14:45 Leicester

Saturday 2 July 2022

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Smooth Breakfast With Gareth Evans Handicap

Off time: 14:46 | Winning time: 2m 38.86s

(2)

Night Bear¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-3| J: Mollie Phillips⁽⁵⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 66

9/1

Temperamental sort. Eleven runs since last win in 2020. Creditable fourth of 7 in handicap (22/1) at Lingfield (12f, AW) 14 days ago, having run of race. That was his first start for 10 months but others make more appeal overall.

Form: 73896-4

(4)

Marie Paradis^p³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Benoit D L Sayette⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 57| BF| D

9/1

2 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win at Wolverhampton in May. 2/1, bit below form seventh of 12 in handicap at Redcar (10f, good) 30 days ago beaten when eased last ½f. Promising rider takes off valuable 5 lb if he can bounce back.

Form: 615217

(1)

Thunder Flash^v1⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: R Kingscote| T: Ian Williams| OR: 54| CD

3/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. 5/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, didn't need to improve to win 7-runner handicap at this C&D (good) 9 days ago, rallying. Visor on 1st time and possibilities from 1 lb higher mark.

Form: 275-431

(6)

Eddie The Beagle²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: W Muir & C Grassick| OR: 61

3/1

Caught the eye when fifth of 14 in a 10f handicap here on return in May and built on that when third of 7 in handicap at Salisbury (12f, good) 20 days ago, headed entering final 1f and keeping on. Worth a second look as one of two 3-y-os in this line up.

Form: 0386-53

(7)

Ham And Jam^b1³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: H Crouch| T: R M Beckett| OR: 58

6/4

Promising individual. 11/4, very good fourth of 9 in handicap at Salisbury (12f, good to firm) 35 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Should have more to offer.

Form: 8-094

Non-Runners

(5)

Mahanakhon Power¹⁷

Weight: 10-0| Age: 5

T: R Menzies J: J P Spencer

(3)

Lednikov⁹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: I Furtado J: Hollie Doyle

Forecasts

Ham And Jam (6/4), Thunder Flash (3/1), Eddie The Beagle (3/1), Lednikov (10/3), Mahanakhon Power (8/1), Marie Paradis (9/1), Night Bear (9/1)

Having caught the eye on return over shorter here, EDDIE THE BEAGLE again ran well when third having his first crack at this sort of trip at Salisbury 3 weeks ago. That looks solid form for the grade and he gets the nod to build on that now. Fellow 3-y-o Ham And Jam may emerge as the chief threat, ahead of Lednikov.