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Friday 24 May 2019

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Napoleons Casino Bradford Fillies' Handicap

Off time: 20:31 | Winning time: 2m 13.38s

(10)

Never Be Enough⁷^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: T Eaves| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 70

4/1

Produced her best effort so far in handicap company when winning by ½L at Hamilton (1m+, good to firm) last week; carries a 5lb penalty as a result; stable in excellent form.

Form: 3335-81

(8)

Kilbaha Lady⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Rowan Scott⁽³⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 68| D

6/1

Given a 4lb rise by the assessor for her 1L Redcar win (1m2f, good); admirably consistent on the AW immediately prior; interesting to see how she adapts to the loss of headgear (cheekpieces not declared).

Form: 532341

(7)

Bollin Joan^p¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 68| D

16/1

Still 2lb higher than when winning at Redcar (1m2f, good) last summer - her third win of the 2018 campaign; keen and soon weakened on seasonal reappearance at Nottingham (1m2f); should appreciate these quicker conditions.

Form: 13150-8

(9)

Beatbybeatbybeat^v⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 66

20/1

Won from this mark on the AW at Wolverhampton (1m1f+) last August, but is equally effective on turf (3-22). However, isn't in the best of form of late; visor replaces blinkers.

Form: 21-5085

(6)

Navigate By Stars^p1²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: R Kingscote| T: Tom Dascombe| OR: 68| BF

6/4

Sea The Stars filly; sent off 4/1f on handicap debut at Nottingham (1m2f, good to soft) when a never nearer 7L sixth of 14 to Cuban Sun; dropped 2lb and wears newly-applied cheekpieces; possible player.

Form: 37-46

(1)

Bravantina²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Jason Hart| T: M Walford| OR: 50

33/1

Showed ability when runner-up in an AW bumper at Newcastle (2m½f; 16-1) in January, but has gone backwards since; rear-division finish when starting at odds of 66/1 on handicap debut at Thirsk (1m4f).

Form: 6890

(5)

Moretti⁸⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Nathan Evans| T: J L Eyre| OR: 48

12/1

16-race maiden who is of limited ability (selling plater); seems to prefer turf racing to the AW, so at least that's in her favour tonight; look elsewhere.

Form: 42980-6

(4)

Lots Ov^p⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Rachel Richardson| T: J S Wainwright| OR: 45

66/1

18-race maiden; beaten out of sight (again) when upped to 2m2f here in April; simply can't be the solution.

Form: 887-098

(3)

Hikayah^p³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: S A Gray| T: D O'Meara| OR: 62

16/1

Bated Breath filly (£32,000 yearling); has shown little to enthuse over in three starts on the AW, hence how she makes her handicap/turf debut from a relatively modest mark (62); merits a market check.

Form: 649

(2)

Samstar³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: J Fanning| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 60

5/1

Nathaniel filly (18,000gns yearling); ran well when finishing 1L third to Kvetuschka on debut at Lingfield (1m2f novices'); not so pleasing since, but this race isn't exactly an overly taxing opening handicap assignment; needs a market check.

Form: 305

Forecasts

Navigate By Stars (6/4), Never Be Enough (4/1), Samstar (5/1), Kilbaha Lady (6/1), Moretti (12/1), Bollin Joan (16/1), Hikayah (16/1), Beatbybeatbybeat (20/1), Bravantina (33/1), Lots Ov (66/1)

The lightly-raced 3yo handicap debutantes Hikayah (David O'Meara) and Samstar (Mark Johnston) are worthy of a market check, and if either or both attract sustained support that could be worth heeding. Never Be Enough carries a 5lb penalty for her recent Hamilton win, but has always been well regarded at home by the in-form Keith Dalgleish so could have more too offer. However, for small stakes a speculative shout goes up for the newly cheek-pieced Sea The Stars filly NAVIGATE BY STARS who finished 12½L fourth to the Dante Stakes winner Telecaster in a Windsor novice in April (third placed Future Investment a Chester maiden scorer since).