18:45 Chepstow

Thursday 28 April 2022

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Vickers Bet Handicap

Off time: 18:46 | Winning time: 59.81s

(1)

Secretfact⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: L P Keniry| T: M S Saunders| OR: 65| CD

12/1

Ungenuine type. C&D winner. 33/1, possibly needed the run after 6 months off when last of 7 in handicap at Bath (5f, good to firm) 4 days ago, weakening approaching final 1f. May still need this outing.

Form: 52705-7

(8)

Eastern Delight¹⁷⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: William Cox⁽³⁾| T: C Mason| OR: 64

40/1

150/1, again showed little when ninth of 10 in handicap at Chelmsford City (5f) when last seen 6 months ago. Would take a huge leap of faith to get involved.

Form: 244/909-

(6)

Equally Fast^h⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 9-5| J: Cieren Fallon| T: R Harris| OR: 63| CD

6/1

C&D winner. 7/1, creditable second of 5 in handicap at Lingfield (5f, AW) 8 days ago (reportedly lost a couple of shoes and carried right late on). Can give another good account.

Form: 6-92042

(4)

Symbol of Hope^p⁴^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: T E Whelan| T: G Harris| OR: 55| D

15/8

13/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, much improved when winning 9-runner handicap at Bath (5.7f, good to firm) 4 days ago, making all. Expected to be bang there under a penalty if the headgear continues to have the same effect.

Form: 066-771

(5)

Hooray Henry³⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Dane O'Neill| T: H Candy| OR: 58

15/2

Last of 10 in handicap (11/1) at this course (6.1f, good to soft). Off 12 months and he has plenty to prove at present.

Form: 68478/0-

(7)

Major Valentine^p¹⁵⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 8-8| J: Hollie Doyle| T: J G M O'Shea| OR: 52| C| D

9/2

5-time course winner. Ninth of 10 in handicap (50/1) at Wolverhampton (7.2f), unable to sustain effort. Off 5 months. Down in trip. Cheekpieces back on. Down to a career-low mark but he's not getting any younger and needs to show more spark.

Form: 040949-

(3)

Rhubarb¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-2| J: Tyler Heard⁽⁵⁾| T: R J Price| OR: 46

5/1

Remains a maiden after 25 Flat runs. Wasn't seen to best effect when eighth of 12 in handicap at Windsor (6f, good, 16/1) 17 days ago, short of room entering final 1f. Consistent at a lowly level and could have a say in proceedings.

Form: 0-32278

(2)

Gordonontheorgan^p1,t¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-2| J: Mollie Phillips⁽⁵⁾| T: J G M O'Shea| OR: 45

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. 40/1, failed to improve when eighth of 16 on turf/handicap debut at Windsor (6f, good) 17 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 80678

Forecasts

Symbol of Hope (15/8), Major Valentine (9/2), Rhubarb (5/1), Equally Fast (6/1), Hooray Henry (15/2), Gordonontheorgan (11/1), Secretfact (12/1), Eastern Delight (40/1)

SYMBOL OF HOPE responded well to the fitting of first-time cheekpieces when running out a decisive winner at Bath on Sunday and, provided the headgear has the same effect here, Grace Harris' charge should take some stopping under a penalty. Rhubarb is consistent at this lowly level so he's fancied to be in the mix, along with Equally Fast.