14:40 Nottingham

Thursday 10 August 2023

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Rhino.Bet Handicap

Off time: 14:42 | Winning time: 1m 13.74s

(1)

Belle Fourche^p,t²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 76| D

14/1

33/1, creditable third of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 24 days ago. Likely to come on for that outing and her mark appears fair.

Form: 81387-3

(11)

Little Muddy¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: D Swift| T: S Spencer| OR: 75| D

9/2

Latest win at Ayr in May. 11/2, below form eighth of 16 in handicap at York (6f, good) 13 days ago. Usually reliable, so likely to be back on her game.

Form: 214628

(4)

Beyond Equal⁴⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-13| J: Rob Hornby| T: W S Kittow| OR: 74| D

16/1

Hooded for 1st time cheekpieces on for 1st time, fifth of 8 in handicap at Ffos Las (6f, good to firm, 5/1) 46 days ago, hampered. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 3-54775

(3)

As If By Chance⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: Alex Jary⁽⁷⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 74| CD

12/1

Latest win at Windsor in May. Seventh of 10 in handicap (8/1) at Doncaster (6f, good to firm) 40 days ago, not ideally placed. Remains in good form and successful on his only previous visit to this track, so not dismissed.

Form: 493167

(8)

Sassy Belle^p1¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Oisin Murphy| T: E Walker| OR: 77| D

11/4

7/2, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at Windsor (6f, good) 17 days ago. Booking of Murphy a plus. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Worth taking a chance on.

Form: 321-434

(6)

Beauty Choice^v¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Billy Garritty| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 71| D

13/2

5/1, below form fifth of 12 in handicap at Doncaster (6f, soft) 14 days ago. Likely to be back on his game and merits consideration.

Form: 706335

(5)

Red Hat Eagle²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: W J Knight| OR: 75

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 8 in maiden (7/2) at Yarmouth (7f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Could do better for a switch to handicaps but assessor has taken no chances with his opening mark.

Form: 33-7

(2)

Lord P^t⁷³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Ben Sanderson⁽³⁾| T: F O'Brien| OR: 69| D

14/1

20/1, creditable 1¾ lengths fourth of 11 to As If By Chance in handicap at Windsor (6f, good to firm) 73 days ago, running on. On an appealing mark but needs everything to drop right.

Form: 45403-4

(7)

Brazen Idol¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: R Kingscote| T: J Butler| OR: 68| D

9/2

10/1, creditable third of 10 in handicap at Salisbury (6f, good) 12 days ago. Not long with this stable and seems likely to give another good account.

Form: 1152-43

(9)

Cubanista^p²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Ray Dawson| T: Mrs P Sly| OR: 67

15/2

Bit below form third of 7 in handicap at this C&D (soft, 9/1) 20 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Not completely dismissed from a handy mark.

Form: 0-30273

(10)

What A Whopper¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: T E Whelan| T: B J Meehan| OR: 65

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 16/1, last of 8 in handicap at Sandown (7f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Difficult ask but he's bred to do better.

Form: 507-8

Forecasts

Sassy Belle (11/4), Little Muddy (9/2), Brazen Idol (9/2), Beauty Choice (13/2), Cubanista (15/2), As If By Chance (12/1), Lord P (14/1), Belle Fourche (14/1), Beyond Equal (16/1), Red Hat Eagle (16/1), What A Whopper (80/1)

SASSY BELLE is still lightly raced and there's a good chance that cheekpieces could extract the improvement required for her to get back to winning ways. Belle Fourche also has few miles on the clock and is considered a danger, while As If By Chance can get involved if they go a solid gallop.