16:45 Newbury

Saturday 20 July 2019

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British EBF Premier Fillies' Handicap (Str)

Off time: 16:47 | Winning time: 1m 43.62s

(2)

Red Starlight³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: P J Dobbs| T: R Hannon| OR: 99| CD

2/1

Four-time winner including C&D was far from disgraced in Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot latest. Placed for the fourth time at Listed level before showing her touch of class, tough ask off top-weight but expectant she goes close.

Form: 2-26338

(7)

Pattie¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: David Probert| T: M R Channon| OR: 92| D

10/1

Remained consistent in eight starts after winning last season but not quite hit those heights in 2019 although tough Listed tasks recently arguably offer excuses. Gone well off higher marks in the past so handicap is of appeal here.

Form: 286079

(1)

Daddies Girl²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Oliver Searle⁽⁷⁾| T: B R Millman| OR: 91| D

9/2

Gained second win of 2019 when racing all alone at Lingfield latest so hard to quantify that form. Struggled off marks in the 90s before which probably explains the jockey booking.

Form: 50-1671

(9)

Bubble And Squeak⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Jason Watson| T: S Kirk| OR: 91| D

6/1

Produced a career-best effort when winning narrowly at Ascot (1m) on penultimate start, but that came off a BHA mark of 87, and even if an AW flop last time is ignored, she has something to prove off this mark.

Form: 50-0310

(4)

Divinity³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: C Lee| T: K R Burke| OR: 90| D

13/2

Gained third career win when making all at Ripon first time out. Excuses in last of 11 and of four efforts since so could very easily see her bounce back and prove competitive given still unexposed nature.

Form: 973-104

(8)

Pure Shores¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: Ian Williams| OR: 79| D

5/1

Won twice last October and been competitive by and large since then. Handicap probably still high enough to limit her to being of place potential especially from 1lb higher than she should carry.

Form: 843-249

(3)

Sufficient^h⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: J Quinn| T: B R Millman| OR: 83| D

8/1

Only raised 2lb for her four-runner soft ground success at Sandown the filly was beaten just 1L into second at Doncaster latest. 5lb rise for that however an altogether tougher ask and now looks up against it.

Form: 16-4612

Non-Runners

(6)

Lush Life¹⁴

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: J A Osborne J: Nicola Currie

(5)

Listen To The Wind¹⁷

Weight: 8-8| Age: 3

T: W J Haggas J: S De Sousa

Forecasts

Red Starlight (2/1), Listen To The Wind (3/1), Daddies Girl (9/2), Pure Shores (5/1), Bubble And Squeak (6/1), Divinity (13/2), Sufficient (8/1), Pattie (10/1), Lush Life (10/1)

William Haggas' three-year-old LISTEN TO THE WIND has made a bright start to her handicapping career and can take this step up in class in stride to gain what would be a third career success. Top-weight Red Starlight has a touch of class so should provide stiff resistance. Also not ruled out here is Divinity who like the selection is open to more improvement.