14:50 Goodwood

Friday 21 May 2021

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Vesta Handicap

Off time: 14:51 | Winning time: 1m 46.66s

(10)

Year Of The Dragon¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Oisin Murphy| T: W J Knight| OR: 87

4/1

First run since leaving Denis Quinn when landing 7f novice at Kempton in January and has shaped well on both subsequent outings, just touched off in handicap at Ascot last time. Strong claims.

Form: 3-132

(5)

The Kodi Kid²⁴⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: William Carver⁽⁵⁾| T: A M Balding| OR: 84| D

9/1

Looked promising at 2, getting off the mark at the third attempt at Bath 8 months ago. Type to do better still this season, so could make an impact if tuned up for this seasonal/handicap debut.

Form: 221-

(3)

Luckiness²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: J P Spencer| T: D M Simcock| OR: 82

17/2

All the better for debut when landing Chelmsford novice in September and has continued to progress since, returning with an encouraging third in handicap at Doncaster earlier this month. Respected.

Form: 712-3

(2)

Gordonstoun^p⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Rossa Ryan| T: P & O Cole| OR: 82| D

5/1

Improved when landing back-to-back 8.3f nurseries at Nottingham last autumn and picked up where he left off in form terms when good fourth there on reappearance. Mark demands further progress, though.

Form: 71211-4

(8)

Wake Up Harry³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Tom Marquand| T: S Dow| OR: 81| D

9/1

Plenty of promise in 3 starts on the AW but didn't look all that well treated when only sixth at Newmarket on handicap debut. Vulnerable to more progressive sorts.

Form: 2-136

(1)

Sweet Bertie^b²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: P J Dobbs| T: B J Meehan| OR: 80

25/1

Made a successful handicap debut at Wolverhampton in November. Solid third from 5 lb higher there next start, but has disappointed twice this year.

Form: 2313-68

(7)

Rebel Territory¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Jim Crowley| T: Mrs A J Perrett| OR: 80

15/2

Form of his Lingfield third in March has been strongly boosted since and simply bumped into a good prospect there 17 days ago, so he's a notable handicap debutant from what seems a fair mark.

Form: 832

(6)

Toronado Grey¹³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: H Crouch| T: G & J Moore| OR: 80| D

28/1

Improving sort who confirmed previous encouragement when comfortably opening his account despite a slow start in a Lingfield novice 132 days ago. More to come if fully effective on turf.

Form: 883-1

(9)

Onaraggatip¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: S M Levey| T: B R Millman| OR: 75

12/1

Seemed to relish a bit of cut in the ground when off the mark in a Windsor novice in August but little impact in nurseries/handicaps subsequently, including at Ascot on reappearance.

Form: 02144-8

(4)

Marsabit²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: W Buick| T: H Morrison| OR: 74| CD

10/3

Fairly useful handicapper who was a bit fortunate to peg back an errant runner-up when making a reappearance over C&D 21 days ago. Profile is a positive one, though, so not ruled out after 4 lb rise.

Form: 67017-1

Forecasts

Marsabit (10/3), Year Of The Dragon (4/1), Gordonstoun (5/1), Rebel Territory (15/2), Luckiness (17/2), Wake Up Harry (9/1), The Kodi Kid (9/1), Onaraggatip (12/1), Sweet Bertie (25/1), Toronado Grey (28/1)

YEAR OF THE DRAGON has few miles on the clock and looked comfortably ahead of his opening mark when a smooth-travelling second at Ascot a fortnight ago, so he makes most appeal in what could be a well-contested 3-y-o handicap. Toronado Grey and Luckiness strike as formidable opponents.