20:40 Salisbury

Saturday 27 May 2023

All17:3518:1018:4019:1019:4020:1020:40

Molson Coors Handicap

Off time: 20:40 | Winning time: 3m 1.14s

Seal Of Solomon^v¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Connor Planas⁽⁵⁾| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 81| D

15/2

1 win from 2 runs this year. Latest win at Chelmsford City in April. Good second of 5 in handicap at Southwell (16.5f, 3/1) 19 days ago. In the mix.

Form: 4317-12

Crescent Lake²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: T P Queally| T: G & J Moore| OR: 80| D

16/5

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Career best when winning 11-runner handicap (4/1) at Goodwood (14f, good to soft) 22 days ago, running on. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 9-83141

Bashful Boy^p³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Rob Hornby| T: D Pipe| OR: 80| BF

13/2

1 win from 3 runs this year. Latest win at Lingfield in February. 11/1, fell 4 out in handicap hurdle at Warwick (19f, good to soft) 30 days ago. Fairly useful on the Flat so much respected back in this sphere.

Form: 829/412

Percy Jones¹²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Billy Loughnane⁽³⁾| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 78

11/1

Winner at Wolverhampton in December. Only sixth of 7 in handicap (9/1) at Lingfield (12f, AW). Off 120 days and not easy to make a case for.

Form: 51521-6

Songo^h¹⁹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Aidan Keeley⁽⁵⁾| T: M F Harris| OR: 78| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Last of 6 in handicap (33/1) at Kempton (16f), not ideally placed. Off 6 months. Hood back on so he's no forlorn hope.

Form: 121996-

Wilderness^b²²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-6| J: George Downing| T: J W Mullins| OR: 77| CD

18/1

Only ninth of 11 to Crescent Lake in handicap at Goodwood (14f, good to soft, 18/1) 22 days ago. Blinkers back on. Can give a good account if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 4295-49

Whimsy^p1¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: William Carver⁽³⁾| T: A M Balding| OR: 75| C

11/2

Course winner. 28/1, tenth of 14 in handicap at Chester (18.6f, soft) 15 days ago. Down in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Others more persuasive.

Form: 223-480

Claritudo¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Kaiya Fraser⁽⁷⁾| T: Harry Eustace| OR: 74| D

3/1

1 win from 2 runs this year. Latest win at Pontefract in April. 10/3, not best drawn when good fifth of 11 in handicap at Chester (12.3f, soft) 15 days ago. Well in the mix.

Form: 4553-15

Capstan^h²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: William Carson| T: Mrs L Richards| OR: 69

80/1

Last of 11 in handicap (66/1) at Goodwood (16f, heavy) 21 days ago, weakening quickly. Others have achieved more.

Form: 455-430

Non-Runners

Sky Power²³⁶

Weight: 9-7| Age: 6

T: R Stephens J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Claritudo (3/1), Crescent Lake (16/5), Whimsy (11/2), Bashful Boy (13/2), Seal Of Solomon (15/2), Songo (15/2), Percy Jones (11/1), Wilderness (18/1), Sky Power (25/1), Capstan (80/1)

CRESCENT LAKE arrives on the up for Gary Moore so is taken to defy a 3 lb rise in the weights for his recent Goodwood success and record win number three of the season. Seal of Solomon is feared most on the back of his good Southwell second ahead of Claritudo, who didn't enjoy the rub of the green when fifth at Chester last time.