sunracing.co.uk Handicap

Off time: 18:15 | Winning time: 1m 42.22s

(3)

Glory of Paris¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: A Mullen| T: M Appleby| OR: 81| CD

2/1

Things didn't fall his way on his penultimate start (form has worked out well) but he justified favouritism in what essentially looked to be a match on paper pre-race over C&D 15-days ago; key player off a 2lb higher mark.

Form: 321-431

(1)

Prosecution^b¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: R Havlin| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 78

4/1

Has had a couple of spins over hurdles since belatedly breaking the duck at Listowel (1m1f, heavy) in September; beaten 9/4-fav on his last start on sand on the beach at Laytown (7f).

Form: 223616-

(4)

Blame Culture¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: P J McDonald| T: G G Margarson| OR: 77| BF

11/4

Off the mark at the 11th attempt when overcoming a wide draw to land the odds in a 7f Wolverhampton novice in early January; close-up C&D third to Rey Loopy (has form associated with Glory Of Paris) since; definite contender.

Form: 6346-13

(5)

Tiercel¹³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Phil Dennis⁽³⁾| T: Rebecca Bastiman| OR: 74| D

16/1

One-time Roger Varian inmate (beaten favourite on sole C&D start - October 2017); yet to get going positively since joining Rebecca Bastiman but plunging down the weights as a result; first start for 134-days.

Form: 73/0090-

(2)

Executive Force^p⁸⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: F Norton| T: M Wigham| OR: 71

6/1

Knocking at the door off this mark when last seen in competitive action at Chelmsford in November but hasn't visited the winners enclosure anywhere since September 2016 (on debut).

Form: 684833-

(6)

Servo²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: Miss L C Siddall| OR: 69| CD

7/1

Broke a blood vessel when pulled up at Wolverhampton in August, yet managed to return from a five-month absence with a surprise 14/1 Class 6 C&D win 24-days ago (beat Paparazzi by ¾L); 6lb higher in a stronger race.

Form: 1136P-1

Forecasts

Glory of Paris (2/1), Blame Culture (11/4), Prosecution (4/1), Executive Force (6/1), Servo (7/1), Tiercel (16/1)

Glory Of Paris took his chance over C&D a fortnight ago and shouldn't be knocked off just a 2lb higher mark, although the general suspicion was that probably wasn't the deepest of races for the grade (Class 4). Therefore, the preferred option is BLAME CULTURE. Although taking his time in initially getting off the mark, he backed up his early 2019 Wolverhampton win with a solid run behind the reliable yardsticks Rey Loopy and Trevithick over C&D latest and is probably 2-3lb better than his current official rating of 77.