Cazoo Search Drive Smile Handicap

Off time: 20:32 | Winning time: 3m 0.62s

(1)

Nicks Not Wonder⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: S W Kelly| T: J A Osborne| OR: 73

7/2

3/1, won 3-runner handicap at Bath (11.6f, good to firm) 7 days ago, well on top finish. Back up in trip. Should give another good account.

Form: 302241

(2)

Merlin's Beard⁶^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: George Rooke⁽³⁾| T: R Hughes| OR: 60| D

10/11

Progressive since handicapping, completing a hat-trick when stepped up to this trip at Bath last weekend. 6 lb penalty unlikely to prevent him making a bold bid for the 4-timer.

Form: 853111

(4)

Dreambird¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen⁽³⁾| T: H & R Charlton| OR: 65

3/1

Promise when placed over 2m on her last 2 outings. Respected.

Form: 548323

(3)

Divine Comedy³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Josephine Gordon| T: C F Wall| OR: 64

10/1

Showed promise in her qualifying runs but was last of 6 on her Kempton handicap debut a month ago. Still early days but she'll need to leave that behind now stepping up in trip.

Form: 0566

Forecasts

Merlin's Beard (10/11), Dreambird (3/1), Nicks Not Wonder (7/2), Divine Comedy (10/1)

This may develop into a straight fight between last weekend's Bath winners MERLIN'S BEARD and Nicks Not Wonder, with the former taken to extend his winning sequence to 4.