14:30 Brighton

Thursday 5 August 2021

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Land & Power Civil Contractors Handicap (For The Brighton Challenge Cup)

Off time: 14:31 | Winning time: 2m 29.08s

(5)

Squelch¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: F Norton| T: Rae Guest| OR: 80| D

10/1

Sixth of 7 in handicap (9/2) at Doncaster (11.9f, good to firm) 19 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 34-4426

(2)

Mark Of Gold⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: P J Dobbs| T: R Hannon| OR: 79

7/1

12/1, below form sixth of 10 in handicap at Newbury (12f, good to soft) 44 days ago. Below winning mark but opposable until showing more spark.

Form: 211-046

(4)

Ravens Ark^p1¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Oisin Murphy| T: H Morrison| OR: 76| BF| CD

9/5

C&D winner. Latest win here in May. 5/2, creditable third of 8 in handicap at Sandown (14f, good to firm) 15 days ago, not looking keen. Cheekpieces may help in that regard.

Form: 0-51333

(9)

Berrahri⁷^{(ex 4)}

Age: 10| Weight: 9-6| J: Cieren Fallon| T: J R Best| OR: 68| D

14/1

9/2, won 7-runner handicap at Epsom (12f, good to soft) 7 days ago, well ridden. Carries penalty but clearly fit and in form.

Form: 584131

(6)

Contingency Fee^v¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Grace McEntee⁽⁵⁾| T: P S McEntee| OR: 70| CD

12/1

Fou wins from 13 runs this year. 10/3, career best when winning 5-runner handicap at Bath (11.6f, firm) 15 days ago, battling well. Up 3 b in quest for 5-timer.

Form: 421111

(7)

Foresee⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 8-13| J: Hayley Turner| T: A W Carroll| OR: 65| CD

25/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in May. 7 lengths sixth of 7 to Berrahri in handicap (9/2) at Epsom (12f, good to soft) 7 days ago, left poorly placed.

Form: 221526

(10)

Destinado⁶⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Mollie Phillips⁽⁷⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 73

28/1

31/10, eleventh of 15 in handicap at Longchamp (13.9f, good) 67 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Francis-Henri Graffard.

Form: 7420

(3)

Kelmscott^t²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: David Probert| T: D Menuisier| OR: 73| C

15/8

Tongue strap on for first time, career best when winning 7-runner handicap (13/8) at this course (9.9f, good) 23 days ago, always holding on. May have more to offer.

Form: 03-6451

Non-Runners

(8)

Clongowes²²

Weight: 9-10| Age: 7

T: D Steele J: Non Runner

(1)

Atalanta Breeze¹²⁷

Weight: 8-12| Age: 5

T: M P Tregoning J: Dane O'Neill

Forecasts

Ravens Ark (9/5), Kelmscott (15/8), Mark Of Gold (7/1), Squelch (10/1), Contingency Fee (12/1), Berrahri (14/1), Atalanta Breeze (14/1), Foresee (25/1), Clongowes (25/1), Destinado (28/1)

RAVENS ARK didn't look to be fully applying himself at Sandown a fortnight ago so cheekpieces go on and he possesses the ability to win from his current mark. Contingency Fee chases a superb 5-timer and is hard to omit from calculations, with Kelmscott another to take seriously.