16:45 Beverley

Tuesday 16 May 2023

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Clearanswer Call Centres Handicap

Off time: 16:48 | Winning time: 2m 7.23s

(8)

Perfect Play²⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: F Norton| T: C Johnston| OR: 75| BF

18/1

Lightly-raced winner. Fourth of 5 in nursery at Wolverhampton (9.5f, evens). Off 8 months. Not taken lightly.

Form: 92814-

(6)

Orchestra²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: C Lee| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 75

3/1

13/2, good ¾-length second of 9 to Roll It In Glitter in handicap at this C&D (good to soft) 27 days ago. Should give another good account.

Form: 7316-52

(1)

Two Past Eight¹⁹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: P Hanagan| T: A King| OR: 74

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Seventh of 11 in nursery (18/1) at Newmarket (9f, soft), unable to sustain effort. Off 6 months. Uphill task.

Form: 5477-

(3)

Blueflagflyinghigh¹¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Dylan Hogan| T: M L W Bell| OR: 73

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Second of 4 in handicap at Newcastle (8f, 3/1). Off 111 days. Up in trip. May do better still and can't be ruled out.

Form: 687-32

(10)

Serengeti Sunset¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Cieren Fallon| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 73

5/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 13/2, fifth of 13 in maiden at Yarmouth (8f, good) 14 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Likely to improve and looks well worth chancing on first go in a handicap.

Form: 86-5

(9)

Roll It In Glitter²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Joanna Mason| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 73| CD

7/2

Improved to get off the mark in 9-runner handicap at this C&D (good to soft) 27 days ago by ¾ length from Orchestra. Should remain competitive.

Form: 6368-1

(11)

Vortigan¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: G Lee| T: M Dods| OR: 71

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ninth of 14 in handicap (22/1) at Haydock (8f, good to firm) 17 days ago. Up in trip. Something to find on form.

Form: 8438-9

(4)

Tiamat³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: P J McDonald| T: E Bethell| OR: 70

15/2

Thrice-raced winner. Second of 7 in handicap (15/2) at Newcastle (8f) 33 days ago, no match for winner. Up in trip. Should have more to offer.

Form: 16-2

(2)

Leading Company^b²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: D Swift| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 68| C

14/1

Course winner. Creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at Redcar (10f, heavy, 9/1) 29 days ago. Needs to improve.

Form: 41112-4

(12)

Eagle Prince⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| OR: 67

28/1

3/1, career best when winning 5-runner handicap at Newcastle (8f) 43 days ago, digging deep. Back up in trip. Merits respect or all that others are a bit less exposed.

Form: 63853-1

(7)

Vampire Slayer¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Shane Gray| T: D Bourke| OR: 66

150/1

Thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Haydock (8f, good to firm, 50/1) 17 days ago. Up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 744-270

(5)

Denis Anthony¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Rowan Scott| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 66

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fourth of 6 in handicap at Doncaster (10.2f, heavy, 8/1) 18 days ago. Should improve and looks an interesting handicap debutant.

Form: 874-4

Forecasts

Orchestra (3/1), Roll It In Glitter (7/2), Serengeti Sunset (5/1), Blueflagflyinghigh (11/2), Tiamat (15/2), Denis Anthony (11/1), Leading Company (14/1), Two Past Eight (14/1), Perfect Play (18/1), Eagle Prince (28/1), Vortigan (80/1), Vampire Slayer (150/1)

SERENGETI SUNSET is a good looker who is bred to be better than a mark of 73, so he might well build on his encouraging return at Yarmouth and make a successful start to handicaps. Last-time-out winner Roll It In Glitter is a danger and Orchestra is worthy of respect.