17:30 Leicester

Wednesday 23 August 2023

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Leicester Racecourse Ideal Self-Hire Wedding Venue Nursery

Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 1m 23.44s

(10)

Doubletalk⁶^{(ex 6)}

Age: 2| Weight: 9-12| J: Oliver Stammers| T: C Johnston| OR: 62| D

6/1

5/2, showed improved form when winning 12-runner nursery at Beverley (7.4f, good to firm) 6 days ago by ¾ length from Whatwouldiknow, making all and always holding on. Carries penalty and sure to be popular.

Form: 567281

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(3)

Salsa Dancer^p¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-11| J: Rossa Ryan| T: A Watson| OR: 67| BF

11/2

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable fifth of 10 on nursery debut (gambled-on 4/1) at Kempton (6f) 2 weeks ago, inadequate test. Clearly thought capable of better and better showing anticipated back at 7f.

Form: 4575

(7)

Forever A Diamond¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: P J McDonald| T: W Muir & C Grassick| OR: 65

9/2

17/2, quickly got back on the up when second (a place in front of Diddy Man) of 11 in nursery at this C&D (good to firm) 10 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 545262

(8)

Dan Dee Prince^p²⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: Tom Dascombe| OR: 64

25/1

17/2, ran poorly when tenth of 11 in nursery at Newmarket (6f, good) 26 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 30720

(9)

Zaman Daar¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: K Stott| T: I Mohammed & J Santos| OR: 64

7/1

Got back somewhere close to his first effort when eighth of 14 in maiden at Newmarket (6f, good to firm, 200/1) 12 days ago. Upped in trip for his handicap debut.

Form: 688

(5)

Diddy Man^p¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin| T: Tom Dascombe| OR: 62

5/1

Produced his best effort to date when third (a place behind Forever A Diamond) of 11 in nursery at this C&D (good to firm, 7/2) 10 days ago. Not out of things.

Form: 76053

(2)

Irrelevant⁵³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: Ethan Jones⁽⁷⁾| T: R Hughes| OR: 57

40/1

Again showed little when eighth of 9 in minor event at Windsor (6f, good to firm, 66/1) 53 days ago, slowly away. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 988

(4)

Whatwouldiknow⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: Alex Jary⁽⁷⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 57

9/4

Showed improved form stepped up in trip when ¾-length second of 12 to Doubletalk in nursery (17/2) at Beverley (7.4f, good to firm) 6 days ago, clear of rest. Has to be taken seriously with a 7-lb claimer taking over for the first time.

Form: 975862

(1)

Rising Force⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Darragh Keenan| T: R Eddery| OR: 55

50/1

20/1, fared no better on first run since leaving James Tate when seventh of 10 in nursery at Windsor (6f, good) 9 days ago. Faces another struggle.

Form: 50707

(6)

Brooklyn Express^b³³

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: Connor Planas⁽³⁾| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 54

40/1

6/1 and blinkered for 1st time, failed to improve when fifth of 6 on nursery debut at Pontefract (6f, good) 33 days ago, slowly away. A place is probably the best he can hope for.

Form: 6705

Forecasts

Whatwouldiknow (9/4), Forever A Diamond (9/2), Diddy Man (5/1), Salsa Dancer (11/2), Doubletalk (6/1), Zaman Daar (7/1), Dan Dee Prince (25/1), Irrelevant (40/1), Brooklyn Express (40/1), Rising Force (50/1)

Doubletalk and WHATWOULDIKNOW pulled clear of the remainder at Beverley last Thursday and Nigel Tinkler's gelding is fancied to turn the tables with that rival (winner carries a penalty and the selection has a handy 7-lb claimer on board for the first time). Forever A Diamond and Diddy Man met over C&D 10 days ago and they can fight out minor honours.