16:45 Newbury
Thursday 11 June 2020
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MansionBet's Beaten By A Head Handicap
- 4YO plus | Class 4 | 1m 2f | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 10 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 16:46 | Winning time: 2m 7.06s
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C&D winner (July 2017) with a proven ability to win races (5-26 career), but the likelihood is that he sits plenty high enough in the handicap after winning on soft ground at Nottingham (1m2f) last October.
Yet to win beyond 1m on the Flat, although this 1m2f trip is clearly within range; runner-up over hurdles at Catterick (penultimate start) early in the New Year; has since undergone wind surgery.
Posted a rock-solid effort when going down narrowly to the improving Inclyne at Newmarket (1m2f, good to firm) last week; ought to be tough to beat if replicating that form with James Doyle unsurprisingly retaining the mount.
Ex-Marcus Tregoning; twice successful since joining Michael Blake, including most latterly on the Polytrack at Chelmsford (1m2f); 3lb higher, but evidently has built up an excellent rapport with the claimer Megan Nicholls.
Took a while to get his act together on the racecourse, but made up for lost time at Bath (1m winner) late last summer; interesting to see how he fares from a career high mark (76) off a 271-day absence.
Won twice on the Flat in Ireland (1m2f-1m4f) in 2018 for James M Barrett; twice placed over hurdles for his current trainer, including on return from a 14-month absence at Doncaster (2m½f, heavy) in February.
Shock (yet game) 40-1 7f Yarmouth maiden winner in September 2018; struggled to make his mark in handicaps thereafter before leaving the care of David Lanigan for £35,000; easing in the weights after a pair of modest efforts for this trainer.
Modest strike-rate (1-12), with that win coming for James Tate in a 1m2f Lingfield novice (4-9f); 3lb lower than when runner-up on second start for this trainer at Newmarket (1m2f) last August; cheekpieces are now applied.
Seven-race maiden (runner-up in a couple of AW novice contests in late 2019); has fallen 5lb in the weights since introduced to handicapping, and now steps out onto turf for the first time in his racing career.
Seven-race maiden; twice filled the frame in Class 4/5 handicaps last summer, including on heavy ground at Haydock Park (1m2f); it's possible that he'll find a winning opportunity eventually, but it's doubtful that'll be here off a 337-day absence.
Forecasts
Involved (11/10), Francisco Bay (6/1), Tell William (8/1), Champs De Reves (17/2), Rake's Progress (11/1), Silkstone (16/1), Pentimento (16/1), Water's Edge (20/1), For Pleasure (25/1), Millions Memories (66/1)
The Newmarket handler George Boughey has his small string in excellent fettle (saddled Three C's to score at Chelmsford City on Monday) and the James Doyle-ridden INVOLVED is strongly fancied to make amends for a narrow defeat at the hands of an improving Andrew Balding-trained winner at Newmarket last week. For those seeking a suitable forecast (or each-way) option look no further than the 1m2f Chelmsford scorer Champs De Reves who evidently has built up an excellent rapport with the 3lb claimer Megan Nicholls.
- Involved
- Champs De Reves
- Tell William
Prize Money
1st: £4,690.002nd: £1,396.003rd: £697.004th: £349.00
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