14:05 Beverley

Saturday 28 August 2021

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William Hill Silver Cup Handicap

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 2m 3.81s

(1)

March Law⁴¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: B A Curtis| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 95

9/1

Runner-up in last year's Chesham at Royal Ascot on only second start. Made rather heavy weather of landing short odds at Ayr after that but he remains a very useful prospect back from an absence.

Form: 421-

(4)

Titian³⁰⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Tom Marquand| T: W J Haggas| OR: 86

9/4

AW novice winner last autumn who was a good third in 1m Doncaster nursery on his final 2-y-o start. This a belated return but top stable has saddled a second and first in last 2 runnings of this.

Form: 4813-

(3)

No Recollection⁶⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: P Hanagan| T: A King| OR: 84| D

5/1

Winner over this trip at Salisbury in May. Good third at Leicester next time and stamina stretched by 1½m back at Salisbury latest.

Form: 1-43136

(6)

Barn Owl^p1¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: P J McDonald| T: H & R Charlton| OR: 84

7/4

Ripon novice winner who has bumped into progressive types when runner-up in a couple of handicaps since. Cheekpieces added. Another prominent showing on cards.

Form: 92-5122

(7)

Life On The Rocks¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: P Mathers| T: R A Fahey| OR: 76

11/2

Showed race-by-race progress in trio of maiden/novices for Kevin Ryan and caught the eye when close third in 1¼m Ripon handicap on yard debut 14 days ago, finishing strongly. Yard won this before.

Form: 4323

Non-Runners

(2)

Mr Excellency³⁰

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: C & M Johnston J: Connor Beasley

(5)

Farhan²³

Weight: 8-9| Age: 3

T: J Butler J: Stefano Cherchi

Forecasts

Barn Owl (7/4), Titian (9/4), No Recollection (5/1), Farhan (5/1), Life On The Rocks (11/2), March Law (9/1), Mr Excellency (10/1)

A very interesting 3-y-o handicap. LIFE ON THE ROCKS was an eyecatcher on his handicap/yard debut recently and is selected to provide Richard Fahey with a third win in this race since 2016. Barn Owl has made a good start to his handicap career and rates an obvious threat, while it'll be interesting to see how much strength there is in the market behind returning pair Titian and March Law.