20:00 Nottingham

Saturday 22 April 2023

All17:2518:0018:3019:0019:3020:00

Castle Rock Elsie Mo Flyer Handicap

Off time: 20:00 | Winning time: 2m 23.23s

(10)

Kamanika¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Cieren Fallon| T: J Parr| OR: 59

17/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 11/1, sixth of 7 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW) 19 days ago. Up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 809-6

(6)

Saratoga Spirit⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Dane O'Neill| T: C Hills| OR: 57

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Eighth of 12 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, AW, 11/1) 50 days ago, not clear run. Makes turf debut. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 97-78

(7)

Obama Army⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Rose Dawes⁽⁵⁾| T: J Channon| OR: 57

3/1

Lightly-raced maiden who found improvement when fourth of 10 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f, 10/1) on return 8 days ago, not ideally placed. Entitled to build on that and holds strong claims.

Form: 660-4

(8)

Charlie's Humour¹¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Laura Pearson⁽³⁾| T: D Loughnane| OR: 57

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eighth of 13 in minor event at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 150/1). Off 116 days. Improvement required on handicap debut.

Form: 708-

(4)

Red Fort^p¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 55

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, first run since leaving Richard Hannon when seventh of 11 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f, 14/1) 13 days ago, not ideally placed. May be capable of better, particularly over this longer trip.

Form: 7509-7

(5)

Star Sight²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: David Probert| T: D Menuisier| OR: 54

6/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 4/1, respectable sixth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 25 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 0002-6

(3)

Aussie Mystic^t³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Callum Shepherd| T: C Fellowes| OR: 53

15/2

Thrice-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, seventh of 14 in minor event at Kempton (8f, 33/1) 38 days ago. Up in trip. May do better now sent handicapping.

Form: 7-67

(1)

Wilpena Pound⁸⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Barry McHugh| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 53| BF

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Blinkered for 1st time, sixth of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, AW, 5/2) 84 days ago, slowly away. Makes turf/yard debut and market may prove best guide to claims.

Form: 0806-6

(11)

Greek Giant²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: R Kingscote| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 48

11/4

Thrice-raced maiden. 150/1, seventh of 9 in maiden at Lingfield (7f, AW) 22 days ago. May do better now upped in trip for handicap debut.

Form: 0-97

(9)

City Of Aliaa²⁰³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Liam Wright⁽⁷⁾| T: Darryll Holland| OR: 46

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 10 in nursery (22/1) at Wolverhampton (8.6f). Off 6 months. Hard to fancy.

Form: 57470-

(2)

Spare Rib¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: A J Farragher⁽³⁾| T: George Scott| OR: 46

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 11/2, eighth of 12 in handicap at Thirsk (12f, soft) 18 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 0008

Forecasts

Greek Giant (11/4), Obama Army (3/1), Saratoga Spirit (11/2), Star Sight (6/1), Aussie Mystic (15/2), Kamanika (17/2), Red Fort (16/1), City Of Aliaa (28/1), Spare Rib (33/1), Charlie's Humour (33/1), Wilpena Pound (50/1)

OBAMA ARMY took a step forward when switched to handicapping at Southwell last week and remains low mileage. He can land the finale. Star Sight and Red Fort are also respected.