Parklands Leisure Holiday Distributors Handicap

Off time: 15:48 | Winning time: 1m 34.42s

(5)

Chairmanoftheboard¹²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: G Mosse| T: M R Channon| OR: 90

18/1

Won by 8L on debut at Goodwood last October but hasn't looked like building on that in five starts since. Off since disappointing at York in May and has been gelded in the interim and headgear is removed.

Form: 16-4060

(6)

Montatham¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Jim Crowley| T: W J Haggas| OR: 90

3/1

Shaped promisingly on his only start last year, he duly built on that after 10 months off to win at Thirsk (7f, soft) and Beverley (7½f, good) the last twice. Handicap debut today and further improvement is likely from this promising colt.

Form: 3-11

(4)

Khuzaam¹²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: David Egan| T: R Varian| OR: 89| DWS

9/4

After winning his second start at Kempton (1m, Polytrack) back in December, he returned to finish fifth in a 1m2f Listed event at Newmarket in May. That wasn't his true running and is fascinating runner on his handicap debut.

Form: 21-5

(3)

Scentasia¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 87| BF| CD

7/4

Impressive on handicap debut over C&D last month, winning easily by 2½L. Wasn't well positioned at Lingfield (1m, Polytrack) last time after missing the break and challenging wide so has to be on the shortlist back at this venue.

Form: 34-3215

(1)

Canal Rocks³³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: David Probert| T: H Candy| OR: 82| D

8/1

Has been a mixed bag this season with a win and a second at Newbury (both 1m) either side of poor effort at Bath on his last three runs. This is a more competitive event and may well find a couple too good.

Form: 345142

Non-Runners

(2)

Model Guest⁷⁰

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: G G Margarson J: T P Queally

(7)

Alfurat River²⁸

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: S bin Suroor J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Scentasia (7/4), Khuzaam (9/4), Montatham (3/1), Model Guest (6/1), Canal Rocks (8/1), Alfurat River (10/1), Chairmanoftheboard (18/1)

Some leading Newmarket yards are represented here and they are likely to dominate proceedings with KHUZAAM chosen to make a winning handicap debut. Things haven't quite gone as planned this season but he still has untapped potential. Montatham has been well-placed to win his last two races after an absence and likely to make a bold bid on his handicap debut also whilst Scentasia is forgiven her Lingfield effort back at the scene of a comfortable victory last month.