Betway Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 19:00 | Winning time: 2m 0.84s

(2)

Barnaby Brook^b¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-10| J: Ella McCain⁽³⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 76| CD

7/1

Good record here with five course wins on his CV, latest in September from a pound lower in the ratings. Poor effort latest though so must bounce back.

Form: 154187

(5)

Lunar Deity⁴⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: Grace McEntee⁽⁷⁾| T: S C Williams| OR: 73

9/2

Does his share of winning (13-81), mostly going well on turf over the summer and should be competitive from this mark back on AW, with 7lb claim to boot.

Form: 431278

(6)

Rubensian³³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: George Bass⁽⁷⁾| T: D M Simcock| OR: 71| C

3/1

Former course winner back in 2016, may have needed recent reappearance at Chelmsford but pair of C&D efforts back in the spring would put him bang in the mix for this.

Form: 302048

(4)

Bounderby¹⁰⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Scott McCullagh| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 67

16/1

Eight-race maiden on the Flat with more to prove than most in this line-up, toiled in two hurdles outings in August when last spotted.

Form: 638424

(3)

Planetaria^b⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Theodore Ladd| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 65

9/4

0-13 on the AW but made the frame five times, including over bit shorter here in August. Not repeated it since, likely settles for something similar with step forward now.

Form: 032739

(1)

Berlusca²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 8-10| J: Mark Crehan⁽³⁾| T: D Loughnane| OR: 62| CD

6/1

Has career record of 11-102, with no less than seven of those wins coming at this track. Beaten 6½L over C&D last time but capable of getting in the mix on a good day.

Form: 344466

Forecasts

Planetaria (9/4), Rubensian (3/1), Lunar Deity (9/2), Berlusca (6/1), Barnaby Brook (7/1), Bounderby (16/1)

LUNAR DEITY gets his share of wins and has been running well enough on turf of late to warrant a big shout now returned to the AW. Grace McEntee takes a handy 7lb off his back tonight and that should count for plenty in what isn't the strongest finale. Rubensian should be fitter for the run at Chelmsford and has good C&D form to call upon while Planetaria and Berlusca are both capable of mounting challenges.