16:35 Leicester

Tuesday 17 October 2023

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Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe Trotter Selling Stakes

Off time: 16:37 | Winning time: 1m 29.42s

(5)

Smile And Pay^b¹⁶⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: William Pyle⁽⁵⁾| T: Craig Lidster| OR: 67| D

5/1

Fair gelding. 2 wins from 5 runs this year. 10/11, didn't need to improve to win 9-runner handicap at Redcar (8f, good to soft), always holding on. Off 166 days. Bit to find on these terms.

Form: 0-33411

(3)

Khathak^p,v⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Billy Garritty| T: R A Fahey| OR: 70

11/4

Temperamental sort. 50/1, thirteenth of 16 in handicap at Pontefract (8f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Place claims back down in class.

Form: 067830

(4)

Maurices Men¹²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: David Egan| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam

6/1

Once-raced maiden. 22/1, eighth of 12 in novice at Lingfield (7f, AW) on debut. Off 129 days.

Form: 8

(8)

Montelusa^b⁸⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Joe Leavy⁽⁷⁾| T: J Coulson| OR: 58

50/1

Unreliable sort. 50/1, ninth of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 84 days ago.

Form: 225559

(6)

National Health^t¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Darragh Keenan| T: O Murphy

80/1

Twice-raced maiden on Flat. 80/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, seventh of 8 in novice at Lingfield (8f, AW) 12 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 87

(2)

Spirit Genie^p1,t¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: J Candlish| OR: 83| D

9/4

Fairly useful gelding. First run since leaving Mrs J. Harrington when eighth of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (8f, 40/1) 11 days ago. Tongue strap back on, cheekpieces on 1st time. Form pick down in class.

Form: 127-688

(1)

Withy Rock^p⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Shariq Mohd⁽⁷⁾| T: W G M Turner| OR: 51

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 14 in handicap (200/1) at Kempton (7f) 6 days ago.

Form: 0/640

(7)

Georgiava^p1⁸²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin| T: K R Burke| OR: 72

3/1

Fair filly. 12/1, fourth of 7 in handicap at Doncaster (6f, soft) 82 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Merits consideration down in class.

Form: 1149-54

Forecasts

Spirit Genie (9/4), Khathak (11/4), Georgiava (3/1), Smile And Pay (5/1), Maurices Men (6/1), Montelusa (50/1), Withy Rock (80/1), National Health (80/1)

SPIRIT GENIE offered little on first outing since leaving Mrs J. Harrington (sold 8,000 gns) after 5 months off at Newcastle but he's the form pick here down in class so is worth another chance. Georgiava is also favoured by these weights so is the obvious threat ahead of the temperamental Khathak.