20:20 Nottingham

Friday 10 May 2019

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Castle Rock Fox & Grapes Fillies' Handicap

Off time: 20:21 | Winning time: 1m 49.61s

(1)

Vixen^h²⁸⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Oisin Murphy| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 70| D

6/1

Chasing a third straight win and has to merit respect despite being 6lb higher this time. Has won on turf before and also goes well with some give in the ground. The betting can guide on debut run for a new yard.

Form: 216/511-

(8)

Accomplice⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: S Donohoe| T: M Blanshard| OR: 61| D

7/1

Dropped to an attractive mark but has mixed form on turf; to counter that, she's gone well at this course before now and acts under the predicted going. Place claims if the pieces fall in her favour.

Form: 522765

(12)

Shazzab^p¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Barry McHugh| T: R A Fahey| OR: 60| D

4/1

Dropping to a very lenient rating but it's almost two years since her last win and her determination might be suspect these days. However, it'll be interesting if the betting suggest otherwise as she 11lb below her last winning mark.

Form: 0003-35

(6)

Queens Royale^v¹¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Theodore Ladd⁽⁵⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 60

9/2

Better on the AW and arrives here with a patchy recent record. Others more convincing and certainly have stronger claims over this trip too.

Form: 2849-39

(5)

Brockagh Cailin⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: K T O'Neill| T: J S Moore| OR: 59

16/1

Still a maiden and has often given himself too much to do by starting slowly. Hard to recommend in spite of him being on a career lowest mark.

Form: 450-456

(7)

Acadian Angel²³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: P Mathers| T: Steph Hollinshead| OR: 58

12/1

Last win came in a 1m2f seller and showed very little signs that he was about to strike again in two poor runs for his current yard this season. Others make more appeal.

Form: 8128-66

(4)

Classic Charm⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: P J McDonald| T: D K Ivory| OR: 58

7/2

Likes Chelmsford the best from the AW tracks but is 0-2 on turf and is yet to prove she can handle give underfoot. Sufficient reasons to looks elsewhere this time.

Form: 53-2739

(10)

Rosy Ryan²²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 8-5| J: J Quinn| T: Miss T Jackson| OR: 54| D

25/1

Dropped like a stone in the handicap last season and never really looked like she was capable of adding to her tally. Been off since September and might have been freshened up by the break; returns with a lot to prove though.

Form: 876455-

(11)

Sussex Girl¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-4| J: Josephine Gordon| T: John Berry| OR: 53| BF

8/1

Acts well with cut in the ground and can get competitive from 9lb below her last winning mark. Raced with plenty of zest at Yarmouth last month and will be a threat to all if taking things a step further this time.

Form: 85650-2

(2)

Angelical Eve²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-2| J: Noel Garbutt⁽³⁾| T: D L Williams| OR: 45

100/1

6lb out of the weights and made no impact on debut run for her new yard (after a long absence) at Kempton last month. Would be highly surprising if she's good enough to defy the terms of the race.

Form: 60050/0

Non-Runners

(3)

Trulee Scrumptious²⁵⁹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 10

T: P Charalambous & J Clutterbuck J: Non Runner

(9)

Magic Mirror¹³

Weight: 8-11| Age: 6

T: M G Rimell J: Hollie Doyle

Forecasts

Classic Charm (7/2), Shazzab (4/1), Queens Royale (9/2), Vixen (6/1), Accomplice (7/1), Magic Mirror (15/2), Sussex Girl (8/1), Acadian Angel (12/1), Trulee Scrumptious (12/1), Brockagh Cailin (16/1), Rosy Ryan (25/1), Angelical Eve (100/1)

A modest end to the card can go the way of SUSSEX GIRL, who is well handicapped, acts on the predicted going, and comes into this after a reasonable effort in defeat last time. Shazzab is another on a handy mark and could bounce back in a moderate event such as this, while Vixen has to also merit a second look given that she's chasing a hat-trick and will encounter conditions to suit on her debut for a new yard. Accomplice is suggested as the best of the rest.