12:50 Salisbury

Friday 21 August 2020

All12:2012:5013:2513:5514:2514:5515:2515:5516:25

Dinton Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 12:54 | Winning time: 1m 29.21s

(9)

Miss Villanelle¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Mark Winn⁽⁷⁾| T: C Hills| OR: 72| D

22/1

Creditable fifth of 9 in handicap at Leicester (7f, good to firm, 28/1) 19 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 1476-05

(5)

Old News^b1²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Finley Marsh⁽³⁾| T: R Hughes| OR: 70| D

7/2

Respectable seventh of 12 in handicap (10/1) at Newmarket (8f, good to firm) 27 days ago. Needs blinkers to spark a revival.

Form: 67-0677

(7)

Roman Melody^b²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Hollie Doyle| T: D R C Elsworth| OR: 70| BF

16/5

4/1, bit below form fifth of 13 in handicap at Windsor (8.1f, good) 25 days ago, unsuited by step up in trip. Could bounce back returning to this distance.

Form: 6-33625

(2)

Afro Blue¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 69

15/2

Form: 30-5855

(3)

Mr Beau Blue²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Saffie Osborne⁽⁷⁾| T: J A Osborne| OR: 67

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 13 in handicap (11/1) at Windsor (8.1f, good) 25 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 4670

(8)

Zulu Girl³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 66| BF

7/1

11/4, found the test inadequate when fifth of 12 in handicap at Bath (5.7f, firm) 34 days ago. Had been in good form prior to that, so should give a good account back up in trip.

Form: 336-335

(6)

Party Island¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Cieren Fallon⁽³⁾| T: D J Coakley| OR: 65| D

10/3

Winner at Haydock in July. Bit below form fifth of 12 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW, 14/1) 10 days ago, meeting trouble. Still one to bear in mind.

Form: 76-6125

(4)

Bonus⁶⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: P Cosgrave| T: J R Boyle| OR: 65| BF

8/1

Impressive winner at Yarmouth on return. Below form seventh of 12 in handicap at Windsor (6f, good, evens) 66 days ago, unable to sustain effort. May get back on the up after a break.

Form: 077-17

(1)

Feel Good Factor¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: L Morris| T: M Appleby| OR: 62| D

50/1

Winner at Kempton in June. 10/1, ninth of 10 in handicap at Catterick (7f, good to firm) 17 days ago.

Form: 218379

Forecasts

Roman Melody (16/5), Party Island (10/3), Old News (7/2), Zulu Girl (7/1), Afro Blue (15/2), Bonus (8/1), Mr Beau Blue (20/1), Miss Villanelle (22/1), Feel Good Factor (50/1)

BONUS was most impressive when sweeping through to make a winning handicap debut at Yarmouth and presumably found the race coming too soon at Windsor next time. He's given another chance to improve on the back of a 2-month break and is preferred to Zulu Girl and Party Island.