14:50 Goodwood

Saturday 22 May 2021

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Off time: 14:50 | Winning time: 1m 30.62s

(9)

Aldaary¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Jim Crowley| T: W J Haggas| OR: 105| D

5/6

Impressive winner of both starts at 2 yrs and again when striking on recent return/handicap bow at Ascot (7f, good to soft). Now 12 lb higher in a stronger race, but he's potentially smart.

Form: 11-1

(1)

Roman Dynasty²⁶⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Harry Burns⁽⁷⁾| T: J Parr| OR: 96| BF

33/1

Did the job well when making a winning start to his career at Wolverhampton last summer, but came up short both subsequent starts and mark for this handicap debut looks harsh.

Form: 174-

(2)

Oo De Lally²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: William Carver⁽⁵⁾| T: A M Balding| OR: 95| D

18/1

Quickly established himself as a useful handicapper, completing hat-trick at Newcastle (7f) in January. Development has stalled since, though, and others possess greater potential.

Form: 11-1357

(5)

Twaasol¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Jason Watson| T: Owen Burrows| OR: 91

33/1

Looked very promising in the early stages of last season, but his limitations were exposed thereafter and he was safely held in the Ascot handicap won by Aldaary 15 days ago.

Form: 11875-4

(6)

Bravado¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: R Kingscote| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 91

10/1

Won first 3 starts and bounced back from a couple of low-key efforts when runner-up at Chester (7.6f, good to soft) last time. Still, minor place money is probably the best he can hope for.

Form: 134862

(3)

Soundslikethunder⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen⁽³⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 90| D

12/1

Left 2-y-o debut form well behind when narrowly prevailing on reappearance at Doncaster. Just touched off in a Newbury novice (7f, good to soft) next time, but improvement needed now handicapping.

Form: 7-12

(4)

Tawleed^b²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: M Dwyer| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 90| D

6/1

Pretty useful form at 2 yrs and stepped up on his rather subdued reappearance effort when landing a 7f Newmarket handicap in first-time blinkers. Jim Crowley prefers Aldaary.

Form: 221-41

(8)

Titan Rock²⁵⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: D Fentiman| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 87| CD

25/1

Confirmed debut promise when landing a C&D maiden at the big meeting here in 2020. However, put in his place both starts since and big step forward needed on this return/handicap debut. Gelded.

Form: 4158-

(10)

Talbot¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-1| J: Darragh Keenan| T: B J Meehan| OR: 85

16/1

Highly tried following 2-y-o debut success and, gelded during the winter, he got back on track when a strong-finishing second on return/handicap bow at Ascot (6f, good to soft). This trip should suit.

Form: 10070-2

(7)

Bowman¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-0| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 84| D

18/1

Second half of 2-y-o campaign didn't go to plan, but bounced back when proving ½-length too good for Rhoscolyn on return at Lingfield (7f, AW). Not so good back on turf next time, though.

Form: 8400-16

(11)

Rhoscolyn¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-0| J: S De Sousa| T: D O'Meara| OR: 80| D

12/1

Haydock novice winner at 2 yrs and left reappearance well behind when touched off by Bowman at Lingfield in April. Went one better back on turf at Beverley (7.4f, soft) since, but this is tougher.

Form: 374-721

Forecasts

Aldaary (5/6), Tawleed (6/1), Bravado (10/1), Rhoscolyn (12/1), Soundslikethunder (12/1), Talbot (16/1), Oo De Lally (18/1), Bowman (18/1), Titan Rock (25/1), Twaasol (33/1), Roman Dynasty (33/1)

Jim Crowley sides with ALDAARY ahead of Tawleed here and, with all due respect to the latter, it's not hard to see why. Indeed, Aldaary made it 3-3 in fine style on his reappearance at Ascot and is probably still ahead of his mark, despite going up 12 lb. Tawleed did the job well at Newmarket last time and is the clear main danger ahead of Talbot.