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: 16:55Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 1m 23.40s
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Horse A-Z
Show odds
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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)
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.
- Sympathise9/4
Prize Money
1st: £3,245.002nd: £1,523.003rd: £761.004th: £381.005th: £190.00
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