17:55 Windsor

Thursday 19 August 2021

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William Hill Double Your Odds Racing League Race Twenty (Handicap)

Off time: 17:56 | Winning time: 1m 10.52s

(10)

Open Wide^p⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: H Crouch| T: Mrs A J Perrett| OR: 87| CD

12/1

C&D winner. 40/1, respectable sixth of 11 in handicap at Newmarket (6f, good to firm) 5 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 6-45506

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(3)

Quickstep Lady⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Hayley Turner| T: A M Balding| OR: 81

9/1

9¾ lengths last of 8 to Highfield Princess in listed race (50/1) at Chelmsford City (7f) 46 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 2-32408

(9)

Strongbowe^p1¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: T Hamilton| T: T D Easterby| OR: 79| D

20/1

Latest win at Thirsk in June. Ninth of 12 in handicap at Doncaster (7f, good to firm, 17/2) 14 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Others look better treated, but he's pretty consistent.

Form: 731249

(11)

Smeaton's Light⁶⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Charles Bishop| T: M R Channon| OR: 82| BF| D

11/2

Winner at Thirsk in April. Respectable fifth of 11 in handicap (5/2) at this C&D (good to firm) 66 days ago, doing too much too soon. Still relatively unexposed.

Form: 59-1725

(6)

Natural Path^t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Cieren Fallon| T: M L W Bell| OR: 78

9/1

11/1, first run since leaving H-F. Devin when fifth of 12 in handicap at Doncaster (7f, good to firm) on UK debut 14 days ago. Potentially well treated on French form, so can't be discounted.

Form: 1/17-775

(8)

Temple Bruer^p³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Saffie Osborne⁽⁵⁾| T: E Walker| OR: 80| D

17/2

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win at Bath in June. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable second of 6 in handicap at Ffos Las (6f) 30 days ago. Likely to be thereabouts once more.

Form: 8-10172

(2)

Equitation^t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: N Callan| T: S C Williams| OR: 77| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Seventeen runs since last win in 2019. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, bit below form fifth of 10 in handicap (17/2) at Doncaster (5f, good to firm) 14 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 273895

(7)

Night Of Romance¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Gavin Ryan| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 79| D

2/1

3 wins from 7 runs this year. First run since leaving K. R. Burke when completing hat-trick in 12-runner handicap at Doncaster (6f, good to firm, 7/2) 14 days ago.

Form: 344111

(4)

Tanfantic^b¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: M Dwyer| T: B J Meehan| OR: 77| CD

8/1

C&D winner. Creditable ¾-length fourth of 12 to Night of Romance in handicap (25/1) at Doncaster (6f, good to firm) 14 days ago. Considered.

Form: 1-69754

(1)

Golden Dragon^t,v²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Louis Steward| T: C Fellowes| OR: 74| CD

14/1

C&D winner. 18/1, eighth of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (5f) 21 days ago. Back up in trip. Something to find on form.

Form: 000-748

Non-Runners

(5)

Asad³⁴

Weight: 9-7| Age: 5

T: M Appleby J: Cam Hardie

Forecasts

Night Of Romance (2/1), Smeaton's Light (11/2), Tanfantic (8/1), Temple Bruer (17/2), Quickstep Lady (9/1), Natural Path (9/1), Equitation (10/1), Open Wide (12/1), Asad (12/1), Golden Dragon (14/1), Strongbowe (20/1)

NIGHT OF ROMANCE made the ideal start for Joseph O'Brien when scoring at Doncaster a fortnight ago and, with the hope of more to come, he gets the marginal vote bidding to complete a four-timer. A literal reading of Asad's latest second in a Haydock minor event would give him strong claims, but he was seen to good effect that day, so the well-treated Natural Path might prove the main threat.