Havana Grey Standing At Whitsbury Manor Handicap

Off time: 15:19 | Winning time: 1m 41.12s

(2)

Vultar^p¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Jim Crowley| T: C G Cox| OR: 91| D

14/1

Upped his game since sent handicapping, scoring twice at Kempton (7f/1m) and finding further improvement when second there in April. Progress has stalled since, though and others are more persuasive.

Form: 21-1250

(3)

Leuven Power³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: S De Sousa| T: R Varian| OR: 86| CD

4/1

Still unexposed for his age and best effort came when winning over C&D last year, so likely to feature on the back of a respectable return at Redcar.

Form: 14109/5

(1)

Mortlake⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Rossa Ryan| T: R M Beckett| OR: 95

15/2

Left his soft-ground debut well behind when a comfortable winner of a Leicester novice (7f, good to firm) in August. Underfoot conditions a plausible excuse in Group 3 on final start but excuses for sub-par return at York are hard to come by. It's still early days.

Form: 615-0

(4)

Bluelight Bay¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 84| CD

8/1

Couple of good efforts in defeat after winning at Salisbury last summer but hasn't pushed on from his reappearance this term and has something to prove.

Form: 240-680

(6)

Change For Good⁵⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: David Egan| T: Ollie Sangster| OR: 91

15/2

Fairly useful form for David Simcock at 2, winning a 7f Epsom novice on debut before coming up well short in Group 3 company. Failed to beat a rival in 3-runner minor event at Goodwood on return but that was testing ground and he may be better for it.

Form: 188-3

(5)

Crown Estate^p1¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: K Shoemark| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 87| D

1/1

Winner at Newcastle in March. Good second of 9 in handicap (5/1) at Haydock (8.2f, good to firm) 18 days ago. Going the right way and cheekpieces might draw further improvement out of him, so boasts leading claims.

Form: 54-1032

Forecasts

Crown Estate (1/1), Leuven Power (4/1), Mortlake (15/2), Change For Good (15/2), Bluelight Bay (8/1), Vultar (14/1)

CROWN ESTATE is on the up and, with cheekpieces applied, he's fancied to go one better taking on older horses for the first time. Leuven Power is a danger back at the scene of last year's win and Change For Good isn't one to write off.