14:20 Windsor

Monday 10 October 2022

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At The Races App Market Movers Nursery

Off time: 14:24 | Winning time: 1m 11.60s

(8)

Magical Merlin⁴⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: T E Whelan| T: H & R Charlton| OR: 82| CD

9/1

Won 9-runner minor event at Windsor (6f, good, 10/3) 19 days ago, running on. Makes handicap debut. Open to further improvement, so worthy of consideration.

Form: 571

(7)

The Big Board³⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 82| D

5/1

Winner at Leicester (6f) in July and backed that effort up with good second of 5 in nursery (13/2) at Goodwood (6f, good to soft) 34 days ago. Warrants respect.

Form: 6312

(6)

Paddy's Day¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: A Kirby| T: C Hills| OR: 80| CD

10/1

Lightly-raced winner. C&D winner. Winner here in May. Below form sixth of 13 in minor event at Wolverhampton (6.1f, 4/1) 13 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 10846

(3)

Apache Spark⁶²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Rob Hornby| T: R M Beckett| OR: 79| BF

8/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 4/5, fourth of 8 in minor event at Lingfield (5f, AW) 62 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip. Back up in trip. More required on handicap debut.

Form: 524

(5)

Reward Smile^t⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Ross Coakley| T: H Palmer| OR: 79

7/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 9 in nursery at Pontefract (6f, good, 10/3) 7 days ago, not clear run. Others more persuasive.

Form: 34239

(1)

Dark Trooper²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: R Kingscote| T: E Walker| OR: 78

4/1

Found further improvement when second of 15 in maiden at Newbury (6f, good, 12/1) 24 days ago, running on. Switches to handicapping now and must be taken seriously.

Form: 842

(2)

Whistle And Flute¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: David Probert| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 77| D

18/1

Latest win at Brighton in August. Fifth of 8 in nursery (9/1) at Epsom (7f, good) 15 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 081365

(4)

Acai²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Rossa Ryan| T: C G Cox| OR: 75

7/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Third of 15 in maiden (10/1) at Newbury (6f, good) 24 days ago. Merits consideration on switch to handicapping.

Form: 923

(10)

Wadi Bani¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: P Cosgrave| T: S Durack| OR: 73

13/2

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 13 in maiden (11/2) at Nottingham (5f, good) 12 days ago. Back up in trip. Open to improvement on handicap debut.

Form: 595

(11)

Original Thinker²⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: Benoit D L Sayette⁽³⁾| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 70

12/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 12/1, third of 11 in minor event at Yarmouth (6f, good to firm) 25 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Enters calculations.

Form: 773

(9)

Lahina Bay⁷⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 8-6| J: Aidan Keeley⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Bridger| OR: 65

40/1

Eighth of 10 in minor event at Goodwood (5f, good to firm, 150/1) 75 days ago, making effort earlier than ideal. Up in trip. Improvement required on handicap debut.

Form: 63U348

Forecasts

Dark Trooper (4/1), The Big Board (5/1), Wadi Bani (13/2), Reward Smile (7/1), Acai (7/1), Apache Spark (8/1), Magical Merlin (9/1), Paddy's Day (10/1), Original Thinker (12/1), Whistle And Flute (18/1), Lahina Bay (40/1)

C&D winner MAGICAL MERLIN looks fairly treated on his handicap bow and can score again. The Big Board and Dark Trooper are feared most.