18:55 Epsom Downs

Thursday 3 August 2023

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Betfred Nifty 50 Handicap

Off time: 18:57 | Winning time: 2m 42.9s

(7)

Sweet Fantasy^p⁸^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Rossa Ryan| T: R M Beckett| OR: 77| D

5/4

Well ridden when a decisive scorer from the front at Leicester last week. Had the run of the race on that occasion but a 5 lb penalty won't prevent a very bold follow-up bid.

Form: 14-5031

(4)

Wilkie¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: George Wood| T: J Butler| OR: 75

22/1

Winner in France but lightly raced for John Butler and falling in the weights without showing signs of taking advantage.

Form: 3/50-807

(2)

Haarar^v²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: H Crouch| T: M L W Bell| OR: 72

5/2

Placed in a couple of small-field handicaps around this trip in May/June and ridden closer to the pace than ideal at Sandown a month ago. Likely to give it a good go.

Form: 62-7336

(5)

Swift Tuttle^h,t⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin⁽³⁾| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 70

16/1

Seen to good effect in a steadily-run race when second at Haydock but unable to back that effort up when last of 3 back at that venue in June.

Form: 784-823

(3)

Atalanta Breeze^p²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: Rhys Clutterbuck| T: M P Tregoning| OR: 68| D

14/1

Successful at Brighton (11.9f) on her sole outing last year. Produced her best effort of the season when third at Wolverhampton and a steadily-run race was against her back on turf 3 weeks ago.

Form: 6/1-8039

(6)

Naasma^v1¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Paddy Bradley⁽³⁾| T: P Phelan| OR: 65

7/2

Found improvement when scoring at Lingfield (10f) in June and backed that up with a brace of runner-up efforts last month. This is a deeper handicap but she's clearly in excellent order.

Form: 6-26122

Non-Runners

(1)

Waterloo Sunset³⁶

Weight: 8-13| Age: 5

T: D J Coakley J: George Bass

Forecasts

Sweet Fantasy (5/4), Haarar (5/2), Naasma (7/2), Waterloo Sunset (10/1), Atalanta Breeze (14/1), Swift Tuttle (16/1), Wilkie (22/1)

SWEET FANTASY was seen to good effect from the front at Leicester last week but she could do no more than win decisively and this low-mileage 4-y-o can follow up under a penalty. Haarar and Naasma head the opposition.