16:20 Leicester

Tuesday 7 September 2021

All13:1013:4014:1514:4515:2015:5016:20

Swan Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 2m 5.27s

(6)

Elegant Love¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Mollie Phillips⁽³⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 62| D

9/1

Creditable fifth of 9 in handicap at Chepstow (1m, good to firm, 33/1) 19 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 481-895

(3)

Pearly Prince^t²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-9| J: Callum Hutchinson⁽³⁾| T: S Curran| OR: 62

16/1

Winner at Ffos Las in August. 9/2, below form fifth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (1¾m) 21 days ago. Back down in trip. Bounce back needed.

Form: 6/38015

(11)

Sophosc⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Ben Sanderson| T: Ian Williams| OR: 60

11/2

Fifteen runs since last win in 2019. Second start for this yard when third of 5 in handicap at Yarmouth (1¼m, firm, 7/2) 9 days ago. Well treated if he can build on that.

Form: 069-783

(7)

Al Gaiya^p,t²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Cameron Noble| T: Brian O'Rourke| OR: 58

33/1

Good third at Bath (1m) in July but not in the same form at Ffos Las in this headgear combination since. Now steps back up in trip.

Form: 3/70636

(9)

Act Of Magic^p⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Marco Ghiani| T: J Mackie| OR: 57| BF

5/2

Won at Ripon in August. 7/2, good second of 12 in handicap at Beverley (1¼m, good to firm) 9 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Good shout off the same mark.

Form: 224152

(12)

Flower Of Thunder¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Stefano Cherchi| T: Mrs C A Dunnett| OR: 57| D

16/5

Improved markedly on recent efforts when wide-margin winner of 14-runner 1¼m handicap at Yarmouth (good to firm) 14 days ago. A 9 lb rise promises to make life much tougher on follow-up bid.

Form: 253441

(8)

Toybox⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Tyler Saunders| T: J G Portman| OR: 56| D

12/1

Creditable third of 13 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 11/1) 43 days ago. Successful off a similar mark last autumn. One to consider.

Form: 321-543

(4)

Sobriquet¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Jordan Williams⁽³⁾| T: E De Giles| OR: 52

14/1

Bit below form sixth of 14 in handicap (10/1) at Newcastle (7f) 18 days ago, needing stiffer test. Gets that now and she's less exposed than a lot of these.

Form: 2/85586

(1)

Party Potential^b¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Georgia Dobie| T: J Scott| OR: 48

100/1

Modest at best on Flat for Alan King. No impact over hurdles since, including for this yard in recent months. Tough to fancy.

Form: 0606/68-

(5)

Jeddeyd^p²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Mr Cameron Hillhouse⁽⁷⁾| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 47

8/1

33/1, creditable second of 14 in handicap at Nottingham (1¼m, good) 25 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 057762

(10)

Kodimoor^p¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 8-7| J: George Rooke| T: M Walford| OR: 46

18/1

22/1, good fourth of 16 in handicap at Beverley (1¼m, firm) 10 days ago. Needs to show he can string good efforts together now.

Form: 503004

(2)

Sir Taaj²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Rhona Pindar⁽³⁾| T: M Weatherer| OR: 45

300/1

Poor form. 150/1, eighth of 12 in handicap at Carlisle (9f, good to firm) 20 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 50-7098

Forecasts

Act Of Magic (5/2), Flower Of Thunder (16/5), Sophosc (11/2), Jeddeyd (8/1), Elegant Love (9/1), Toybox (12/1), Sobriquet (14/1), Pearly Prince (16/1), Kodimoor (18/1), Al Gaiya (33/1), Party Potential (100/1), Sir Taaj (300/1)

ACT OF MAGIC went down only narrowly at Beverley last week so appears to hold sound claims off the same mark now. Toybox's in-frame efforts on her last 2 starts represent solid form for the level so she's on the shortlist along with the lightly-raced Sobriquet, who may benefit from the step back up in trip.