15:55 Sandown

Friday 11 June 2021

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National Racehorse Week September 12-19 Handicap

Off time: 15:59 | Winning time: 2m 11.95s

(9)

Top Brass²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: L Dettori| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 80| BF| D

5/1

Confirmed earlier promise when landing maiden over this trip at Chelmsford in October. Shade disappointing on return/handicap bow at Newmarket, but may have needed the run and it's still early days.

Form: 441-5

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(4)

Ebnzaidoon^b¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 79

33/1

Placed both outings at 2 yrs and shrugged off disappointing reappearance when third in first-time blinkers at Lingfield (1¼m, AW). Still, more needed now handicapping and Crowley prefers Moktasaab.

Form: 32-03

(11)

Moktasaab^t⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Jim Crowley| T: Owen Burrows| OR: 79| BF

6/4

Plenty of promise in a couple of appearances as a 2-y-o and chased home subsequent Listed winner/Derby ninth John Leeper on return at Newcastle (10.2f). Needs considering off a fair opening mark.

Form: 43-2

(1)

Forever Forward¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: A Kirby| T: C G Cox| OR: 79

14/1

Back on the right track under more positive tactics at Nottingham (10.2f, heavy), losing out only in the shadow of the post. Placed both starts here as a 2-y-o and couldn't rule out.

Form: 283-942

(2)

Nell Quickly⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Hollie Doyle| T: D J Coakley| OR: 78| D

9/2

Maintained theme of race-by-race progress when making it third time lucky in a Chelmsford maiden (1¼m). Likely she has more to offer now that her attention is switched to handicaps.

Form: 4-21

(5)

Greystoke¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: George Bass⁽⁵⁾| T: M R Channon| OR: 78| D

11/1

Back-to-back winner in April, including on turf at Redcar over this trip. Slower ground possible excuse for both subsequent defeats, but he looks vulnerable off this mark in any case.

Form: 251174

(7)

Secret Box²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 76

8/1

Has shown plenty of ability in 3 starts on the AW at up to 1m, best work at the finish on each occasion. A sizeable slice of improvement could be on the way now upped in trip for this handicap debut.

Form: 3-44

(3)

Arthur's Angel^p¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Oisin Murphy| T: J Ryan| OR: 72| D

28/1

Notched second win on the AW when taking a 1¼m Lingfield handicap last month. However, failed to land a real blow off this mark next time and questions to answer back on turf.

Form: 433614

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Non-Runners

(8)

Aggagio²

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: Mrs S Leech J: Rob Hornby

(10)

Encounter Order²⁰

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: I Mohammed & J Santos J: W Buick

(6)

Night Of Dreams¹⁰

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: R Hannon J: Andrea Atzeni

Forecasts

Moktasaab (6/4), Nell Quickly (9/2), Top Brass (5/1), Secret Box (8/1), Encounter Order (10/1), Greystoke (11/1), Forever Forward (14/1), Night Of Dreams (16/1), Aggagio (25/1), Arthur's Angel (28/1), Ebnzaidoon (33/1)

The most interesting of these by some way is SECRET BOX, who has shown plenty in his qualifying runs and a jolt of improvement is anticipated now handicapping over a longer trip. It will certainly look significant if the market speaks in his favour. Fellow handicap debutant Moktasaab is feared most, though cases can also be made for Forever Forward, Nell Quickly and Top Brass.