17:08 Sandown

Friday 1 July 2022

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Vintage Acquisitions Whisky Chaser Handicap (Female Amateur Jockeys)

Off time: 17:09 | Winning time: 1m 43.88s

(2)

Old News^b¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: Miss Chelsea Brooks⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs L Stubbs| OR: 71| D

11/1

Becoming well treated but with good reason, not firing on all cylinders at present.

Form: 427640

(1)

Crystal Casque¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: Mrs Jo Supple⁽³⁾| T: B R Millman| OR: 71| C| D

16/1

Scored at Salisbury in May and was quickly back to form when sixth of 13 there recently. Has won here in the past, too, so can't be discounted.

Form: 5-66186

(9)

Zlatan²⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: Miss Flora Guy⁽⁷⁾| T: E De Giles| OR: 70| CD

9/1

C&D winner who is hard to rely on and failed to beat a rival at Bath last time. Others make more appeal.

Form: 37D-437

(8)

Lucayan^v¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Miss Becky Smith| T: J Parr| OR: 70| D

11/1

Enjoyed a productive winter and shaped well at Nottingham (travelled strongly) on penultimate. Sub-par effort since but can't be ruled out with one of the more experienced riders on board.

Form: 234828

(6)

King's Castle²²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: Taryn Langley⁽⁵⁾| T: J Tuite| OR: 69

10/1

Bounced back to snap a long losing run under this rider at Newbury 22 days ago, overcoming a slow start. He's not an obvious sort to go in again, however.

Form: 5-02701

(11)

Maysong^p⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: Fern O'Brien⁽⁵⁾| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 68| BF

5/2

Sole win back in 2019 but he has largely been in good form since joining this yard, again runner-up at Newmarket a week ago. Capable of defying this mark in a race that will likely pan out ideally.

Form: 264222

(3)

Sharla³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Miss Megan Jordan⁽⁵⁾| T: R A Teal| OR: 66| D

20/1

Fair handicapper who has failed to build on a positive reappearance but wasn't seen to best effect at Kempton a month ago. Not ruled out.

Form: 566-267

(7)

Voltaic²²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: Miss S L Bowen⁽³⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 66

14/1

Went through a purple patch in February, winning a brace of handicaps at Wolverhampton and mostly good efforts on AW since. Return to turf at Newbury last time was somewhat underwhelming, though.

Form: 176420

(4)

Monaajez^t²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Alice Stevens⁽³⁾| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 62| D

13/2

Lightly raced in the context of this race and improved for a step up to this trip when comfortably off the mark in a 9-runner Bath handicap last time. Could be more to come, so boasts solid claims.

Form: 356641

(13)

Desert Land²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: Miss Jessica Llewellyn⁽⁵⁾| T: J R Boyle| OR: 60| D

20/1

Scored at Lingfield in December but he isn't one for maximum faith and both outings this year have been underwhelming. He's also a tricky ride for an amateur.

Form: 3351-80

(5)

Emraan^t,v²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Miss Abigail Voyce⁽⁷⁾| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 59| D

33/1

Arrives with plenty to prove and is partnered by a very inexperienced rider.

Form: 55704-8

(12)

Dutugamunu^p²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Miss S Stevens⁽⁷⁾| T: L Carter| OR: 58| D

22/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2021. 13/2, good third of 12 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW) 25 days ago, not ideally placed. Arrives on an appealing mark, so can get involved if things drop right.

Form: 675343

(10)

Bonus²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Miss Serena Brotherton| T: J R Boyle| OR: 57| BF

11/2

On a handy mark and threatening to come good again soon, shaping well when a staying-on second at Yarmouth last month. Can make his presence felt.

Form: 940-542

Forecasts

Maysong (5/2), Bonus (11/2), Monaajez (13/2), Zlatan (9/1), King's Castle (10/1), Old News (11/1), Lucayan (11/1), Voltaic (14/1), Crystal Casque (16/1), Desert Land (20/1), Sharla (20/1), Dutugamunu (22/1), Emraan (33/1)

MAYSONG has been knocking on the door lately and should get the sort of pace that will play to her strengths in a race like this, so she gets the marginal vote ahead of Lucayan, who has the benefit of Becky Smith in the saddle, while recent Bath scorer Monaajez certainly deserves a mention.