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Better Value With Racecourse Bookmakers Handicap

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Nominal Event¹²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: William Pyle⁽⁵⁾| T: Craig Lidster| OR: 60

Modest form at 2. 28/1, tenth of 11 in nursery at Southwell (1m) final 2-y-o start. Others more persuasive.

Form: 3420-

(7)

Polyphema^t1¹⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 60

Thrice-raced maiden. Best effort when sixth of 9 in novice at Southwell (7f) when last seen in November. Tongue strap on first time. Potential improver in handicaps.

Form: 996-

(1)

John L Sullivan^t²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: K S McHugh⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 57

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 7 in novice at Doncaster (7f, soft, 200/1) 22 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 9-85

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Serendipitous Lady^t1¹⁶⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: L Morris| T: Dylan Cunha| OR: 56

Soft-ground winner last autumn for Michael Bell. Visor off, first-time tongue tie on. Interesting on return for new trainer Dylan Cunha.

Form: 040318-

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Batal Dandy¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 56

Probably needed first outing in 6 months when below-form fifth of 10 in handicap (16/1) at Catterick (6f, heavy) 12 days ago, merely closing up late. Significantly up in trip. Not discounted.

Form: 05665-5

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Infinite Honour³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Harry Russell| T: S Corbett| OR: 54

Lightly-raced maiden. 40/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Newcastle (1m) on reappearance 33 days ago. Needs to come on a good bit for the outing.

Form: 574-5

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Likleman³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Jason Hart| T: S G West| OR: 53

33/1, creditable sixth of 12 in handicap at Southwell (1m) 36 days ago. Runner-up in the mud at Leicester last autumn. Not taken lightly.

Form: 29-2256

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Little Venice²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Rowan Scott| T: N Tinkler| OR: 53

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable third of 7 in handicap at Newcastle (1¼m, 22/1) 21 days ago. Back down in trip. Makes turf debut.

Form: 60483

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Miss Galiway³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Brandon Wilkie⁽⁵⁾| T: Harry Eustace| OR: 53

Poor form in her 4 outings, including 9.5f Wolverhampton handicap debut/reappearance a month ago. Still early days so too soon to rule out improvement.

Form: 734-8

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Trust Time²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Cam Hardie| T: Ollie Pears| OR: 52

Lightly-raced maiden. 16/1, good fifth of 10 in handicap at Newcastle (1m) on reappearance 24 days ago, running on.

Form: 7654-5

Forecasts

Serendipitous Lady (7/2), Batal Dandy (9/2), Likleman (6/1), Trust Time (7/1), Little Venice (7/1), Polyphema (8/1), Miss Galiway (8/1), John L Sullivan (12/1), Nominal Event (16/1), Infinite Honour (20/1)

In what looks a wide-open, low-grade 3-y-o handicap a chance is taken on LIKLEMAN, who handled testing ground well when runner-up at Leicester last autumn and has dipped to a career-low mark. Serendipitous Lady is the only one of these who has won a race and is respected on her return for new trainer Dylan Cunha. Polyphema is a possible improver in handicaps and also makes the shortlist.