18:05 Leicester

Wednesday 28 July 2021

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Off time: 18:06 | Winning time: 2m 38.26s

(7)

Barbarosa^v1⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Konrad Brygier⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs Monika Krzyskow| OR: 55

20/1

Fair gelding. Remains a maiden after 18 Flat runs. Latest win at Wroclaw in May. Creditable sixth of 11 in handicap at Dresden (10.9f, good, 187/10) 45 days ago. Visored for 1st time.

Form: 932-126

(3)

Red October^p⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Callum Shepherd| T: H Palmer| OR: 81| C

30/100

Fairly useful gelding. Course winner. Last of 8 in handicap (5/1) at Chelmsford City (10f) 41 days ago. Could be hard to peg back if he returns to form dropped in grade.

Form: 0657-58

(1)

Twiggys Pride²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: William Cox⁽³⁾| T: J L Flint

125/1

Making GB/IRE Flat debut. 125/1, seventh of 8 in bumper at Worcester (16f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Hard to make a case for.

Form:

(4)

Decora¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: T E Whelan| T: Miss S West| OR: 66| BF| D

3/1

Proved better than ever to belatedly open her account at Salisbury in June, then found race coming too soon next time. Below form over hurdles recently but obvious claims back on the level.

Form: 8-26916

(5)

Aboard The Beagle¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-0| J: S Hitchcott| T: R Hannon| OR: 53

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 6 in minor event (66/1) at Nottingham (8.3f, good to firm) 12 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes little appeal.

Form: 985

Non-Runners

(6)

Yukon¹²

Weight: 9-2| Age: 4

T: D O'Meara J: Jason Watson

(2)

Temple Lock³⁰

Weight: 8-5| Age: 3

T: Eve Johnson Houghton J: Cieren Fallon

Forecasts

Red October (30/100), Decora (3/1), Temple Lock (9/2), Yukon (7/1), Barbarosa (20/1), Aboard The Beagle (40/1), Twiggys Pride (125/1)

DECORA scored at Salisbury in June and, while a bit underwhelming subsequently, she's likely to benefit from this drop in grade and looks a more solid proposition than Red October, who would take all the beating if able to return to form. Yukon completes the shortlist.