16:35 Leicester

Monday 25 October 2021

All13:4014:1514:5015:2516:0016:3517:10

Balaclava Handicap

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 3  |   5f  |   Soft  |   7 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:35  |   Winning time: 1m 1.93s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
(2)
Horse silk
Lipsinkv12
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-7| J: David Egan| T: R M H Cowell| OR:  87| D
20/1
Winner at Chelmsford City in September. 20/1, sixth of 7 in handicap at Nottingham (5f, good) 12 days ago, going off too hard. Likely to find one or two too good.
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2
(1)
Horse silk
Ey Up It's Maggiep7
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-5| J: Cam Hardie| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR:  85| BF| D
13/8
4/1, creditable third of 14 in handicap at Pontefract (5f, heavy) 7 days ago. Present mark leaves little margin for error, but she should be on the premises all the same.
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Timeform
3
(5)
Horse silk
Spoof17
Age: 6|  Weight: 9-4| J: Rob Hornby| T: C Hills| OR:  84| D
13/2
Latest win at Chester in June. Below form eleventh of 19 in handicap at York (5f, soft, 15/2) 17 days ago. Given a chance by the assessor, but others are more appealing.
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Timeform
4
(6)
Horse silk
Ishvarap20
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-1| J: James Doyle| T: R M H Cowell| OR:  81| D
10/1
Unreliable type. Thirteen runs since last win in 2020. Below form third of 6 in handicap at this C&D (heavy, 5/1) 20 days ago. Cheekpieces back on and will be a threat if on a going day.
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Timeform
5
(3)
Horse silk
Tawny Portt235
Age: 7|  Weight: 9-0| J: Marco Ghiani| T: S C Williams| OR:  80| D
16/1
Eleven runs since last win in 2020. 25/1 and eyeshields on for 1st time, bit below form fourth of 8 in handicap at Southwell (7.1f) when last seen in March. Respected back on turf off a lower mark.
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Timeform
6
(4)
Horse silk
Ventura Flame14
Age: 4|  Weight: 8-10| J: S De Sousa| T: K Dalgleish| OR:  76| D
9/2
Three wins from 16 runs this year. 9/1, creditable second of 9 in handicap at Musselburgh (5f, heavy) 14 days ago. Should make her presence felt once more.
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7
(7)
Horse silk
Four Adaay20
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-8| J: Tyler Heard(5)| T: B R Millman| OR:  74| BF| D
3/1
Three wins from 11 runs this year. 2/1, creditable second of 6 in handicap at this C&D (heavy) 20 days ago, left poorly placed. Mark unchanged and she's one of the likelier winners.
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Timeform

Forecasts

Ey Up It's Maggie (13/8), Four Adaay (3/1), Ventura Flame (9/2), Spoof (13/2), Ishvara (10/1), Tawny Port (16/1), Lipsink (20/1)

Verdict

It's been well over two years since TAWNY PORT last hit the target on turf, but he goes well in the mud and is worth chancing back from a break here off a potentially very handy mark, some 14 lb lower than for his latest all-weather success. Ey Up It's Maggie has been knocking on the door of late and Ishvara is capable when on-song, but Ventura Flame and Four Adaay rate the main dangers.

  1. TAWNY PORT
  2. VENTURA FLAME (IRE)
  3. FOUR ADAAY

Prize Money

1st: £8,100.002nd: £3,802.003rd: £1,902.004th: £951.00

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