Play 4 To Score At Betway Handicap

Off time: 15:46 | Winning time: 2m 5.10s

(5)

Wimpole Hall^p²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Gaia Boni⁽⁷⁾| T: W Jarvis| OR: 73| D

9/1

Seemed to run well when third to better-class rivals at Chelmsford in February, but couldn't back that up at Kempton next time. Fairly treated on best form, but others more appealing.

Form: 216-537

(2)

French Riviera^p1³⁶⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: David Egan| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam| OR: 70

9/1

Runner-up off a 2lb higher mark at Wolverhampton last spring for Ralph Beckett, but has run well below that form on only two runs since, and starts out for a new yard with questions to answer.

Form: 043/207-

(1)

Isle of Wolves¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: James Doyle| T: J R Boyle| OR: 70| D

11/10

Beat a stablemate when winning at Epsom last season, and looked better than ever when 2½L second of 11 to Edmond Dantes at Newbury on his return, having been hurdling. The one to beat on that evidence.

Form: 62214-2

(4)

Songkran³⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: W Buick| T: G Boughey| OR: 60

6/4

Winner on his racecourse bow for David Elsworth, and made a bright start last year before losing his way. Could be well treated if in-form new yard can coax him back to himself.

Form: 528798-

Non-Runners

(6)

Brown Honey¹⁹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: I Mohammed & J Santos J: S De Sousa

(3)

Shaffire²

Weight: 8-8| Age: 4

T: H Whittington J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Isle of Wolves (11/10), Songkran (6/4), Shaffire (4/1), Brown Honey (11/2), Wimpole Hall (9/1), French Riviera (9/1)

ISLE OF WOLVES arrives here on the back of a personal best, and will be hard to beat given the opposition don't look too taxing. Songkran is well treated if back to the form he showed on last season''s reappearance, and is the one who could be a fly in the ointment, having joined a new yard. Brown Honey is unexposed, and probably needed her return at Haydock, shaping better than the distance beaten. She's not one to dismiss out of hand.