18:40 Brighton

Wednesday 3 May 2023

All17:0517:3518:1018:4019:1019:4020:10

Doing It Now Chairman Handicap

Off time: 18:41 | Winning time: 1m 22.17s

(1)

King Of Ithaca²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Stefano Cherchi| T: M Botti| OR: 71| D

15/2

Lightly-raced winner. Good seventh of 12 in handicap (6/1) at Kempton (8f) 21 days ago, never nearer. Not discounted.

Form: 5510-7

(2)

Ghassan²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: S Hitchcott| T: R Hannon| OR: 70

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 25/1, seventh of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 28 days ago. Needs to get back on track.

Form: 730-7

(3)

The Toff^b¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Jim Crowley| T: C Hills| OR: 70| D

3/1

Career best when winning 7-runner handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW, 10/3) 15 days ago, driven out. Should give another good account.

Form: 65-5421

(8)

Menalippe^p³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: R Coakley| T: J Ferguson| OR: 70| D

14/1

11/2, third of 5 in handicap at Newcastle (8f) 30 days ago. Likely to strrip fitter for that, so should be much closer to form this time.

Form: 31210-3

(5)

Quinault^h,t⁶^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Luke Catton⁽⁵⁾| T: S C Williams| OR: 59

6/5

Promising individual. 11/2, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Chelmsford City (6f) 6 days ago, comfortably. Open to further improvement and should take all the beating under a penalty.

Form: 7-361

(7)

Constitution²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Nicola Currie| T: J A Osborne| OR: 64

28/1

66/1, last of 12 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 21 days ago. Plenty to prove at the moment.

Form: 0-87590

(9)

Enborne^h²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: William Cox| T: A M Balding| OR: 64

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 9/2, good fourth of 10 in handicap at Kempton (7f) 21 days ago. Still not fully exposed and warrants consideration.

Form: 85-84

(4)

Phoenix Glow²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: George Bass⁽³⁾| T: J Channon| OR: 63

12/1

Winner at Chelmsford City in February. 9/1, bit below form fifth of 10 in handicap at Kempton (7f) 21 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 25-1625

(6)

Estehwadh^p²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Rhiain Ingram⁽³⁾| T: Mrs L J Mongan| OR: 59| D

33/1

Fifth of 14 in handicap (80/1) at Bath (8f, soft) 26 days ago. Not firing at the moment and hard to make a case for.

Form: 1370-05

Forecasts

Quinault (6/5), The Toff (3/1), King Of Ithaca (15/2), Enborne (11/1), Phoenix Glow (12/1), Menalippe (14/1), Ghassan (16/1), Constitution (28/1), Estehwadh (33/1)

QUINAULT looked well ahead of his opening mark when scoring at Chelmsford last week and, if the race doesn't come too soon, he's likely to follow up. Fellow last-time-out winner The Toff is the chief threat and Enborne merits respect.