancy on this surface.

Form: 121254

(4)

Arendelle²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: R Kingscote| T: E Walker| OR: 68| BF

4/1

1m winner in July at Windsor hasn't added to that since with three midfield efforts. Only twice tried this far and that back in the Spring so worth another go and has potential if she does stay.

Form: 641346

(12)

Dora's Field^b³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: S De Sousa| T: W S Kittow| OR: 62| D

9/1

Off the mark at the 17th time of asking latest when dropped into a seller at Chelmsford (AW). Not exactly threatening in handicaps before and gets an extra 2lb for that first win so she still has a bit to prove here.

Form: 97-7841

(9)

Imperial Choice^h²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: W Buick| T: M L W Bell| OR: 67

7/1

Staying on third over 1m at Chelmsford latest hinted that at a return to this trip would be more suitable and gets another 1lb back too. Enters calculations for the first time now and rated a leading player.

Form: 56453

(11)

Pivotal Flame²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Liam Keniry| T: P Phelan| OR: 60| D

16/1

Seems better on the AW overall and showed that with last two runs with a fair fourth (of 14) at Kempton followed by a disappointing fourth (of five) at Epsom. Easy to pass over on this surface.

Form: 106044

(6)

Havana Breeze¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: R Ffrench| T: M P Tregoning| OR: 59

25/1

Unplaced in all five career starts including handicaps the last twice. No real encouragement to be found and hard to recommend until there is.

Form: 68406

(7)

Sukhovey²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: William Carson| T: M J Attwater| OR: 58

40/1

Maiden's only placed effort was a distant second in a four runner event over 7f at Brighton. More uninspiring runs since and now tries another new trip.

Form: 7-42474

Forecasts

Mystic Meg (9/4), Arendelle (4/1), Imperial Choice (7/1), Shufoog (7/1), Dora's Field (9/1), Fanfair (10/1), Pivotal Flame (16/1), Havana Breeze (25/1), Assanilka (25/1), Sunshineandbubbles (33/1), Sukhovey (40/1), Multigifted (66/1)

Far from a strong contest this and it looks a good opportunity for improving MYSTIC MEG to gain a second career success off the same mark as her recent Bath second. Unexposed Imperial Choice is an interesting sort too and like the selection may still be on the up. Arendelle has to prove her effectiveness over this trip but has form as good as any over 1m so is a major threat if lasting out at this stiff track.