Betway Stayers Handicap

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 3m 24.59s

(5)

Isle Of Avalon^b⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 71

11/8

Made a winning handicap debut over 1m4f at Wolverhampton on Boxing Day (3lb higher today); soon outpaced by the 8L winner Noble Expression in first-time blinkers (retained) at Wolverhampton (1m6f) on Tuesday; stamina questions.

Form: 508/1-72

(1)

Mundersfield^h⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: J P Spencer| T: D M Simcock| OR: 60

5/2

Nathaniel mare; six-race maiden (mainly over 1m-1m2f); tackled a staying trip for the first time at Chelmsford last week (2m) shaping encouragingly in finishing just under 2L fifth to Navajo Star; solid chance.

Form: 46/046-5

(4)

Galitello¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: P J McDonald| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 62| BF

5/1

A bitterly disappointing beaten 2/1-fav on handicap debut (1m5f) here last month. However, is still lightly-raced and feasibly might've needed that run; revival possible, although on form has stamina question marks against his name.

Form: 353-8

(2)

Knight Commander⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Hollie Doyle| T: S Flook| OR: 57| D

16/1

0-5 on the AW and returns to the Flat (0-18 overall) after a busy autumn period over hurdles - made seven starts between September and December 2018; others readily preferred.

Form: 5653/08-

(3)

Thresholdofadream²²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-4| J: Nicola Currie| T: Mrs A J Perrett| OR: 54

9/2

Couldn't quite reach the leading pair but was beaten by less than 1L when finishing third to Lumen over C&D on her penultimate start; that form is essentially modest and she's disappointed since; place claims and no more.

Form: 08043-0

Forecasts

Isle Of Avalon (11/8), Mundersfield (5/2), Thresholdofadream (9/2), Galitello (5/1), Knight Commander (16/1)

Isle of Avalon has been kept busy of late by her trainer Sir Mark Prescott and she returned to form in newly-applied blinkers at Wolverhampton on Tuesday. Undoubtedly she'll prove a popular choice for punters in an essentially modest race, although assuming that this is truly-run she could be vulnerable in terms of stamina. Therefore, the preferred option is the David Simcock-trained MUNDERSFIELD. A stoutly-bred Nathaniel mare, she upped her game when finishing a close-up fifth to Navajo Star at Chelmsford last week.