19:30 Brighton

Tuesday 20 June 2023

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Play With The Finest Bookmaker, Fitzdares Handicap

Off time: 19:30 | Winning time: 1m 25.05s

(4)

Mister X^p,t²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Luke Catton⁽⁵⁾| T: S C Williams| OR: 64| C| D

5/1

Course winner. Latest win at Lingfield in March. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, respectable fourth of 8 in handicap at this C&D (good to firm, 11/2) 21 days ago. Leading contender.

Form: 615794

(5)

Film Star²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Mr Taylor Fisher⁽⁵⁾| T: Sir M Todd| OR: 64

5/4

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good second of 8 in handicap (10/1) at this C&D (good to firm) 21 days ago. 2 lb nudge fair enough and very much of interest on just her fifth career start.

Form: 9-462

(7)

Storyinthesand^p²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Stefano Cherchi| T: M Botti| OR: 63

7/1

Sixth of 8 in handicap at this C&D (good to firm, 15/2) 21 days ago, slowly away. Cheekpieces back on and needs to raise her game a touch in order to open her account at the ninth attempt.

Form: 58-2636

(6)

Topo Chico^p¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Kaiya Fraser⁽⁷⁾| T: J Parr| OR: 62

10/3

10/1, eighth of 10 in handicap at Chelmsford City (7f) 12 days ago. On a good mark judged pick of her AW form but she's 0-12 overall and hasn't troubled the judge in 2 previous runs on turf.

Form: 422408

(3)

Estehwadh^p⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Rhiain Ingram⁽³⁾| T: Mrs L J Mongan| OR: 57| D

7/1

Respectable third of 9 in handicap (33/1) at this C&D (good) 48 days ago but he's opposable for win purposes all the same.

Form: 370-053

Non-Runners

(2)

Angelic Divas⁷⁰

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: R A Teal J: Frederick Larson

(1)

Hurricane Kiko¹²

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: Miss J Feilden J: Dylan Hogan

Forecasts

Film Star (5/4), Topo Chico (10/3), Mister X (5/1), Hurricane Kiko (11/2), Storyinthesand (7/1), Estehwadh (7/1), Angelic Divas (12/1)

The one who appeals most is FILM STAR, who went down narrowly on her handicap/turf debut over this C&D 3 weeks ago and it's likely that she has more to offer. Mister X was back in fourth on that occasion and should give another good account, albeit he looks pretty exposed and there's no real reason to think that he'll be able to reverse the placings with Film Star. Hurricane Kiko should have a part to play if responding well to the new headgear and he is best of the rest.