17:05 Newbury

Friday 20 September 2019

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T T Tents Handicap

Off time: 17:06 | Winning time: 2m 5.12s

(2)

Nayel^p¹²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: P J Dobbs| T: R Hannon| OR: 84| D

25/1

Record of 6-22 but largely disappointing since a 5L victory in early 2018. Down to an attractive mark without showing signs of a revival.

Form: 065-076

(9)

My Boy Sepoy⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: A Kirby| T: S C Williams| OR: 82| D

16/1

Has won a couple of races this term but his last two runs indicate the handicapper is in charge. With others in this race also rising up the weights, then he has less to find here than on either of those occasions.

Form: 166193

(6)

Mystic Meg^h¹⁰¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Jason Watson| T: H Morrison| OR: 82| D

10/1

Triple winner who was beaten by My Boy Sepoy last year and reopposes on worse terms. Looked a shade unlucky when last seen in June and the winner defied a much higher mark next time. Her two previous runs off marks above 80 also count as her worst.

Form: 4190-82

(8)

George Of Hearts^t1⁸⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Cieren Fallon⁽³⁾| T: George Baker| OR: 82

16/1

Lone win remains a Chelmsford maiden at 4/11. Has failed to fire this term and has changed yards again having been acquired for 40,000 gns in July.

Form: 38-0089

(7)

Regular Income⁸⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: J Quinn| T: A West| OR: 81| D

33/1

Has had a good year since stepping up to 1m2f and has picked up four races. Marks of 79 and above have proved beyond him so far and hard to say the necessary improvement can be uncovered.

Form: 116410

(10)

Entrusting²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: R L Moore| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 82| BF

9/2

Nathaniel gelding has improved with each run and he is nicely handicapped on his early season form. A slow pace may have counted against him when beaten by a fitter rival three weeks ago, but there can be no excuses this time.

Form: 5-3352

(1)

He's Amazing³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Tom Marquand| T: E Walker| OR: 77| D

7/1

Landed his last class 4 contest in April and has struggled to match that effort in better company since. Now 3lb below that winning mark and back to his optimum trip, so any market moves would make him of interest.

Form: 1P7657

(11)

Starfighter¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Oisin Murphy| T: E Walker| OR: 80| D

9/4

Ended a frustrating run with a 2L victory at Salisbury under today's rider. Further progress cannot be discounted now that connections have discovered how he needs to be ridden.

Form: 352221

(4)

Pour Me A Drink¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: H Crouch| T: C G Cox| OR: 78| BF

4/1

Largely consistent since April's Haydock victory. Better to come when he learns to settle and providing conditions don't turn quick, yet others make more appeal here.

Form: 415256

(5)

City Tour²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: R Havlin| T: Mrs L Richards| OR: 75

40/1

Two best efforts this term have come off marks of 73. That gives him plenty to prove stepping up to a trip he is not bred to stay.

Form: 4-15462

(3)

Craneur^p1²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Nicola Currie| T: H J L Dunlop| OR: 66

14/1

Has shaped well on his last two starts over this trip. Nevertheless it is still hard to say he has improved enough to defy a 5lb rise.

Form: 592422

Forecasts

Starfighter (9/4), Pour Me A Drink (4/1), Entrusting (9/2), He's Amazing (7/1), Mystic Meg (10/1), Craneur (14/1), George Of Hearts (16/1), My Boy Sepoy (16/1), Nayel (25/1), Regular Income (33/1), City Tour (40/1)

A tricky race to close the card with question marks against each runner. ENTRUSTING is given the benefit of the doubt for a sub-par effort at Newcastle given he was returning from a break and the race did not bring his stamina into play. He was placed behind much better horses than this earlier in the campaign and is taken to take advantage of an attractive mark. The penny has dropped with Starfighter and he could build on his Salisbury success, whilst stable companion He's Amazing could bounce back dropping down to this grade.