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Monday 2 October 2023

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Download The Vickers.Bet App Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 15:03 | Winning time: 1m 44.53s

(10)

Eton College⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Saffie Osborne| T: J A Osborne| OR: 66| D

6/1

Won 7-runner handicap (9/2) at Ffos Las (8f, soft) 47 days ago, slowly away. Going through a good spell at present and worth chancing to go in again.

Form: 233141

(3)

Darvel^b¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Rob Hornby| T: P R Chamings| OR: 65| D

22/1

Latest win at Brighton in July. Respectable third of 6 in handicap at Brighton (8f, heavy, 6/1) 14 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 715693

(8)

Otago¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Charlie Bennett| T: J R Boyle| OR: 63

11/1

9/1, eighth of 12 in handicap at Epsom (8.5f, good to firm) 18 days ago. Did enough to think he's still in form last time, so no forlorn hope.

Form: 844338

(4)

Underlay¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: William Carson| T: A West| OR: 62

66/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Last of 8 in minor event (150/1) at Salisbury (9.9f, good to firm) 17 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 768

(1)

Dream Pirate^b¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Marco Ghiani| T: T Kent| OR: 65| D

7/2

Blinkered for 1st time, improved to win 10-runner handicap at Yarmouth (8f, soft, 4/1) 11 days ago, all out. Solid claims if the headgear continues to have a positive effect.

Form: 600641

(14)

Fact Or Fable^p¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Liam Keniry| T: J S Moore| OR: 60| CD

40/1

C&D winner. 5 wins from 21 runs this year. 11/1, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at Salisbury (6f, good to firm) 17 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 813124

(9)

Mr Trick^p⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: R Kingscote| T: Ian Williams| OR: 60

4/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in March. 12/1, creditable third of 11 in handicap at Nottingham (8.3f, heavy) 6 days ago. Respected.

Form: 612403

(5)

Racing Demon²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Hollie Doyle| T: E De Giles| OR: 62| D

15/2

Latest win at Salisbury in June. 6/1, very good second of 7 in handicap at Salisbury (8f, good to firm) 25 days ago, closing all way to line. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 311722

(11)

Villalobos^v1¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: A J Farragher⁽³⁾| T: S Hodgson| OR: 58| D

9/1

Good second of 7 in handicap (7/2) at this C&D (good) 16 days ago, clear of rest. Visor on 1st time.

Form: 324522

(7)

Diamondsinthesand^h⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Finley Marsh| T: A Wintle| OR: 56

6/1

Remains a maiden after 18 Flat runs. 9/2, bit below form fifth of 14 in handicap at Leicester (7f, good) 7 days ago. Not ruled out.

Form: 032425

(13)

Fougere²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: K T O'Neill| T: D K Ivory| OR: 58

13/2

11/1, creditable fifth of 14 in handicap at Southwell (11.1f) 26 days ago. Down in trip. Respected despite wide draw.

Form: 620535

(6)

Midnight Flame¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: William Cox| T: Joe Ponting| OR: 55

200/1

First run since leaving John Quinn when ninth of 11 in handicap (150/1) at Kempton (7f) 14 days ago. Others more appealing.

Form: 6-45799

(12)

He's Our Star^b²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 8-13| J: L Morris| T: A W Carroll| OR: 50| D

125/1

Latest win at Brighton in August. Respectable sixth of 10 in handicap (12/1) at Brighton (8f, good) 28 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Others preferred.

Form: 700166

(2)

Clement Danes^t1⁴⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Gina Mangan⁽³⁾| T: W S Kittow| OR: 45

150/1

Last of 10 in handicap (33/1) at Salisbury (9.9f, good) 47 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 3069-P0

Forecasts

Dream Pirate (7/2), Mr Trick (4/1), Diamondsinthesand (6/1), Eton College (6/1), Fougere (13/2), Racing Demon (15/2), Villalobos (9/1), Otago (11/1), Darvel (22/1), Fact Or Fable (40/1), Underlay (66/1), He's Our Star (125/1), Clement Danes (150/1), Midnight Flame (200/1)

ETON COLLEGE is in top form and came with a strong late run to overcome a slow start at Ffos Las on his latest outing, so he gets the marginal vote in an open contest. Dream Pirate and Racing Demon look the main dangers.