17:45 Brighton

Saturday 22 April 2023

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Off time: 17:47 | Winning time: 1m 23.19s

(6)

Madrinho^p⁴³

Age: 10| Weight: 9-9| J: D C Costello| T: A W Carroll| OR: 54| CD

11/1

Ungenuine type. C&D winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. Ran poorly when last of 9 in handicap (15/2) at Kempton (7f) 43 days ago. Cheekpieces back on and could have a say down to a career-low mark.

Form: 7-44969

(2)

Twistaline^v²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Frederick Larson⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 53

16/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in March. 7/1, ran no sort of race when last of 13 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 4 weeks ago. Must bounce back.

Form: 232310

(10)

Diamond Cottage²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: William Carson| T: M S Saunders| OR: 53| D

5/1

66/1, shaped as if needing the run after 7 months off when sixth of 11 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW) 4 weeks ago. Could step forward on that effort.

Form: 14424-6

(5)

Jack Leslie⁶⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: P Cosgrave| T: P G Murphy| OR: 52

33/1

Took a small step back in the right direction when seventh of 13 in handicap (80/1) at Lingfield (7f, AW) 64 days ago. More needed.

Form: 5/434-97

(7)

Ballybaymoonshiner^v²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Callum Hutchinson⁽³⁾| T: M McGrath| OR: 51| BF

7/2

5/2, again ran well when second of 11 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW) 24 days ago, headed last ½f. Very consistent (placed on last 5 starts) so must enter calculations.

Form: 62-4322

(4)

Rivas Rob Roy^b²²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: Darragh Keenan| T: J Gallagher| OR: 50| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Lingfield in March. 18/1, soon back to form when fifth of 13 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f) 22 days ago, running on. Has good chance on form.

Form: 44-6185

(1)

Four Feet¹⁸⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Laura Coughlan⁽⁵⁾| T: H Candy| OR: 50| D

8/1

Last of 11 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f, supported 11/1), dropping away over 2f out. Was totally out of sorts when last seen 6 months ago so will need to hit the ground running to feature.

Form: 119000-

(12)

Won Love^t²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: George Rooke| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 48| D

18/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in January. 14/1, again wasn't seen to best effect when ninth of 12 in minor event at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 25 days ago, not ideally placed.

Form: 133779

(9)

No Turning Back⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Paddy Bradley⁽³⁾| T: P Phelan| OR: 48

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 12 in minor event at Lingfield (8f, AW, 3/1) 10 weeks ago. Makes turf/handicap debut and worth a market check.

Form: 678-40

(8)

Sapphire's Moon⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: L Morris| T: A W Carroll| OR: 45| CD

14/1

Sole success from 24 runs came over C&D last summer. Sixth of 9 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 40/1) 52 days ago.

Form: 57-6666

(3)

Heer's Sadie²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Aidan Keeley⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss J Feilden| OR: 45

5/1

One win from 25 Flat runs. 14/1, run best excused when tenth of 11 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW) 24 days ago, racing wide. Must improve.

Form: 35-0540

Non-Runners

(11)

Romanovich²⁵

Weight: 9-2| Age: 4

T: J G M O'Shea J: Rhiain Ingram

Forecasts

Ballybaymoonshiner (7/2), Diamond Cottage (5/1), Rivas Rob Roy (5/1), Heer's Sadie (5/1), Four Feet (8/1), Madrinho (11/1), No Turning Back (12/1), Sapphire's Moon (14/1), Romanovich (14/1), Twistaline (16/1), Won Love (18/1), Jack Leslie (33/1)

Cases can be made for several, but RIVAS ROB ROY wasted no time getting back to form when a close fifth at Newcastle just over 3 weeks ago, so he gets the nod to notch a second success of the year at the expense of the consistent Ballybaymoonshiner, who has filled the runner-up spot on his last couple of starts and may have to settle for silver once again. Diamond Cottage rounds off the shortlist.