Marathonbet 'Better Odds Mean Bigger Winnings' Handicap

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 2m 3.42s

(1)

Gendarme^b⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Cieren Fallon⁽⁵⁾| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 72| D

13/8

Escapes a penalty for his win in an apprentice race at this distance last week under this jockey having patently failed to stay 1m6f on previous run. 4lb well in and yard among the winners here this week.

Form: 317451

(2)

Amor Fati¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Darragh Keenan⁽⁵⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 72

5/2

Did win over this trip earlier in the season but form has really taken off since tried at 1m this summer and gained fourth win in last seven runs when bolting up by 5L at Chepstow. 11lb higher but improving rapidly and commands plenty of respect.

Form: 211921

(4)

Junoesque^p²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: H Crouch| T: J Gallagher| OR: 65| C| D

11/8

Three wins from six previous visits to this track and showed she can do it elsewhere when scoring at Leicester and Windsor this summer. Not quite at her best on latest but will appreciate coming back here.

Form: 5-14113

Non-Runners

(3)

Zzoro⁸

Weight: 10-0| Age: 6

T: Mrs A J Perrett J: P J Dobbs

(5)

Stormingin²²

Weight: 9-12| Age: 6

T: G & J Moore J: Tom Marquand

Forecasts

Junoesque (11/8), Gendarme (13/8), Amor Fati (5/2), Zzoro (10/3), Stormingin (8/1)

A small field but most of them arrive in good form and in the expectation that the return to this trip will be fine for him, AMOR FATI can maintain his excellent campaign and gain his seventh win of 2019. Gendarme took a long time to get the better of the long time leader last time and looks the chief threat ahead of Zzoro who probably wants to be at his best.