13:50 Sandown

Saturday 2 September 2023

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Virgin Bet Best Odds Daily Handicap

Off time: 13:52 | Winning time: 1m 29.67s

(1)

Indemnify¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: K T O'Neill| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 91| C

11/2

Off 8 months before cosily landing 9-runner handicap at Newmarket on his final run for Roger Varian. Best effort for current yard when good fourth here (1m) 2 weeks ago, denied a clear run and finishing with running left. Player off same mark.

Form: 20-1564

(9)

Final Watch⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Benoit D L Sayette| T: W Stone| OR: 88| BF| D

8/1

As good as ever when scoring at Newmarket but not in same form there following week, possibly finding the race coming too soon. Type to bounce back after a break.

Form: 8-48216

(2)

Amber Island^p⁸⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: James Doyle| T: D Loughnane| OR: 88| D

33/1

28/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, improved on recent efforts to win 8-runner handicap at Leicester (7f, good) 88 days ago by 1¼ lengths from Ernie's Valentine. Isn't an obvious type to follow up with the headgear not guaranteed to have the same effect.

Form: 3-74901

(4)

Maywake¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 87| D

13/2

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap (3/1) at Thirsk (7f, heavy). Shaped as if still in good form when fifth at Windsor since.

Form: 332415

(6)

Tough Enough^h²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Rossa Ryan| T: J Tate| OR: 91| CD

7/2

Went the right way as a 2-y-o and struck on handicap bow back on turf after 7 months at Windsor (6f) in June. Caught further back than ideal at Newmarket next time before resuming winning ways over C&D. Remains of interest.

Form: 231-161

(10)

Ernie's Valentine^b,t¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Oisin Murphy| T: P & O Cole| OR: 81

17/2

Losing run is mounting up but mark continues to ease and shaping better than bare result of late. Not taken lightly.

Form: 732755

(11)

Youarenotforgiven²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Mollie Phillips⁽³⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 80| D

16/1

Improved with back-to back wins at Leicester/Newbury before finding run of good form coming to a halt at Brighton.

Form: 10-8117

(7)

Alpha Capture^v¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Tom Marquand| T: W J Haggas| OR: 82

8/1

Scored twice as a juvenile, latterly at listed level at York. Largely underperformed so far this year, however, and likely to find this too competitive.

Form: 270777

(5)

King Cabo¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Marco Ghiani| T: L A Dace| OR: 76| D

10/3

C&D winner. Latest win at Lingfield in May. Bang there 3 of next 4 starts but this represents a step up in class.

Form: 213624

Non-Runners

(3)

Lyndon B⁵⁰

Weight: 9-9| Age: 7

T: J L Flint J: Non Runner

(8)

Siam Fox⁹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 5

T: K Frost J: J F Egan

Forecasts

King Cabo (10/3), Tough Enough (7/2), Indemnify (11/2), Maywake (13/2), Lyndon B (7/1), Final Watch (8/1), Alpha Capture (8/1), Ernie's Valentine (17/2), Youarenotforgiven (16/1), Siam Fox (25/1), Amber Island (33/1)

Things didn't go ideally for LYNDON B at Newmarket last time so he's worth another chance to build on his previous Newbury promise off a tempting mark. Progressive 3-y-o Tough Enough took his form to another level when scoring over C&D last month and rates the main threat ahead of Indemnify, who was a big eyecatcher here 2 weeks ago.