17:00 Nottingham

Thursday 3 August 2023

All14:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:00

Bet In Play On Rhino.Bet Handicap

Off time: 17:00 | Winning time: 3m 39.82s

(8)

Wannabe Brave^v³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: D Tudhope| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 62| D

10/1

Respectable 4¼ lengths fourth of 7 to Dereham in handicap at Newmarket (2m, good, 12/1) 35 days ago, not ideally placed.

Form: 443744

(2)

A Tickatickatiming¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Frederick Larson⁽³⁾| T: Miss S West| OR: 59

3/1

Bumper winner. Modest form in 3 Flat runs but much more chance now handicapping as a low level. Interesting runner.

Form: 557

(10)

Sophar Sogood^p¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: L Morris| T: J Butler| OR: 58| D

16/1

4/1, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at Chester (12.5f, heavy) 19 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: U40-844

(7)

Team Endeavour^p⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Cieren Fallon| T: Ian Williams| OR: 49| D

10/1

Improved to get off the mark in 7-runner handicap at Wetherby (2m, good to firm, 11/1) 51 days ago, benefiting from the longer trip. Unexposed as a stayer.

Form: 606-981

(1)

Tarbat Ness^p⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: B A Curtis| T: John Berry| OR: 49

13/2

Raced too freely when last of 8 at Newbury (2m, good to soft, 13/2) 7 days ago but is more than capable of going close from this mark if bouncing back to his best.

Form: 6-23348

(6)

Guilty Party^b1²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: J Quinn| T: P R Chamings| OR: 45

66/1

10/1, 13¼ lengths fourth of 7 to Zillion in handicap at Chepstow (2m, good to soft) 24 days ago. First-time blinkers replace visor.

Form: 0/740-74

(4)

Manxman^v1¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: R Havlin| T: S & E Crisford| OR: 56| BF

5/4

Winning handicap debut at Windsor (11.5f) in July. Creditable third of 7 when stepped up to 1¾m at Wolverhampton since. Has a bit of a lazy streak in him and may benefit from today's first-time headgear. Very much the unexposed one now stepping up to 2m.

Form: 0-0013

(3)

Cantalupo Bella¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Joanna Mason| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 51

12/1

11/1, good fourth of 12 in handicap at Hamilton (11f, soft) 19 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 039534

(13)

Wilpena Pound^p1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Mia Nicholls⁽⁷⁾| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 45

125/1

Little form. First-time cheekpieces (replacing visor) need to spark improvement.

Form: 06-6890

(9)

Knights Spear^b,t1²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 45

25/1

Blinkered first time (retained), good fourth of 11 in handicap (50/1) at Thirsk (1¾m, good to firm) 29 days ago. Tongue strap for first time.

Form: 00-6974

Non-Runners

(11)

Dereham³⁵

Weight: 10-2| Age: 7

T: John Berry J: Non Runner

(12)

Zillion²⁴

Weight: 9-12| Age: 9

T: Mrs S Gardner J: Josephine Gordon

(5)

Harry The Norseman²⁵

Weight: 9-5| Age: 7

T: C E Longsdon J: Liam Keniry

(14)

Bad Attitude²²

Weight: 9-3| Age: 6

T: L Morgan J: Stefano Cherchi

Forecasts

Manxman (5/4), A Tickatickatiming (3/1), Dereham (9/2), Zillion (5/1), Tarbat Ness (13/2), Wannabe Brave (10/1), Team Endeavour (10/1), Cantalupo Bella (12/1), Sophar Sogood (16/1), Knights Spear (25/1), Bad Attitude (25/1), Harry The Norseman (25/1), Guilty Party (66/1), Wilpena Pound (125/1)

If first-time headgear sharpens up MANXMAN then he might take a bit of stopping against largely much more exposed opposition. Team Endeavour was tackling 2m for the first time when successful at Wetherby last time and is second choice ahead of fellow last-time-out scorer Dereham. Handicap-newcomer A Tickatickatiming is also on the shortlist.