15:30 Brighton

Monday 3 June 2019

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Phil O'Hara Birthday City Handicap

Off time: 15:33 | Winning time: 2m 4.14s

(7)

Mr Fox³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Scott McCullagh⁽⁵⁾| T: M J Attwater| OR: 62| D

14/1

Winner over this trip on the AW at Chelmsford in March, run well twice since in that sphere. Returns to the turf tackling this sort of trip for the first on grass and claimer certainly helps. In the mix again.

Form: 09-4125

(2)

Samstar¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 60

3/1

Daughter of Nathaniel, good third over this trip at Pontefract on handicap debut 10 days ago, making the most of good draw to race prominently throughout. Needs to find a bit more in the finish from unchanged mark.

Form: 3053

(10)

Oliver Hardy^t⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Rossa Ryan| T: P & O Cole| OR: 59

7/1

Lightly-raced colt, never-threatening fourth at Salisbury (1m4f, good to firm; 12-1) on turf handicap bow last time. Worth a try at this intermediate trip on second run after a wind operation.

Form: 7-4064

(3)

Tartlette²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: S M Levey| T: H Morrison| OR: 59| BF

4/1

Champs Elysees filly hasn't show much in five starts, including when upped to this trip last time at Chepstow 20 days ago. Step forward demanded on first visit to this venue.

Form: 084-56

(9)

Confils³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: P Cosgrave| T: George Baker| OR: 59

8/1

Four starts behind her now, but the filly couldn't improve on recent handicap bow at Salisbury (1m4f, good to firm; 20-1) and is probably best watched again here on what she has shown.

Form: 07-60

(6)

Red Archangel³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Nicola Currie| T: R Spencer| OR: 56

11/2

She has improved her lot for a couple runs at Nottingham and Salisbury for the step up to this journey. Knocking on the door and should have a say in the finish again.

Form: 996-763

(1)

Frenchmans Creek^t¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Joshua Bryan⁽³⁾| T: S Durack| OR: 53

25/1

Mixed bag in five starts on the AW to this point, showing promise on occasion but seemingly ran of gas over 1m4f last time at Wolverhampton. Returns to the turf with plenty to work on.

Form: 00-6048

(4)

Miss Havana^p1⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 53

13/2

Returning from a break when finishing 1½L third to an in-form rival in a 1m2f classified event over C&D (good-to-firm) last month, she didn't build on that since upped to 1m4f at Salisbury in a handicap. May bounce back.

Form: 978-839

(8)

Winter Snowdrop⁵⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Sophie Ralston⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss J Feilden| OR: 45

66/1

War Command filly, has been unimpressive in trio of minor events on the AW (1m/1m4f) and will need dramatic improvement now diverting attention to turf/handicaps.

Form: 044

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 10p in the pound

Non-Runners

(5)

Whistler Bowl¹⁹⁸

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: G & J Moore J: H Crouch

Forecasts

Samstar (3/1), Tartlette (4/1), Red Archangel (11/2), Miss Havana (13/2), Oliver Hardy (7/1), Confils (8/1), Whistler Bowl (10/1), Mr Fox (14/1), Frenchmans Creek (25/1), Winter Snowdrop (66/1)

Samstar ran a pleasing race on handicap debut last time and will be in the mix once more if building on that outing while Miss Havana can likely go well back over a C&D where she had done so before. Mr Fox can go well back on turf but a chance is taken with RED ARCHANGEL, who has taken well to this extended trip recently and wouldn't need a lot more to pick off a prize like this.