16:50 Salisbury

Wednesday 11 August 2021

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:25

George Smith Horseboxes Confined Handicap

Off time: 16:52 | Winning time: 2m 10.21s

(10)

Dream Machine^t,v¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: S W Kelly| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 75| D

66/1

Visored for 1st time, fourth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter (15.8f, good, 13/2) 19 days ago. Lightly-raced on the Flat in recent years and well held when last seen in this sphere in June 2020.

Form: 54520/0-

(2)

Marion's Boy²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: J Mitchell| T: R A Teal| OR: 69| D

7/1

5/1, seventh of 11 in handicap at Newbury (10f, good to firm) 20 days ago. Has slipped to a fair mark and each-way chance if able to bounce back.

Form: 038377

(3)

Dartington¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Oisin Murphy| T: M P Tregoning| OR: 68

11/2

Creditable third of 8 in handicap (11/2) at Nottingham (8.3f, good) 13 days ago. Shapes as though well worth another crack at this trip and not discounted with Oisin Murphy aboard.

Form: 1842-23

(9)

Liberty Warrior²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Rob Hornby| T: D & C Kubler| OR: 75

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 8 in handicap (11/1) at Yarmouth (10.1f, firm) 28 days ago. That represented a step in the wrong direction and he now has a fair bit to prove.

Form: 6448

(6)

The Twisler^p²⁶¹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-6| J: B A Curtis| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 67| C

50/1

Course winner. Eighteen runs since last win in 2015. 3/1, fell in handicap hurdle at Kempton (16f, good to soft) when last seen 8 months ago. Like stablemate Dream Machine, he's hard to warm to.

Form: 98633/0-

(7)

Clay²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 75

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable second of 6 in handicap at Newbury (10f, good to firm, 16/5) 20 days ago, having run of race. More needed, but he's hardly exposed and is well worth a second look.

Form: 63-222

(11)

Latent Heat³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Tom Marquand| T: A W Carroll| OR: 66

22/1

Temperamental sort. 28/1, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at Epsom (7f, good to soft) 34 days ago. Significantly up in trip and needs to raise his game.

Form: 19-66U4

(1)

Prismatic¹²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: R Havlin| T: M J Attwater| OR: 66

80/1

Sixth of 7 in handicap at Wolverhampton (12.2f, 20/1). Off 128 days and needs to get back on track now returned to turf. Engaged 5.20 Nottingham Tuesday.

Form: 33-5566

(4)

Saratoga Gold³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: K Shoemark| T: C Hills| OR: 70| D

9/2

Good sixth of 12 in handicap (28/1) at Sandown (10f, good to soft) 39 days ago. Now 1 lb lower and eased slightly in grade, he has to enter calculations.

Form: 7416-66

(5)

Modestus^p1²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: R L Moore| T: H & R Charlton| OR: 69

5/1

Promising individual. 5/1, fourth of 14 in maiden at Windsor (10f, good to firm) 23 days ago. Cheekpieces enlisted for this handicap debut and improvement should be forthcoming.

Form: 444

(12)

Dual Identity¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Jim Crowley| T: W J Knight| OR: 69

10/3

Creditable third of 7 in handicap at Leicester (10f, good, 10/1) 14 days ago, not ideally placed. Reproduction of that effort would put him firmly in the picture here with Jim Crowley in the hot-seat.

Form: 3-74203

(8)

Easy Equation²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Charles Bishop| T: J S Moore| OR: 66

66/1

Fifth of 6 in handicap at Newbury (10f, good to firm, 16/1) 20 days ago. Evidence suggests that he's going the wrong way and it's easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 6-42465

Forecasts

Dual Identity (10/3), Saratoga Gold (9/2), Clay (9/2), Modestus (5/1), Dartington (11/2), Marion's Boy (7/1), Latent Heat (22/1), Liberty Warrior (28/1), The Twisler (50/1), Dream Machine (66/1), Easy Equation (66/1), Prismatic (80/1)

MODESTUS boasts a typically appealing Juddmonte pedigree and, having shaped with promise in his 3 qualifying runs, he looks ready to take a significant step forward now making the switch to handicap company off a potentially handy opening mark. Dual Identity could be the one to follow Modestus home, though Saratoga Gold is also considered and cases can be made for Clay and Dartington.