16:05 Goodwood

Wednesday 23 September 2020

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Off time: 16:08 | Winning time: 2m 1.01s

(8)

Elmejor¹⁰⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Josephine Gordon| T: J R Best| OR: 84

18/1

Completed hat-trick earlier this year, with latest win at Saint Moritz in February. Shaped better than the distance beaten suggests in fourth at Lingfield back in June and not ruled out on turf debut.

Form: 113734

(3)

The Met^t1¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: P Cosgrave| T: D Loughnane| OR: 82| D

13/2

Scored twice at Wolverhampton late last year and run with credit on first 2 starts in handicaps this summer. Did too much too soon at Sandown last time and he can bounce back in first-time tongue tie.

Form: 4/11-340

(17)

Mostawaa¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Oisin Murphy| T: H Main| OR: 82| BF

10/3

Winner at Haydock in June and posted career-best effort there when runner-up 18 days ago. Going through a good spell at the moment and should give his running once again from 2 lb higher mark.

Form: 481242

(16)

Enigmatic^p³²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: James Doyle| T: J Parr| OR: 82| C

7/1

Back on song off reduced mark despite going in snatches when scoring in 1m handicap at Leicester on penultimate start and confirmed return to form up 5lb in cheekpieces at Sandown 12 days later.

Form: 00-7816

(13)

Love Dreams²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Cieren Fallon| T: M Blake| OR: 80| C

16/1

Course winner who was seen to maximum effect back up in trip when a close third at Chelmsford earlier this month, having the run of the race. Heading back in the right direction recently.

Form: 53-3873

(4)

Pinnata^t¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: S M Levey| T: S C Williams| OR: 77

25/1

Seemingly better on the all-weather these days but ran a long way below form at Kempton a fortnight ago, left behind from 2f out. Others preferred.

Form: 150929

(15)

Culture¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Nicola Currie| T: George Baker| OR: 77

18/1

Improved when bagging back-to-back fast-ground Windsor handicaps last term prior to bombing out under testing conditions at Epsom. Stepped up on reappearance last time but others make more appeal.

Form: 0116-87

(14)

Snow Ocean⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Harry Bentley| T: P D Evans| OR: 76| D

9/1

Opened turf account at ninth attempt at Chester in August. Nudged up just 2 lb and another bold show could be on the way.

Form: 566351

(9)

Rectory Road¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: K T O'Neill| T: R Harris| OR: 76

18/1

Quiet start to 2020, but more like it when third at Bath and he duly built on that when winning 11-runner handicap at Sandown a fortnight ago. Struggled with 5 lb penalty there last time, however.

Form: 899316

(1)

Croeso Cymraeg¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: J Quinn| T: H J Evans| OR: 75| C

7/1

Returned to winning ways at Sandown (10f) in July and defied an 8 lb higher mark to score at this course (11.2f, good) 15 days ago. He's in the form of his life and should continue to run well.

Form: 255121

(2)

Kingston Kurrajong^p¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: Jason Watson| T: W J Knight| OR: 75| D

20/1

Run best excused when ninth of 13 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 18 days ago, not clear run from 2f out but not unduly punished once in clear. Cheekpieces go back on.

Form: 5-58279

(11)

Escape The City¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: George Rooke⁽⁵⁾| T: H Morrison| OR: 71

11/1

Caught the eye on reappearance at Newmarket (10f) and back from a trio of lesser efforts when just failing at Sandown (1m) last month. Little impact (stiff task) from 8 lb out of handicap last time.

Form: 476438

(6)

Ashazuri^h³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-8| J: J Mitchell| T: J G Portman| OR: 71| D

14/1

Back to best at Salisbury last month but below-form third on soft ground at Windsor (10f) 37 days ago. Not ruled out back under these less testing conditions.

Form: 568-023

(18)

Catch My Breath^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: Darragh Keenan⁽³⁾| T: J Ryan| OR: 68| D

33/1

Back to winning ways at Ayr in July but last 2 efforts have left questions to be answered, never involved back down in trip at Doncaster a fortnight ago. Others preferred.

Form: 321490

(12)

Settle Petal²²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-3| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen⁽³⁾| T: P Phelan| OR: 66

40/1

Back-to-back wins at Lingfield (AW) and Windsor in June. Possibly needed the run following wind operation at Kempton earlier this month but still could find this too competitive.

Form: 561177

Non-Runners

(10)

Zhui Feng¹⁴

Weight: 9-9| Age: 7

T: Mrs A J Perrett J: Jim Crowley

(7)

Delicate Kiss⁷

Weight: 9-0| Age: 6

T: J J Bridger J: William Carver

(5)

Golden Wolf²⁶

Weight: 8-3| Age: 6

T: A W Carroll J: Laura Coughlan

Forecasts

Mostawaa (10/3), The Met (13/2), Croeso Cymraeg (7/1), Enigmatic (7/1), Zhui Feng (7/1), Snow Ocean (9/1), Delicate Kiss (10/1), Escape The City (11/1), Ashazuri (14/1), Love Dreams (16/1), Rectory Road (18/1), Culture (18/1), Elmejor (18/1), Kingston Kurrajong (20/1), Pinnata (25/1), Catch My Breath (33/1), Golden Wolf (33/1), Settle Petal (40/1)

A fiercely-competitive handicap on paper. THE MET did too much too soon at Sandown 12 days ago and he's taken to get back to winning ways in a first-time tongue tie. His mark eases 3 lb and he looks set for a huge run. Love Dreams rates as the main threat despite having been seen to maximum effect from the front at Chelmsford last time, ahead of Zhui Feng and Mostawaa.

THE MET
LOVE DREAMS (IRE)
ZHUI FENG (IRE)

Previous Winners

2019

Simoon

Weight: 9-4 |Age: 5

J: Jason Watson | T: A M Balding

5/4

Prize Money

1st: £5,822.002nd: £1,732.003rd: £866.004th: £433.005th: £300.006th: £300.007th: £300.008th: £300.00