Farmison & Co UK's Best Online Butcher Handicap

Off time: 20:45 | Winning time: 58.53s

(1)

Soul Seeker^t,v⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 72| D

4/1

12/1, best effort of the campaign so far when third of 7 in handicap at Catterick (6f, good to firm) 5 days ago. Visor back on and he's of interest operating 1 lb below last winning mark.

Form: 60-5753

(3)

Mereside Angel²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Connor Beasley| T: T D Barron| OR: 67| CD

4/1

C&D winner. 9/2, creditable second of 9 in handicap at Musselburgh (5f, good) 23 days ago, finding only an improved sort too strong. Remains relatively low mileage and he ought to be competitive again from this mark.

Form: 0305-32

(4)

Birkenhead^v¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: G Lee| T: P T Midgley| OR: 67| D

10/1

Latest win at Southwell (5f) in May. 12/1, fifth of 7 in handicap at Haydock (5f, good) 13 days ago, not helped by a slow start. Visor replaces cheekpieces now and better showing anticipated for in-form yard.

Form: 65-8915

(2)

Caribbean Sunset⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 64| BF

8/1

9/1, respectable fifth of 12 in handicap at Doncaster (6f, good to firm) 4 days ago, no extra close home. Still unexposed on turf but others make more appeal for win purposes.

Form: 5/27-845

(5)

Albegone^p¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 61| D

6/4

Thirteen runs since last win in 2022. Respectable fourth of 9 in handicap at Carlisle (5f, good, 25/1) 16 days ago. Entitled to be sharper with that under his belt and he comes here operating from a fair mark. One to consider.

Form: 37340-4

(6)

Brian The Snail^p⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 8-10| J: Barry McHugh| T: P Morris| OR: 57| D

8/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2021. Good second of 7 in handicap at Hamilton (5f, good to firm, 12/1) 7 days ago, no extra late on.

Form: 8/70-042

Forecasts

Albegone (6/4), Soul Seeker (4/1), Mereside Angel (4/1), Brian The Snail (8/1), Caribbean Sunset (8/1), Birkenhead (10/1)

A previous C&D winner, MERESIDE ANGEL proved no match for an improver at Musselburgh 23 days ago yet he was nicely on top of the remainder, and from an unchanged mark it would come as no surprise to see him go close. Albegone arrives on a handy mark and should be sharper for his Carlisle reappearance. Birkenhead, for the stable who won this race 12 months ago, completes the shortlist.