17:20 Newbury

Friday 22 September 2023

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Stuart Michael Associates Handicap

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 2m 20.75s

(7)

Civil Law¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: R A Teal| OR: 86| D

25/1

Six wins from 23 Flat runs. Creditable fourth of 11 in handicap (7/1) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 15 days ago. Should be on the premises again.

Form: 754494

(6)

Dubai Souq^p⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: K Stott| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 84| BF| D

4/1

Fairly useful sort who returned with a solid showing at Windsor but failed to back it up at Pontefract. Could get back on track after a short break.

Form: 1/577-24

(5)

Fantasy Believer¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Tom Marquand| T: E Walker| OR: 83| C| D

8/1

Latest win at Newmarket (10f) in July. Has remained in form since but slow-starting tendency means that he needs everything to drop right.

Form: 235138

(2)

Sayf Al Dawla⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: David Egan| T: P W Chapple-Hyam| OR: 83| D

5/2

Progressive in 2021 and, having attracted support, returned from a long absence as good as ever to land an 11-runner event at Sandown a couple of months ago. Another bold showing is on the cards.

Form: 24133/1

(8)

Concorde⁸⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: David Probert| T: G Boughey| OR: 86

3/1

Highly progressive earlier in the campaign and, while his latest run at Pontefract was sub-par, he's liable to bounce back returned to softer ground after a break, so he's worth taking a chance on.

Form: 8-12117

(3)

Entrancement²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Benoit D L Sayette| T: D Menuisier| OR: 79| D

4/1

Scored at Goodwood in May but has run poorly the last twice and others make more appeal.

Form: 1-41207

(9)

City Cyclone³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: K T O'Neill| T: A W Carroll| OR: 67| BF

20/1

Shaped as if still in form last time and sliding in the weights, so not ruled out with the step back up in trip in his favour.

Form: 335835

Non-Runners

(1)

Amor Vincit Omnia¹³⁴

Weight: 9-12| Age: 4

T: Harry Eustace J: Pierre-Louis Jamin

(4)

Elshaameq¹⁴

Weight: 8-9| Age: 4

T: K Frost J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Sayf Al Dawla (5/2), Concorde (3/1), Entrancement (4/1), Dubai Souq (4/1), Fantasy Believer (8/1), Amor Vincit Omnia (8/1), Elshaameq (12/1), City Cyclone (20/1), Civil Law (25/1)

CONCORDE may have been unsuited by the quicker ground when last seen at Pontefract and there's every chance he can resume progress after a break, so he takes preference over Sayf Al Dawla, who had something to spare when making a winning return at Sandown. Civil Law should also give a good account.