17:00 Goodwood

Sunday 11 October 2020

All13:1513:5014:2514:5515:2515:5516:2517:00

tote.co.uk Handicap

Off time: 17:01 | Winning time: 1m 47.34s

(2)

Sir Titan²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Cieren Fallon| T: A W Carroll| OR: 81| C| D

14/1

Cashed in on reduced mark when landing 7f handicap here in August but unable to get competitive upped in grade at Newbury 3 weeks later. Likely to struggle again from same mark.

Form: 4-45910

(6)

Maori Knight^p²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: P J Dobbs| T: R Hughes| OR: 82| D

11/1

Winless since the restart but largely in good form, again travelling well when seventh of 12 in handicap at Newbury (10f, good, 5/1) 23 days ago. Drop back in trip looks a good move.

Form: 120567

(7)

River Dawn^p1,t¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Mohammed Tabti⁽⁷⁾| T: P & O Cole| OR: 79| D

14/1

Latest win at Kempton in July and ran well in defeat since. Rare poor effort at at Kempton (8f) 11 days ago and the tongue strap quickly goes back on, along with first-time cheekpieces.

Form: 313430

(10)

George Of Hearts³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Oisin Murphy| T: George Baker| OR: 77| D

7/1

Little impact both starts this year, eighth of 15 in handicap at Haydock (8.2f, soft) 36 days ago, though he was short of room. This will reveal more.

Form: 5361-48

(9)

Rectory Road¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: K T O'Neill| T: R Harris| OR: 76| D

22/1

Winner at Sandown in August but below form both starts since, too keen over the slightly longer trip here 18 days ago. Needs to bounce back and others make more appeal.

Form: 993160

(4)

Sword Beach¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: W Buick| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 79| D

7/2

Edged down the weights and ran creditably when third of 7 in handicap at Nottingham (8.3f, good, 9/1) 14 days ago, needing stiffer test. Each-way claims.

Form: 539443

(11)

Risk Taker⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: A Kirby| T: C G Cox| OR: 79

6/1

Big improvement to win soft-ground handicap at Haydock (7f). Below-form sixth at Newbury next time but took a step back in the right direction when fifth at Sandown 41 days ago. Remains well treated.

Form: 45-6165

(5)

Carp Kid^p²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Marco Ghiani⁽⁵⁾| T: J L Flint| OR: 73| D

15/2

Thirteen runs since last win in 2019 but shaped better than the bare result when fourth of 12 in handicap at Newbury (10f, good, 18/1) 23 days ago. Lurks on a fair mark if building on that.

Form: 622624

(1)

Rafiot⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: H Crouch| T: G & J Moore| OR: 69| C

17/2

Seemed suited by the emphasis on stamina and took advantage of a further-reduced mark at this course (9f, good to soft) 6 weeks ago. Improved with each run this term and seems sure to go well again.

Form: 5U-0041

(8)

Dourado²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: David Probert| T: P R Chamings| OR: 69| BF| D

7/1

Eighteen runs since last win in 2017. Probably remained in form (albeit not seen to best effect) when fifth at Lingfield last month and needs to build on that to feature.

Form: 7-44245

(12)

Chetan⁵³

Age: 8| Weight: 8-13| J: L Morris| T: A W Carroll| OR: 68| D

50/1

Winer at Leicester in June and not the easiest to predict but returned to form at a big price when runner-up at Bath 53 days ago. 3 lb rise makes it tougher, however.

Form: 801882

(3)

Latent Heat⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Tom Marquand| T: A W Carroll| OR: 66

15/2

Proved surprisingly effective on soft ground and ran his best race on turf when runner-up here (7f, soft, 11/1) 44 days ago. Needs to repeat that effort here but a player if he does so.

Form: 135552

Forecasts

Sword Beach (7/2), Risk Taker (6/1), Dourado (7/1), George Of Hearts (7/1), Latent Heat (15/2), Carp Kid (15/2), Rafiot (17/2), Maori Knight (11/1), Sir Titan (14/1), River Dawn (14/1), Rectory Road (22/1), Chetan (50/1)

RAFIOT cashed in on a reduced mark to score at this course 6 weeks ago, seeming suited by the emphasis on stamina. That was his first win since his debut in France, and he's taken follow up with the promise of better to come. Carp Kid heads up the dangers having shaped better than the bare result at Newbury last time, ahead of Risk Taker and River Dawn.