Racing Welfare Handicap

Off time: 17:42 | Winning time: 1m 25.29s

(5)

Butterfly Island¹⁵⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Jason Watson| T: L Bailey| OR: 62

28/1

Unreliable sort. Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. Twenty fifth of 26 in handicap (33/1) at the Curragh (10f, heavy). Off 157 days. Back down in trip. First run for yard after leaving D. K. Weld.

Form: 438050-

(6)

Vitralite²⁶⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: R Havlin| T: S Woods| OR: 60| D

10/11

Twelve runs since last win in 2019. Last of 12 in handicap (28/1) at Happy Valley (8.2f, good). Off 8 months. Makes polytrack debut. First run for yard after leaving D. J. Hall and he's not an easy one to assess from this reduced mark. One to monitor in the betting.

Form: 807380-

(4)

Ostilio²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: Josephine Gordon| T: P S McEntee| OR: 59| D

6/1

Unreliable sort. 14/1, fifth of 7 in handicap at this course (8f) 21 days ago. Lurks on a very dangerous mark if he can arrest the slide.

Form: 7-83065

(3)

Okeanos^t¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: L Morris| T: I Furtado| OR: 58

5/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for first time, respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 4/1) 19 days ago, never nearer. Makes polytrack debut and may yet have a bigger performance in him (still looks green).

Form: 4-725

(2)

Brazen Arrow^b¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Darragh Keenan| T: Mrs C A Dunnett| OR: 48

7/2

One win from 30 Flat runs. Sixteen runs since last win in 2022. Good second of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 9/1) 15 days ago. Expected to be bang there from the same mark.

Form: 779252

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to board prices only - deduction 5p in the pound

Non-Runners

(1)

Valorant²³

Weight: 8-9| Age: 5

T: M Appleby J: Callum Shepherd

Forecasts

Vitralite (10/11), Brazen Arrow (7/2), Okeanos (5/1), Ostilio (6/1), Valorant (12/1), Butterfly Island (28/1)

This could be a lively betting heat given 3 of these have dropped a long way in the weights but the safest option is BRAZEN ARROW on the back of a runner-up effort a fortnight ago. Vitralite had a very unsuccessful period in Hong Kong but the assessor has given him a big chance back in Britain.