14:50 Salisbury

Thursday 13 August 2020

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British Stallion Studs EBF Odstock Fillies' Handicap

Off time: 14:50 | Winning time: 2m 32.92s

(6)

Ghaziyah¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Tom Marquand| T: W J Haggas| OR: 90

10/3

Making her seasonal reappearance when finishing fourth in a 1m2f handicap at Goodwood (good) at the end of last month. Interesting to see how she fares on her first attempt at this distance.

Form: 7/1142-4

(5)

Giving Glances^p¹⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: M Harley| T: A King| OR: 87| D

28/1

Placed twice on the AW earlier this year including when runner-up in first time cheekpieces (retained) over this trip at Lingfield in early March. Worth a check in the market racing off a 2lb higher mark in this event.

Form: 125/4-32

(2)

Squelch¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Rob Hornby| T: Rae Guest| OR: 85| D

9/2

Completed a hat-trick when victorious by 6L over this trip at Pontefract (good-to-firm) a fortnight ago. Strong claims and remains open to improvement despite a 9lb rise in the weights.

Form: 352-111

(7)

Kepala²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Hollie Doyle| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 82| D

5/2

Made a winning handicap debut when taking a three runner event over this trip at Newmarket (good-to-firm) at the end of June. Beaten a short-head upped to an extended 1m5f at Newbury (good) subsequently and remains open to improvement.

Form: 62-412

(3)

Almareekh¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Jim Crowley| T: Sir Michael Stoute| OR: 81| D

3/1

Followed up a 1m2f novice race success at Yarmouth (good-to-firm) early last month with a neck victory on handicap debut over this trip at Doncaster (good-to-firm) subsequently. Strong claims off this 4lb higher mark.

Form: 7-311

(9)

By My Side^v¹¹^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Cieren Fallon⁽³⁾| T: M L W Bell| OR: 74

8/1

Application of a visor (retained) for the first time appeared to bring about a slightly improved effort when winning over 1m2f at Sandown (good) earlier this month. Interesting carrying a 6lb penalty stepping back up in distance.

Form: 9-4321

Non-Runners

(8)

Tribal Craft²⁶

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: A M Balding J: William Carver

(4)

Tulip Fields¹⁶

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: C & M Johnston J: S De Sousa

(1)

Point In Time²⁵

Weight: 8-12| Age: 5

T: M D I Usher J: S Donohoe

Forecasts

Kepala (5/2), Almareekh (3/1), Ghaziyah (10/3), Squelch (9/2), By My Side (8/1), Tulip Fields (10/1), Tribal Craft (12/1), Point In Time (16/1), Giving Glances (28/1)

ALMAREEKH represents a top yard and she is taken to complete a hat-trick with a victory in this fillies' only handicap. The selection appeared to appreciate this trip when winning on handicap debut last time out and she can get the better of Squelch who completed a hat-trick when victorious on her most recent start. Third place can go to Kepala who has been in good form of late and was narrowly beaten over further on her latest outing.