18:45 Leicester

Saturday 12 June 2021

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Bodie Hodges Foundation Handicap

Off time: 18:46 | Winning time: 2m 32.87s

(2)

Foresee¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: Rhys Clutterbuck⁽⁵⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 65| D

9/1

7/1, won 7-runner handicap at Brighton (11.9f, good to firm) 15 days ago. More needed here following a 3 lb rise.

Form: 383221

(5)

Glencora¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Jonny Peate⁽⁷⁾| T: D R C Elsworth| OR: 63

13/8

5/2, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Yarmouth (10.1f, good to soft) 15 days ago, well on top finish. Not taken lightly.

Form: 0361-91

(8)

Retrospect^b⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: D C Costello| T: W Muir & C Grassick| OR: 62

8/1

13/2 and blinkered for 1st time, seventh of 11 in handicap at Salisbury (12f, good) 4 days ago, doing too much too soon. Now 0-9 and likely to come up short once more.

Form: 768-477

(7)

Ice Canyon⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: E J Walsh| T: K Frost| OR: 60| D

8/1

14/1, bit below form fifth of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (11.6f, good to firm) 7 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 01/26-45

(4)

Loch Ness Monster^p⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: B A Curtis| T: M Appleby| OR: 59

8/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2020. Respectable fourth of 9 in handicap at Catterick (12.1f, good to firm, 6/1) 8 days ago. Down to a career-low mark and couldn't rule out.

Form: 429644

(3)

Feldspar^p⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 58

9/2

6/1, career best when winning 11-runner handicap at Hamilton (13.1f, good to firm) 9 days ago, all out. Should give it a good shot from the front.

Form: 718-091

(6)

Thunder Flash^h¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: W Buick| T: Ian Williams| OR: 51| BF

13/2

Respectable fifth of 9 in handicap (9/4) at Brighton (9.9f, good to firm) 15 days ago. Shaped better than the bare result on that occasion and is worth considering.

Form: 13532-5

(1)

Al Mikdam⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-5| J: R Ffrench| T: J R Norton| OR: 49WS

125/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 12 in handicap (100/1) at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 49 days ago. Since undergone a wind op and plenty to prove at present.

Form: 34/6-850

Forecasts

Glencora (13/8), Feldspar (9/2), Thunder Flash (13/2), Ice Canyon (8/1), Loch Ness Monster (8/1), Retrospect (8/1), Foresee (9/1), Al Mikdam (125/1)

Cases can be made for the majority of these. GLENCORA raised her game when striking at Yarmouth recently and may well be capable of defying a 5 lb rise in the weights. Fellow last-time-out winners Feldspar and Foresee are likely to attract support, but Thunder Flash and Ice Canyon rate the main dangers.