17:10 Ascot

Friday 14 July 2023

All14:1514:5015:2516:0016:3517:10

Tide Handicap

Off time: 17:13 | Winning time: 1m 16.37s

(7)

Spanish Star²²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-1| J: Rhys Clutterbuck| T: P R Chamings| OR: 94| D

5/1

Caught the eye on return at Newbury and confirmed promise of that run when adding to his tally at Goodwood (6f) in May. Hammered home fact he's in the form of his life for latest success over 7f at Epsom and ran well when fifth in Buckingham Palace Stakes here last month.

Form: 0-61215

(8)

Lucky Man^p⁵⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Connor Planas⁽⁵⁾| T: R Spencer| OR: 94| D

11/1

Posted some excellent efforts in handicaps last autumn after the cheekpieces went on. Looked rusty after 6 months off when nineteenth at York (6f) a couple of months ago. Can take a step forward.

Form: 21458-0

(9)

Popmaster²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Billy Loughnane⁽³⁾| T: E Walker| OR: 91| CD

9/4

Went without a win in 2022 but turned in his best effort of the year to belatedly prove his stamina for 7f when runner-up at Newbury last month, headed close home. Nudged up 1 lb for that near miss and this previous C&D winner is fancied to feature.

Form: 76-9002

(3)

Haymaker⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: R Kingscote| T: H Morrison| OR: 89| D

5/2

Progressive 4-y-o who confirmed the promise of his reappearance back on lest testing ground when winning 9-runner handicap at Windsor (6f, good to firm) in May. Probably remained in form when fourth at Epsom since and can make his presence felt back in Class 3 company.

Form: 153-314

(10)

Temple Bruer^b,t²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Jim Crowley| T: M Murphy & M Keady| OR: 88| D

17/2

Enhanced an excellent strike rate when scoring at Doncaster last month and better than ever when resuming winning ways at Newmarket (6f, good) just under 3 weeks ago, doing well to put such a gap between himself and the rest. 6 lb higher but not taken lightly in his current mood.

Form: 13-9171

(5)

Havana Pusey⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Darragh Keenan| T: J Gallagher| OR: 83| BF| D

5/1

Havana Grey filly who produced a promising first effort when second at Brighton (5.2f) in May and built on that to score at Nottingham (6f) 4 weeks later, doing it pretty convincingly. Took another step forward when third on handicap debut at Epsom (6f) 9 days ago and remains unexposed.

Form: 2143

Non-Runners

(6)

Great Max²²

Weight: 10-2| Age: 4

T: Alice Haynes J: Rowan Scott

(2)

Fernando Rah³²

Weight: 9-13| Age: 5

T: C G Cox J: J P Fahy

(4)

Ingra Tor⁹⁵

Weight: 9-10| Age: 4

T: J Channon J: Charles Bishop

(1)

Hello Me⁶

Weight: 8-11| Age: 5

T: J Parr J: Jason Watson

Forecasts

Popmaster (9/4), Haymaker (5/2), Spanish Star (5/1), Havana Pusey (5/1), Ingra Tor (6/1), Temple Bruer (17/2), Lucky Man (11/1), Great Max (12/1), Fernando Rah (14/1), Hello Me (20/1)

A few in with chances but the vote goes to POPMASTER, who turned in his best effort of the year when going down by just a short head at Newbury last month and Ed Walker's grey looks potentially well treated back at a course he goes particularly well at. Haymaker possibly didn't handle the idiosyncrasies of Epsom last time, so he's put forward as the main threat back on a more conventional track, while Temple Bruer and Ingra Tor can battle for minor honours.