20:15 Leicester

Saturday 12 June 2021

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Meridian Mortgages Handicap

Off time: 20:18 | Winning time: 59.58s

(2)

Bungledupinblue⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: K T O'Neill| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 65

14/1

Winner at Lingfield in January. Respectable sixth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 45 days ago. First run for yard after leaving James Evans and not dismissed.

Form: 56-1946

(5)

Coley's Koko²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Sebastian Woods⁽⁵⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 63| D

11/4

Winner at Musselburgh in April. 11/2, below-form sixth of 16 in handicap at Redcar (5f, good to soft) 26 days ago so needs to bounce back now.

Form: 48-5156

(3)

Emirati Dirham^b⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 61| BF

16/5

3/1, below form third of 9 in handicap at Catterick (5f, good to firm) 8 days ago. Blinkers replace visor and more needed if he's to open his account.

Form: 672473

(7)

Miss Bella Brand⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: George Wood| T: Mrs I G-Leveque| OR: 60

10/1

13/2, tenth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 45 days ago. Makes turf debut now with a bit to prove.

Form: 2-92230

(8)

Ooh Is It²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: W Buick| T: P D Evans| OR: 59| BF

11/4

Visored for 1st time when below-form fifth of 10 in handicap (9/4) at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 25 days ago. Weighted to have a say if he can shrug off latest effort.

Form: 426535

(9)

Sicilian Belle³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: B A Curtis| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 55

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Off 8 months before good fourth of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 39 days ago. Sure to go well with that run under her belt and now eased 1 lb in the weights.

Form: 4629-4

(4)

Colton^p¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Harrison Shaw| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 49

12/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, modest fifth of 8 in handicap at Musselburgh (5f, soft) on his return. Others are a lot more persuasive.

Form: 87077-5

(1)

Red Sparrow¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: R Ffrench| T: C Wallis| OR: 45

66/1

Poor maiden. 66/1, only ninth of 12 in handicap at Brighton (6f) 19 days ago. Hard to warm to.

Form: 665999

(6)

Paymaster¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: Mollie Phillips⁽⁷⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 45

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Off 10 months before modest fifth of 8 in handicap (14/1) at Brighton (6f) 15 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 070-5

Forecasts

Ooh Is It (11/4), Coley's Koko (11/4), Emirati Dirham (16/5), Miss Bella Brand (10/1), Colton (12/1), Sicilian Belle (12/1), Bungledupinblue (14/1), Paymaster (40/1), Red Sparrow (66/1)

A closely-knit handicap in which SICILIAN BELLE gets the nod given she arrives on the back of a good reappearance fourth at Wolverhampton and can be expected to build on that now. Ooh Is It is weighted to have a big say if back on song, while top-weight Bungledupinblue is worth considering for her new yard.