19:40 Windsor

Monday 23 May 2022

All17:1017:4018:1018:4019:1019:4020:15

Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap

Off time: 19:42 | Winning time: 1m 44.43s

(8)

Lucayan^v1¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Alice Bond⁽⁷⁾| T: J Parr| OR: 70| D

14/1

Latest win at Southwell in January. Creditable fourth of 5 in handicap at Musselburgh (9f, good, 4/1) 14 days ago, finding test too much. Visor on 1st time and enters calculations back in tirp.

Form: 138234

(3)

Optimistic Belief¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Liam Keniry| T: P Phelan| OR: 70

66/1

66/1, only eighth of 11 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, AW) 13 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 410-078

(6)

Green Power¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: Darragh Keenan| T: J Gallagher| OR: 69| D

8/1

Latest win at Kempton in November. Modest sixth of 9 in handicap (11/1) at Kempton (7f) 19 days ago though, so has work to do.

Form: 143-556

(1)

Waleyfa²⁷¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Marco Ghiani| T: R Stephens| OR: 69

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable third of 6 in handicap (11/2) at Lingfield (7f) 9 months ago on her final run for Owen Burrows. Needs to hit the ground running for her new stable.

Form: 33283-

(12)

Maysong⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: K T O'Neill| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 69| BF

7/2

Twenty five runs since last win in 2019, but he comes here in good nick, poorly drawn when sixth of 13 in handicap at Ayr (7.2f, soft) 5 days ago. Holds solid claims.

Form: 27-8326

(11)

The Rain King^t²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: K Shoemark| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 68| D

6/1

In the frame both starts in 2022, fourth of 7 in handicap (16/1) at Lingfield (8f, AW) 20 days ago. Can give another good account.

Form: 0/890-34

(2)

Uncle Dick¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: George Downing| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 65

10/3

Twelve runs since last win in 2021, but posted creditable third of 9 in handicap at Nottingham (10.2f, good, 15/2) 16 days ago. Back down in trip and not dismissed.

Form: 3527-53

(7)

Pride Of Hawridge^p²¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: S M Levey| T: B R Millman| OR: 64| D

13/2

1m Salisbury winner who did best of those ridden close up when good fourth of 14 in handicap at Bath (8f) 7 months ago. Weighted to go well on his seasonal return.

Form: 071554-

(13)

Hotspur Harry^b²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: P J Dobbs| T: R Eddery| OR: 62| BF

11/2

Arrives in good nick, strong-travelling third of 5 in 10f handicap (11/8) at Yarmouth 27 days ago. Blinkers back on and merits serious consideration eased 1 lb.

Form: 6340-43

(9)

Destinado¹⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Jason Watson| T: A W Carroll| OR: 57

22/1

Has cut little ice for current yard since arriving from France, only eleventh of 14 in handicap (25/1) at Southwell (12.1f). Off 152 days with lots of work to do.

Form: 208000-

Non-Runners

(4)

Takeonefortheteam⁷⁴

Weight: 9-7| Age: 7

T: D M Loughnane J: J Mitchell

(5)

Dourado²⁸

Weight: 9-6| Age: 8

T: P R Chamings J: Rhys Clutterbuck

(14)

Sir Sedric²⁸

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: L Carter J: Joshua Bryan

(10)

Desert Land⁵³

Weight: 9-0| Age: 6

T: J R Boyle J: Luke Catton

Forecasts

Uncle Dick (10/3), Maysong (7/2), Hotspur Harry (11/2), The Rain King (6/1), Pride Of Hawridge (13/2), Dourado (13/2), Green Power (8/1), Sir Sedric (10/1), Lucayan (14/1), Desert Land (14/1), Waleyfa (16/1), Takeonefortheteam (16/1), Destinado (22/1), Optimistic Belief (66/1)

A few with chances, but HOTSPUR HARRY signalled he is ready to strike again when a strong-travelling third at Yarmouth and gets the vote eased 1 lb here. Pride of Hawridge returns on a handy mark and is feared most with his yard going well. Lucayan and Maysong both command plenty of respect too though in an open handicap.