16:55 Chepstow

Tuesday 16 May 2023

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Happy Birthday Steve Wilkins Handicap (Div 2)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 6  |   7f 16y  |   Good to Soft (Good in places)  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:55  |   Winning time: 1m 23.40s
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Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
(8)
Horse silk
Letter Of The Lawb13
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-9| J: Darragh Keenan| T: J G M O'Shea| OR:  54| D
9/1
5/2, improved on recent efforts to win 7-runner handicap at Brighton (8f, good) 13 days ago. 4 lb rise could have been worse and he's versatile ground-wise, so has more going for him than many of these rivals.
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2
(7)
Horse silk
Lilandrap14
Age: 6|  Weight: 9-7| J: William Cox| T: J L Flint| OR:  52| C
5/1
Course winner. Sixth of 8 in handicap (20/1) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 14 days ago. Needs to bounce back but she evidently goes well here (course form figures read 732351). Still, others preferred.
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3
(3)
Horse silk
Latent Heat17
Age: 7|  Weight: 9-5| J: L Morris| T: A W Carroll| OR:  50| D
9/1
Temperamental sort. Sixth of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 6/1) 17 days ago, missing break. Others make more appeal.
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4
(9)
Horse silk
Sympathiseh21
Age: 5|  Weight: 9-5| J: Rhiain Ingram(3)| T: V R A Dartnall| OR:  50
9/4
Lightly-raced winner. 7/1, career best when winning 13-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 21 days ago, responding well. Nudged up just 2 lb and likely to be in the mix if able to reproduce that form now switched to turf.
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5
(1)
Horse silk
Fact Or Fablep13
Age: 6|  Weight: 9-4| J: Mr Taylor Fisher(5)| T: J S Moore| OR:  49| D
8/1
Won 9-runner handicap at Brighton (7f, good, 9/2) 13 days ago, driven out. 3 lb rise fair enough and he was runner-up twice here from 3 visits in 2022, so there is certainly cause for optimism, for all this his strike rate on turf (1-26) is very modest.
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6
(4)
Horse silk
Deacs Delightb13
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-2| J: David Probert| T: P & O Cole| OR:  47
25/1
Remains a maiden after 18 Flat runs. 4½ lengths sixth of 9 to Fact Or Fable in handicap at Brighton (7f, good, 15/2) 13 days ago. Plenty to find on form.
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7
(2)
Horse silk
Won Lovet24
Age: 5|  Weight: 9-1| J: Hollie Doyle| T: D M Loughnane| OR:  46| D
12/1
Fifth of 11 in handicap at Brighton (7f, good, 18/1) 24 days ago and, all things considered, he's likely to find a few too good once more.
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8
(6)
Horse silk
Stickyourneckout16
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-0| J: Ray Dawson| T: J F Levins| OR:  45
10/3
Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. Fifth of 13 in handicap at Sligo (5.7f, soft, 16/1) 16 days ago. Step back up in trip should help and not ruled out here off 2 lb lower for an Irish yard that does well with its runners (particularly horses aged 4+ on turf) on these shores.
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9
(5)
Horse silk
Artemisia Gentileh14
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-0| J: Alec Voikhansky(5)| T: J R Jenkins| OR:  45
50/1
Last of 7 in handicap (50/1) at Yarmouth (7f, good) 14 days ago. 3 lb 'wrong' at the weights and it's easy enough to look elsewhere.
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Forecasts

Sympathise (9/4), Stickyourneckout (10/3), Lilandra (5/1), Fact Or Fable (8/1), Letter Of The Law (9/1), Latent Heat (9/1), Won Love (12/1), Deacs Delight (25/1), Artemisia Gentile (50/1)

Verdict

LETTER OF THE LAW did the job well under a typically positive ride when resuming winnings ways over a mile at Brighton recently and, with neither a 4 lb rise nor the drop back to 7f of any great concern, he is taken to follow up. Fellow last-time-out winners Sympathise and Fact Or Fable are feared most, in that order of preference. Also worth a mention is Irish-raider Stickyourneckout, who should benefit from the return to this trip.

  1. Letter Of The Law9/1
  2. Sympathise9/4
  3. Fact Or Fable8/1

Prize Money

1st: £3,245.002nd: £1,523.003rd: £761.004th: £381.005th: £190.00

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