16:50 Leicester

Tuesday 1 June 2021

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Bodie Hodges Foundation Fillies' Handicap

Off time: 16:51 | Winning time: 1m 11.41s

(2)

Rania³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: P J Dobbs| T: S Kirk| OR: 72| D

16/1

Last of 7 in handicap at Salisbury (7f, good, 28/1) 30 days ago. Uphill task conceding weight all round.

Form: 1056-67

(8)

Liberty Bay¹⁶⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Ellie Mackenzie⁽⁵⁾| T: M D I Usher| OR: 70| D

14/1

Winner at Kempton in November. 10/1, ninth of 11 in nursery at Wolverhampton (5.1f). Off 168 days. Work to do on turf debut.

Form: 324319-

(3)

Chica Bella²⁵³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: David Egan| T: D Loughnane| OR: 70| D

6/1

6/1, respectable fourth of 9 in nursery at this C&D (good to firm). Off 8 months. Difficult ask.

Form: 417774-

(6)

Night Of Romance³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin⁽⁵⁾| T: K R Burke| OR: 67

13/2

Below form fourth of 8 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f, 10/3) 33 days ago. Others more appealing.

Form: 20-4344

(5)

Persaria²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: W Buick| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 65

4/1

Solid second of 8 in minor event at Lingfield (6f, soft) on return last month and should be more to come now sent handicapping.

Form: 55-2

(7)

Silent Flame¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: B R Millman| OR: 64| D

7/2

Found improvement when opening account in 10-runner handicap at Salisbury (6f, soft, 10/1) 19 days ago. 6 lb higher now but remains low mileage.

Form: 6551

(12)

Ocean Eyes³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: James Doyle| T: R Spencer| OR: 62

6/1

6/1, creditable fifth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 34 days ago, running on. Still looking for first success.

Form: 9690-55

(11)

Sea Of Charm^p1,t1⁵⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Tom Marquand| T: H J L Dunlop| OR: 61

16/1

Ninth of 10 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW, 28/1) 55 days ago. Makes turf debut. Tongue strap/cheekpieces on 1st time. Others more persuasive.

Form: 426-239

(4)

Lhebayeb³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Megan Nicholls| T: Paul George| OR: 60

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Respectable sixth of 10 in handicap (18/1) at this course (7f, good) 38 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 845-36

(10)

Mops Gem⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Josephine Gordon| T: M Appleby| OR: 53| D

28/1

Winner at Wolverhampton in February. 7/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, below form sixth of 10 in handicap at Chelmsford City (6f) 40 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 413456

Non-Runners

(9)

Capla Dream¹⁴

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: J Tuite J: Oisin Murphy

(1)

Velocistar³

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: Steph Hollinshead J: R Ffrench

Forecasts

Silent Flame (7/2), Persaria (4/1), Capla Dream (9/2), Velocistar (5/1), Chica Bella (6/1), Ocean Eyes (6/1), Night Of Romance (13/2), Lhebayeb (8/1), Liberty Bay (14/1), Rania (16/1), Sea Of Charm (16/1), Mops Gem (28/1)

PERSARIA looks the sort to progress in handicaps and can get off the mark here. Capla Dream and Silent Flame make up the shortlist.