16:25 Newmarket

Saturday 1 August 2020

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MansionBet Watch And Bet Handicap

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 3  |   1m 4f  |   Good to Firm  |   5 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:27  |   Winning time: 2m 29.38s
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Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
1
(2)
Horse silk
Rhythmic Intent23
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-13| J: Oisin Murphy| T: S C Williams| OR:  90| D
10/11
Continues on a sharp upward curve; ready winner of a 1m2½f York handicap 23 days ago (fourth-placed Ghaly runs earlier); demonstrably also stays this 1m4f trip - even on testing ground, so rates as the most obvious play despite the 5lb weights rise.
2
(4)
Horse silk
Mayfair Spiritt34
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-9| J: S Donohoe| T: C Fellowes| OR:  86
13/2
Boasts an impressive turf strike-rate (5-9); merely ridden out to score (11-1) over an extended 1m3f at Windsor in June - form boosted since by the placed horses Mordred and Buriram; should be viewed as the main danger to Rhythmic Intent.
3
(5)
Horse silk
Zubap111
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-4| J: W Buick| T: Mrs A J Perrett| OR:  81| D
13/2
Still a turf maiden (0-9), albeit twice a winner on Polytrack; drops back in trip by a couple of furlongs after taking minor honours (not beaten at all far) at Sandown and Salisbury; cheekpieces are enlisted seeking that extra edge.
4
(1)
Horse silk
Make Haste Slowly19
Age: 5|  Weight: 9-3| J: William Carson| T: D R C Elsworth| OR:  80
16/1
Headed close home in a steadily run Thirsk maiden (1m4f); struck at the first time of asking in handicap company at Kempton (1m3f) 19 days ago, earning a 5lb rise in the weights; swerved an engagement at Thirsk earlier this week.
5
(3)
Horse silk
Natty Night27
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-2| J: B A Curtis| T: W R Muir| OR:  79| D
7/2
Regularly left exposed at the business end of his races, owing to his over keen nature; did far too much early doors on soft ground at Haydock (1m6f) four weeks ago; the basic conditions are more favourable, but the opposition is strong.

Forecasts

Rhythmic Intent (10/11), Natty Night (7/2), Zuba (13/2), Mayfair Spirit (13/2), Make Haste Slowly (16/1)

Verdict

Mayfair Spirit rates as a formidable opponent (5-9 on turf), with his most recent Windsor form working out incredibly well, but a strong preference is for the progressive colt RHYTHMIC INTENT. Stuart Williams charge is fully effective at both 1m2f and 1m4f, and there's every likelihood that his recent York win will receive a timely boost from Ghaly earlier on today's Newmarket card (12.55pm).
  1. Rhythmic Intent
  2. Mayfair Spirit
  3. Zuba

Prize Money

1st: £6,728.002nd: £2,002.003rd: £1,000.004th: £500.00

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