13:15 Leicester

Monday 7 September 2020

All13:1513:5014:2014:5015:2015:5016:2516:55

Bodie Hodges Foundation Apprentice Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 13:17 | Winning time: 1m 25.82s

(9)

Mr Millarcky⁵^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Sebastian Woods| T: Rae Guest| OR: 63| D

3/1

Career best when winning (dead-heated) 11-runner handicap at Lingfield (7f, good, 25/1) 5 days ago. Carries penalty. Lightly raced and can go well again.

Form: 9-49791

(1)

Reckless Endeavour⁵⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: William Carver| T: T D Barron| OR: 65| D

6/1

Latest win at Newcastle in January but hasn't gone with much fluency since, fourteenth of 15 in handicap (50/1) at Newbury (7f, good) 50 days ago.

Form: 3-14690

(5)

Eponina²⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Rhona Pindar⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 64| C

11/2

Course winner. Off 8 months. Still above last winning mark.

Form: 52184-8

(4)

Sea Fox¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Keelan Baker⁽⁷⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 64| D

7/2

Improved on recent efforts to win 12-runner handicap (11/2) at Lingfield (8f, AW) 11 days ago. Unreliable, not a totally obvious one to follow up, though this is his level now.

Form: 667771

(11)

Tadaawol^p⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Paula Muir| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 63| D

5/1

Eighteen runs since last win in 2019. Creditable fourth of 13 in handicap (11/1) at Newcastle (7.1f) 4 days ago. On a good mark and could be worth chancing.

Form: 907304

(7)

Bbob Alula^t³⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Mark Crehan⁽³⁾| T: W G M Turner| OR: 63| D

40/1

Fair winner over this trip in 2018. First run for 13 months and probably best watched.

Form: 260830-

(3)

Raha³⁹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Dylan Hogan| T: Miss J Feilden| OR: 62

40/1

Modest maiden. Off 13 months and hard to fancy.

Form: 068535-

(10)

Echo Of Lightning²⁹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 9-2| J: Gavin Ashton⁽³⁾| T: Ian Williams| OR: 60| CD

25/1

C&D winner. First run for yard after leaving Roger Fell. Badly out of sorts when last seen 9 months ago.

Form: 814800-

(2)

Outer Space^p²⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 8-13| J: Tyler Heard⁽⁵⁾| T: J L Flint| OR: 57| CD

11/1

C&D winner in June. Bit below form fifth of 12 in handicap at Windsor (6f, good, 9/1) 29 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Merits consideration back here.

Form: 0-41205

(12)

Lady Monica²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Kala Sofie Ingolfsland| T: J R Holt| OR: 50

22/1

Won early last season. 18/1, fourth of 12 in handicap at Windsor (6f, good) 29 days ago. Has dropped in the weights.

Form: 447-004

(6)

My Girl Maisie^e/s³⁴⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-2| J: Darragh Keenan| T: R C Guest| OR: 45| DWS

50/1

Nineteen runs since last win in 2017. Off 11 months. All to prove on return.

Form: 236000-

Non-Runners

(8)

Freedom And Wheat¹⁵

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: M Blake J: Megan Nicholls

Forecasts

Mr Millarcky (3/1), Sea Fox (7/2), Freedom And Wheat (9/2), Tadaawol (5/1), Eponina (11/2), Reckless Endeavour (6/1), Outer Space (11/1), Lady Monica (22/1), Echo Of Lightning (25/1), Bbob Alula (40/1), Raha (40/1), My Girl Maisie (50/1)

TADAAWOL seems to be finding his level having fallen plenty in the weights and could be worth chancing to end a losing run. The last-time-out winners Mr Millarcky, Sea Fox and Freedom And Wheat merit consideration again for all the last-two named are tricky customers.