16:40 Newmarket

Tuesday 16 April 2024

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Bet Boost At bet365 Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 16:42 | Winning time: 1m 24.64s

(1)

Eye Of Dubai¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 81| D

15/8

Promise amidst greenness when runner-up at Chester and Redcar as a juvenile and didn't need to improve to land a Catterick minor event (7f, heavy, 10/11) in comfortable fashion 13 days ago. Remains with potential now handicapping.

Form: 22-1

(5)

Only In Jakarta⁸⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: N Callan| T: K A Ryan| OR: 80| D

8/1

Down the field at Haydock on debut but showed promise when runner-up at Thirsk on his next 2 outings and put his experience to good use when scoring in a Newcastle novice (7.1f) 85 days ago. Respected handicap newcomer.

Form: 022-1

(7)

Secret Bid¹⁹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: L Morris| T: A Watson| OR: 80| D

12/1

Off the mark at the third attempt when just holding on in an 11-runner maiden at Wolverhampton (7.2f) in October. Not seen since and others are perhaps open to more improvement on handicap debut.

Form: 421-

(3)

Brunel Nation¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: David Egan| T: R Hughes| OR: 78

3/1

Strong in the betting and produced a much improved performance when winning 12-runner handicap at Chelmsford City (6f) 18 days ago. Well on top at the finish there and rates as shortlist material back on turf despite 9 lb rise.

Form: 868-61

(8)

Double Jump²¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: R Kingscote| T: C G Cox| OR: 78| D

11/2

Proved a different proposition switched to a nursery when landing a 7-runner event at Doncaster (7f, good to soft) in September. Bred to be useful and remains unexposed, so can't be discounted from 4 lb higher mark.

Form: 6591-

(6)

The Bitter Moose¹³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Harry Davies| T: H Palmer| OR: 76| D

28/1

Failed to win from 6 attempts on turf last season but improved a chunk when scoring at Wolverhampton in October before following up at Lingfield 6 weeks later. Value for more than the winning margin last time and still looks on a good mark if able to translate his improvement back to turf.

Form: 735511-

(9)

Indivar²⁰²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Jason Watson| T: D O'Meara| OR: 74

20/1

Didn't immediately kick on from his debut second at Ayr but produced a much improved performance to get off the mark in an 11-runner nursery (17/2) at Redcar (6f, good to firm). Remains of interest making seasonal comeback from a 4 lb higher mark.

Form: 25551-

(2)

Phoenix Duchess²⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Kaiya Fraser⁽⁵⁾| T: Harry Eustace| OR: 72

10/1

Third in a decent maiden on the July Course here last summer and wasn't disgraced when filling the same position in a nursery (7f, good to firm, 13/2) there the following month. Others may have more scope from their marks, however.

Form: 58433-

(4)

Bonaventure²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Rossa Ryan| T: S C Williams| OR: 69

33/1

Fourth in a trio of all-weather maiden/novice events this winter, shaping as if a return to 7f would suit when plugging on at Lingfield (6f, AW) 25 days ago. Seemingly brought along with handicaps in mind and he's interesting back up in trip for handicap debut.

Form: 444

Result Amended

Eye Of Dubai - Original Position 1st. Amended Position 2nd.

Brunel Nation - Original Position 2nd. Amended Position 1st.

Forecasts

Eye Of Dubai (15/8), Brunel Nation (3/1), Double Jump (11/2), Only In Jakarta (8/1), Phoenix Duchess (10/1), Secret Bid (12/1), Indivar (20/1), The Bitter Moose (28/1), Bonaventure (33/1)

The useful-looking BRUNEL NATION took a sizeable step forward when scoring at Chelmsford 3 weeks ago and Richard Hughes' gelding is fancied to take advantage of his race fitness to follow up. Eye of Dubai enters handicaps on a fair looking mark and could prove the main danger, whilst Bonaventure also strikes as one who should prove capable of better in this sphere.