18:55 Windsor

Monday 25 April 2022

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At The Races App Form Study Handicap

Off time: 18:56 | Winning time: 2m 7.71s

(7)

Flyin' High¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: W Buick| T: A M Balding| OR: 82

9/2

Two wins from 5 runs last year. Respectable fourth of 9 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 7/1) 19 days ago, needing stronger gallop. Back up in trip and minor place money is the most likely scenario.

Form: 1570-44

(3)

Tregony²³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: A Kirby| T: C G Cox| OR: 81| CD

11/2

C&D winner. Five wins from 10 runs last year. 14/1, career best when winning 9-runner handicap at Newcastle (10.2f) on final start of last season. 4 lb rise fair and will surely go close if she's fired-up for this assignment.

Form: 111131-

(1)

Darlectable You³⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 80

9/4

Thrice-raced maiden. 16¾ lengths sixth of 7 to Dubai Fountain in listed Cheshire Oaks (9/2) at Chester (11.3f, soft) last spring. Absent since, but superbly-bred and couldn't be in better hands, so of strong interest now pitched into a handicap.

Form: 2/26-

(8)

Atheeb^t²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: R Kingscote| T: M Blake| OR: 80| D

40/1

Last of 13 in handicap (80/1) at Lingfield (10f, AW) 23 days ago. Readily passed over.

Form: 53910-0

(5)

Fast Steps⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Ross Coakley| T: B R Millman| OR: 79

11/1

66/1, sixteenth of 20 in handicap at Newbury (10f, good) 9 days ago. Fair bit to prove at present.

Form: 3728-00

(4)

Mercian Hymn¹²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: David Probert| T: Sir M Todd| OR: 78

13/2

Career best when winning 8-runner handicap (13/8) at Kempton (12f) in December, impressively. 9 lb higher mark to overcome back from a 129-day break, but has to be taken seriously all the same.

Form: 709011-

(2)

Grey Fox²⁰¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: S M Levey| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 76| CD

11/2

C&D winner. Three wins from 7 runs last year. Below form ninth of 15 in handicap at Nottingham (8.3f, soft, 16/1), unable to sustain effort. Off 6 months and looks vulnerable.

Form: 988119-

(6)

The Whipmaster¹⁹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Aidan Keeley⁽⁷⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 73| C

8/1

Course winner. 9/2, twelfth of 13 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f). Off 6 months. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 523380-

Forecasts

Darlectable You (9/4), Flyin' High (9/2), Tregony (11/2), Grey Fox (11/2), Mercian Hymn (13/2), The Whipmaster (8/1), Fast Steps (11/1), Atheeb (40/1)

Following the switch to handicaps TREGONY flourished last season, winning for the fourth time in 2021 at Newcastle when last seen in September. She could have more to offer as a 4-y-o and gets the nod ahead of Mercian Hymn, who is bidding for the hat-trick following back-to-back all-weather victories towards the end of last year. Handicap debutante Darlectable You will be of interest if the market speaks in her favour.