14:40 Leicester

Thursday 20 July 2023

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William Hill Epic Value Nursery

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 1m 26.68s

(3)

Watcha Matey²²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: Oisin Murphy| T: H Palmer| OR: 75

4/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 9/2, third of 9 in maiden at Salisbury (7f, good to firm) 22 days ago. Booking of Murphy a plus. Makes nursery debut. Should give another good account.

Form: 423

(1)

Charged Up¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: Cam Hardie| T: Ollie Pears| OR: 75| D

5/1

Didn't need to be at best when winning 7-runner maiden at Musselburgh (7.2f, good to firm, 10/11) 17 days ago, having run of race. More required now switched to nurseries but deserves respect.

Form: 3421

(6)

Eminny¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Rossa Ryan| T: M Appleby| OR: 74| D

2/1

Confirmed debut promise when won 9-runner minor event at Beverley (7.4f, good) 12 days ago, pushed out. Type to go on progressing and opening mark looks reasonable.

Form: 31

(7)

Ten Card Brag³¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Saffie Osborne| T: J A Osborne| OR: 72

14/1

Stepped up markedly on debut when landing a novice at Lingfield (6f, AW) 31 days ago, cosily. Open to further improvement but handicapper has taken no chances with opening mark.

Form: 71

(4)

Art Historian³⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Tom Marquand| T: W J Haggas| OR: 71

3/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 3/1, second of 6 in maiden at Chepstow (6.1f, good to firm) 34 days ago. Makes nursery debut. Going the right way and shouldn't be discounted.

Form: 042

(2)

Forever A Diamond⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: W Muir & C Grassick| OR: 63

8/1

Promising individual. Very good second of 11 in nursery at Lingfield (6f, firm, 7/1) 8 days ago, no match for winner. More to come and she seems likely to feature.

Form: 5452

Non-Runners

(5)

Up The Jazz²⁰

Weight: 8-13| Age: 2

T: R A Fahey J: O J Orr

Forecasts

Eminny (2/1), Art Historian (3/1), Watcha Matey (4/1), Charged Up (5/1), Forever A Diamond (8/1), Up The Jazz (8/1), Ten Card Brag (14/1)

FOREVER A DIAMOND boasts a solid profile and promises to be well suited by the step up in trip, so she's marginally preferred to recent novice winner Eminny. Art Historian is another likely improver in what could prove to be a strong nursery for the grade.