Country Living Group - The Home Straight Handicap

Off time: 15:46 | Winning time: 3m 40.75s

(4)

Cogital^h¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Jordan Williams⁽⁷⁾| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 74| CD

12/1

2 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win at Bath in August. 10/1, below form when fifth of 8 in handicap at Bath (14f, firm) 14 days ago. Bounce back required to feature.

Form: 212315

(1)

Be My Sea³⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 9-10| J: Mollie Phillips⁽⁵⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 73| D

7/1

Evidently in his best form for some considerable time, defying a 5 lb rise in tenacious fashion to follow up from Lingfield at Carlisle on penultimate start. Not disgraced in hat-trick bid last time.

Form: 236115

(3)

Nadein⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Hollie Doyle| T: H & R Charlton| OR: 80

1/1

Promising type. Didn't need to improve to win 9-runner minor event (2/9) at Catterick (12.1f, good to firm) 41 days ago, pushed out. Likely improver now going down the handicap route.

Form: 6321

(2)

Olympic Honour⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: T E Whelan| T: Evan Williams| OR: 67| CD

13/2

C&D winner. 1 win from 2 runs this year. Latest win here in August. Found things tougher despite being only 2 lb higher when third of 7 in handicap at Kempton (16f, 13/2) 9 days ago. More needed.

Form: 216/8-13

(5)

Damned Elusive³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Oisin Murphy| T: A M Balding| OR: 75

3/1

Winner at Lingfield (12f) in February. Hard to knock consistency since, second of 7 in handicap at Chelmsford City (14f) 31 days ago but handicapper is proving slow to relent as a result.

Form: 122232

Forecasts

Nadein (1/1), Damned Elusive (3/1), Olympic Honour (13/2), Be My Sea (7/1), Cogital (12/1)

The obvious one is NADEIN, who completed a simple task when making all at Catterick just under 6 weeks ago and Roger Charlton's filly rates a likely improver now going down the handicap route. Cogital is feared most provided he can put a rare below-par effort behind him, ahead of the consistent Damned Elusive.