Happy Belated 50th Birthday Andrew Askin Maiden Handicap

Off time: 18:31 | Winning time: 2m 12.88s

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Water Iris^v1⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Jason Watson| T: D O'Meara| OR: 69

11/4

9/1, bit below form fifth of 9 in handicap at Newmarket (10f, good) 7 days ago, though she was hampered early. Visor replaces cheekpieces. Not discounted.

Form: 338325

(1)

Broughtons Mission¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: John Berry| OR: 67

85/40

Improved again when second of 8 in minor event (7/1) at this course (8f, good) 19 days ago. Up in trip for handicap debut and he's unexposed.

Form: 0-32

(4)

Art Dealer¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: B A Curtis| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 65

9/1

Seventh of 9 in handicap at Chelmsford City (8f, 16/1) 13 days ago. Back up in trip returned to turf.

Form: 435677

(2)

Bryanwood^p1²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Phil Dennis| T: M Dods| OR: 62

13/2

Fifth of 6 in handicap at Beverley (12.1f, good to firm, 5/1) 23 days ago. Cheekpieces need to spark him into life.

Form: 876-045

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Bookmark⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Rowan Scott| T: M L W Bell| OR: 56

3/1

Very good second of 8 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f, 10/1) 8 days ago. Shortlist material from the same mark.

Form: 08-4652

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Golden Cluster²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-0| J: Faye McManoman⁽³⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 45

25/1

Little in the way of form and 2 lb out of the weights.

Form: 870-056

Forecasts

Broughtons Mission (85/40), Water Iris (11/4), Bookmark (3/1), Bryanwood (13/2), Art Dealer (9/1), Golden Cluster (25/1)

BOOKMARK proved better than ever when runner-up at Chelmsford last week and a repeat of that performance may well suffice from the same mark. Broughtons Mission is an unexposed handicap debutant so is second choice.