17:35 Nottingham

Tuesday 26 September 2023

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Grassroots Series Mile Final Handicap

Off time: 17:37 | Winning time: 1m 48.77s

(6)

Young Fire^v¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-12| J: D Nolan| T: D O'Meara| OR: 82| D

15/2

Scored 4 times this year, latest at Leicester (8.2f) last month, and arrives on back of creditable fifth of 11 in handicap (40/1) at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 19 days ago, faring best of those held up. Merits consideration.

Form: 178165

(8)

Botas¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Luke Catton⁽⁵⁾| T: J R Boyle| OR: 80| D

5/1

Off the mark for current yard at Kempton (8f) last month and backed that up with creditable fourth of 14 over same C&D since. Ought to give another good account.

Form: 032914

(5)

Strongbowe^p¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Sean Kirrane| T: T D Easterby| OR: 77| D

16/1

Opened account for this season at Carlisle (7.8f) in July and back to that sort of form when sixth of 13 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f, 18/1) 13 days ago, not ideally placed. Shortlisted.

Form: 215926

(13)

Awtaad Prince^b,t⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: K Stott| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 78

14/1

Yet to trouble the judge in half a dozen attempts this term and has plenty to prove at present. Blinkers back on.

Form: 766779

(9)

Almarin^v⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen| T: P Owens| OR: 76| D

13/2

Yet to score in handicap company and has been below form in recent outings. Visor back on. Others more appealing.

Form: 424653

(2)

Equion⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Tom Marquand| T: A W Carroll| OR: 70| CD

5/1

Bagged second victory of season when narrowly taking 6-runner handicap over C&D (heavy, 10/1) 54 days ago. This is more competitive but he must enter calculations.

Form: 640131

(7)

Desfondado²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: David Probert| T: S Dow| OR: 72

18/1

Belatedly off the mark at Epsom (8.5f) in July but not been at same level since and is unproven with cut in the ground.

Form: 737158

(3)

Bint Al Daar²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Benoit D L Sayette| T: K P De Foy| OR: 72| D

9/2

Found improvement when scoring at Newmarket (8f) last month and hasn't been seen to best effect over longer trips in both starts since. Not ruled out.

Form: 436137

(11)

Sunny Orange^p¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: J P Sullivan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 65

33/1

Still to add to his debut success for Ralph Beckett in spring of last year and is operating below his best at present.

Form: 945986

(4)

Mr Trick^p³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-4| J: F Norton| T: Ian Williams| OR: 60

12/1

Took advantage of a lenient mark at Wolverhampton in March and ran with credit on next 2 starts. However, well held at Bath latest and finds himself in a stronger contest now.

Form: 861240

(1)

Cariad^p⁵⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: Joanna Mason| T: George Scott| OR: 62| BF| D

10/1

Made the frame on all 3 attempts over this C&D, latest when 2¾ lengths third of 6 to Equion in handicap (heavy) 54 days ago. Can make presence felt again.

Form: 372523

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 5p in the pound

Non-Runners

(10)

Intercessor²²

Weight: 9-3| Age: 6

T: J Gallagher J: P J McDonald

(12)

Goldsmith⁴¹

Weight: 8-12| Age: 4

T: Alice Haynes J: K T O'Neill

Forecasts

Bint Al Daar (9/2), Botas (5/1), Equion (5/1), Almarin (13/2), Young Fire (15/2), Goldsmith (8/1), Cariad (10/1), Mr Trick (12/1), Intercessor (12/1), Awtaad Prince (14/1), Strongbowe (16/1), Desfondado (18/1), Sunny Orange (33/1)

In a wide-open contest the vote goes to STRONGBOWE, who is effective on slow ground and wasn't seen to best effect at Southwell last time. Equion and Goldsmith head the list of dangers.