16:45 Hamilton

Tuesday 16 August 2022

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Off time: 16:46 | Winning time: 1m 59.53s

(8)

Empirestateofmind^b¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: Ryan Sexton⁽⁵⁾| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 92

9/2

Five wins from 19 Flat runs. Career best when winning 16-runner handicap (6/1) at Thirsk (8f, good to soft) 17 days ago, all out. Form of that win is backed up by the time and Ryan Sexton takes 5 lb off.

Form: 104721

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(10)

Gioia Cieca¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 87

80/1

40/1, last of 7 in handicap at Haydock (8.2f, good) 10 days ago. Up against it.

Form: 940097

(7)

Hortzadar²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: D Nolan| T: D O'Meara| OR: 87| D

40/1

Last of 4 in handicap at Sandown (8f, good, 7/1) 20 days ago. Others are more persuasive.

Form: 600854

(6)

Faylaq^p²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: Rowan Scott| T: Ewan Whillans| OR: 87

50/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2019. 50/1, sixth of 7 in handicap at Newcastle (12.4f) 24 days ago. Down in trip. Cheekpieces back on. Others make more appeal.

Form: 048-456

(1)

Tilsitt^p,t²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Andrew Breslin⁽³⁾| T: R M Smith| OR: 82

18/1

9/2, career best when winning 9-runner handicap at Ayr (10f, good to soft) 22 days ago. This looks tougher, but he's liable to give a good account of himself.

Form: 441431

(9)

Harswell Duke⁶⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: B A Curtis| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 80| D

17/2

Ninth of 13 in handicap (4/1) at York (8.8f, good to firm) 66 days ago. Likely to be back on his game after a break.

Form: 3-54369

(11)

Wilkins²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Tom Marquand| T: W J Haggas| OR: 85

15/2

Career best when winning 7-runner maiden at Pontefract (8f, good to soft, 2/7) 23 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Should have more to offer, so worthy of consideration.

Form: 3-231

(4)

Glam De Vega⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: R Varian| OR: 83

4/6

Promising type. Won 7-runner maiden at Ripon (8f, good to firm, 4/6) 43 days ago, pushed out. Had something to spare last time and the runner-up has boosted the form since, so strong claims.

Form: 52-1

(2)

Crownthorpe¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 75

18/1

12/1, won 9-runner handicap at Carlisle (7.8f, good to soft) 15 days ago, keeping on well. Remains well treated on old form, so worthy of interest.

Form: 905-051

Non-Runners

(5)

Highwaygrey¹⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 6

T: T D Easterby J: Sean Kirrane

(3)

Yaaser¹²

Weight: 9-1| Age: 4

T: J S Goldie J: P Mulrennan

(12)

Where's Jeff¹⁵

Weight: 8-11| Age: 7

T: M & D Easterby J: Joanna Mason

Forecasts

Glam De Vega (4/6), Empirestateofmind (9/2), Highwaygrey (7/1), Wilkins (15/2), Yaaser (8/1), Harswell Duke (17/2), Where's Jeff (12/1), Tilsitt (18/1), Crownthorpe (18/1), Hortzadar (40/1), Faylaq (50/1), Gioia Cieca (80/1)

GLAM DE VEGA is on the up and the form of his Ripon success looks solid, so he makes plenty of appeal on handicap debut. Wilkins fits a similar mould and looks the chief threat, while Crownthorpe looks the pick of a bunch of older horses