19:15 Brighton

Wednesday 27 April 2022

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Off time: 19:15 | Winning time: 1m 33.92s

(9)

Fly The Nest¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: L Morris| T: A W Carroll| OR: 54| D

22/1

Eleventh of 12 in handicap at Windsor (6f, good, 20/1) 16 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Others make more appeal.

Form: 69-7850

(11)

Daany^h¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Aled Beech⁽⁵⁾| T: A West| OR: 54| D

4/1

Latest win at Lingfield in November. Eleventh of 17 in handicap at Thirsk (6f, soft, 14/1) 18 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Hood back on.

Form: 316-480

(5)

Tenth Century^p³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Mollie Phillips⁽⁵⁾| T: M Blake| OR: 52| D

9/1

Winner at Kempton in December. Respectable sixth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 33/1) 39 days ago. Can't be ruled out in a weak affair.

Form: 581-806

(3)

Rivas Rob Roy^b¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Darragh Keenan| T: J Gallagher| OR: 52| C| D

13/2

Course winner. Three wins from 15 runs last year. Latest win at Lingfield in April. 8/1, last of 10 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW) 11 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 672610

(8)

Bbob Alula^t,v⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: William Carson| T: W G M Turner| OR: 50| D

8/1

Untrustworthy individual. Latest win at Lingfield in April. Twelfth of 13 in handicap (8/1) at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 8 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 3260-10

(4)

Ascraeus¹²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Charlie Bennett| T: Mrs L J Mongan| OR: 48| D

20/1

6¾ lengths twelfth of 14 to Tenth Century in handicap at Kempton (8f, 40/1). Off 129 days. Hard to fancy.

Form: 566870-

(7)

Beau Geste¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Jason Watson| T: A W Carroll| OR: 47| BF| CD

5/2

C&D winner. Creditable sixth of 12 in minor event (16/5) at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 58 days ago. Lesser effort over C&D on Tuesday, but still respected if turned out again quickly.

Form: 0-82367

(1)

Charming Paradise¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Georgia Dobie⁽³⁾| T: H Morrison| OR: 46

7/1

13/2, ninth of 10 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW) 11 days ago. Might strip fitter for latest run and leaves the impression there's a bigger effort in him at some point.

Form: 7725-49

(10)

Sly Madam^p1²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: T E Whelan| T: Miss S West| OR: 45

33/1

Temperamental sort. Twelfth of 15 in handicap (100/1) at Chelmsford City (10f) 27 days ago. Back down in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 88793-0

(2)

Amal⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 45

9/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2021. 80/1, ninth of 12 in minor event at Southwell (7.1f) 41 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals.

Form: 800-599

Non-Runners

(6)

Silver Bubble⁴³

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: Miss Gay Kelleway J: Hayley Turner

Forecasts

Beau Geste (5/2), Daany (4/1), Rivas Rob Roy (13/2), Charming Paradise (7/1), Bbob Alula (8/1), Silver Bubble (8/1), Tenth Century (9/1), Amal (9/1), Ascraeus (20/1), Fly The Nest (22/1), Sly Madam (33/1)

A decidedly weak contest in which it might be worth chancing course-winner RIVAS ROB ROY despite a poor effort last time. He scored on his penultimate outing and, having proven himself effective here, he gets the nod over Beau Geste (could bounce back after lesser effort here on Tuesday), with Charming Paradise also considered despite a poor run last time.