19:20 Brighton

Saturday 20 April 2024

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It's Never Ordinary At bet365 Handicap

Off time: 19:20 | Winning time: 1m 35.51s

(9)

Bernadine³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Ross Coakley| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 74| D

13/2

Three wins from 7 runs last year. 4/1, creditable third of 6 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 35 days ago. Needs considering.

Form: 91267-3

(8)

Intercessor^b,t¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Gina Mangan⁽³⁾| T: Dr R Newland & J Insole| OR: 72| C| D

9/4

Course winner. Creditable fourth of 13 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 16/1) 19 days ago. Tongue strap back on and he merits serious consideration.

Form: 9316-24

(1)

Island Native^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 71| D

12/1

Creditable ½-length third of 11 to Freetodream in handicap at Chelmsford City (7f, 8/1) 14 days ago. Meets that rival on 3 lb better terms here and it should again be close between them.

Form: 261263

(10)

Freetodream¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Billy Loughnane| T: Mrs A J Perrett| OR: 66| C

2/1

Course winner. 8/1, career best when winning 11-runner handicap at Chelmsford City (7f) 14 days ago, overcoming positional bias. Solid chance.

Form: 143-511

(7)

Kitaro Kich²⁸²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: P Cosgrave| T: George Baker| OR: 65

10/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, fifth of 6 in handicap (3/1) at Epsom (10.1f, good). Off 9 months and down in trip. Others preferred.

Form: 6/35945-

(5)

Otago^p¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: Charlie Bennett| T: J R Boyle| OR: 63| C

11/1

Course winner. Latest win here in October. 80/1, ninth of 13 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 19 days ago. Needs to get back on track.

Form: 33871-9

(3)

Mr Fustic⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Andi Brown| OR: 61| D

10/1

Two wins from 6 runs last year. 20/1, sixth of 11 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 41 days ago. Easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 1080-86

(2)

Local Bay⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: William Carson| T: A W Carroll| OR: 60| CD

25/1

C&D winner. Three wins from 11 runs last year. Seventh of 8 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 15/2) 45 days ago, left poorly placed. Others preferred.

Form: 1776-47

Non-Runners

(6)

Believe You Me¹⁵⁷

Weight: 8-11| Age: 4

T: H Main J: Aidan Keeley

(4)

Roundabout Silver⁵⁹

Weight: 8-11| Age: 5

T: S Dow J: Paddy Bradley

Forecasts

Freetodream (2/1), Intercessor (9/4), Bernadine (13/2), Mr Fustic (10/1), Kitaro Kich (10/1), Believe You Me (10/1), Otago (11/1), Island Native (12/1), Roundabout Silver (12/1), Local Bay (25/1)

FREETODREAM remains on a workable mark and he is taken to complete the hat-trick following victories on the all-weather at Kempton and Chelmsford. Island Native was hot on the heals of the selection at Chelmsford and he should be in the mix once again. Bernadine and Intercessor are others to consider.