Bombardier British Hopped Amber Beer Claiming Stakes

Off time: 16:52 | Winning time: 1m 29.59s

(3)

Angel Palanas⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: B A Curtis| T: K R Burke| OR: 75| D

7/4

Has done all his winning at Southwell but has run well enough at Newcastle to suggest this surface will suffice. Dropped in class and favoured by the weights so hard to overlook for an in-form rider/trainer combination.

Form: 67646-4

(4)

Billyfairplay^p¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: L Morris| T: J Feane| OR: 69| C

11/8

Irish challenger scored here in October 2018 off a mark of 46 under today's rider. Has improved significantly since and not out of this if sharpened up by his two runs following a lengthy break.

Form: 1/3230-8

(5)

Barbarosa^b1³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: T Eaves| T: M Herrington| OR: 56

12/1

17-race maiden has gone close on a few occasions and has run well here. Faces a stiff task at the weights and hard to see blinkers making enough of a difference.

Form: 964298-

(7)

Oberyn Martell^h1¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Georgia Dobie⁽⁵⁾| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 69

9/1

Has competed at much higher levels than this but more recently he has gone into a rapid decline. Form has been a bit better lately, but it's hard to be convinced he still has what is going to be required here.

Form: 059890-

(1)

Kodiline^b1¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: R Kingscote| T: P D Evans| OR: 57| C| D

8/1

Scored off a mark of 77 a year ago but form has declined since and the seller he won last month came off 55. Comfortably held on both starts since and blinkers not enough to enhance his appeal.

Form: 096109-

Non-Runners

(2)

Fuente⁵

Weight: 9-11| Age: 4

T: K Dalgleish J: Non Runner

(6)

Scorched Breath³

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: C Fellowes J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Billyfairplay (11/8), Angel Palanas (7/4), Fuente (7/4), Kodiline (8/1), Oberyn Martell (9/1), Barbarosa (12/1), Scorched Breath (14/1)

Angel Palanas and FUENTE look the two to concentrate on. The selection has faced some stiff tasks since his juvenile days but has appeared more comfortable in lesser company lately. The concession of 8lb to Karl Burke's charge looks a tough test based on BHA ratings, however he looks the more straightforward sort. Irish raider Billyfairplay has gone well here in the past and will be all the better for two runs back from a break, however both his victories have come at 6f and he has something to find at the weights.