17:00 Brighton

Friday 9 August 2019

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Off time: 17:01 | Winning time: 1m 2.38s

(8)

Monarch Maid¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: Elisha Whittington⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Hiatt| OR: 53| D

9/2

Was having first turf run for 10 months when bouncing back to form with an emphatic 4L win at Thirsk recently. The second has since franked the form and taken at face value her 7lb rise can't be considered harsh.

Form: 324631

(1)

Toolatetodelegate^p,t⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Angus Villiers⁽⁷⁾| T: B Barr| OR: 53| D

4/1

Landed a bit of a gamble at her beloved Bath a month ago but hasn't been quite up to following up in two runs since. Claims on her best form and the stronger the pace the better.

Form: 524164

(7)

Knockabout Queen^p1⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: E J Walsh| T: A W Carroll| OR: 55

5/1

Can blow the start but better last time and not disgraced in a much stronger contest. Hasn't been with this in-form yard for long and with cheek pieces now tried looks one to take very seriously.

Form: 006094

(10)

Flowing Clarets³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Mitch Godwin⁽³⁾| T: J J Bridger| OR: 51| D

14/1

Did win at Windsor last autumn but has only beaten two rivals this season and needs to bounce back to play a part even in this lowly contest.

Form: 10-0979

(3)

Dandilion⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: L P Keniry| T: A M Hales| OR: 50| D

6/1

Didn't run too badly when fourth from a high draw at Chelmsford last week but refused to race on previous run so does come with risks attached.

Form: 4708R4

(9)

Devil Or Angel^p1²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen⁽⁵⁾| T: W G M Turner| OR: 49

12/1

Similar level of form in three runs this term having been off for nine months prior to that and needs to eke out some improvement to break her duck today.

Form: 260-467

(6)

Hurricane Alert²³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: David Probert| T: M R Hoad| OR: 47| D

7/1

A regular visitor here and was second in this a year ago. Ran up to that form when third at Lingfield on latest and place claims if able to repeat those efforts.

Form: 8D2463

(4)

Ask The Guru^p⁵⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 9-0| J: Kieren Fox| T: M J Attwater| OR: 46| CD

16/1

Took this in 2017 off 6lb higher and only bits of form since have been at this venue. Not the force of old and hopes rest on return sparking a revival.

Form: 86-6750

(5)

Pharoh Jake¹³

Age: 11| Weight: 9-0| J: Darragh Keenan⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Bridger| OR: 46| CD

14/1

Generally seen on the AW these days though last two runs have offered a little hope, but losing run on this surface dates back to 2016 and others are preferred.

Form: 656934

(2)

Tigerinmytank⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: William Cox⁽³⁾| T: J R Holt| OR: 45

13/2

Front-running maiden who ran up to her best when sixth at Redcar last week but needs to build on that to get off the mark and not hard to look elsewhere.

Form: 807946

Forecasts

Toolatetodelegate (4/1), Monarch Maid (9/2), Knockabout Queen (5/1), Dandilion (6/1), Tigerinmytank (13/2), Hurricane Alert (7/1), Devil Or Angel (12/1), Pharoh Jake (14/1), Flowing Clarets (14/1), Ask The Guru (16/1)

In the hope her slow starts may now be a thing of the past KNOCKABOUT QUEEN could be a cut above these with her trainer having had his customary success here this week. Monarch Maid was right back to form at Thirsk last time and has to rate a danger while Toolatetodelegate looks the next best in a weak looking finale.