19:10 Nottingham

Saturday 6 July 2024

All17:3518:1018:4019:1019:4020:1020:40

Lesley Matthews Memorial Handicap

Off time: 19:11 | Winning time: 1m 14.06s

(13)

Vince Lombardi¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-3| J: P Cosgrave| T: D & C Kubler| OR: 76| D

6/1

3-time winner at up to 6f. 11/2, good second of 9 in handicap at Ffos Las (6f, good) 13 days ago. Leading claims.

Form: 135-072

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(14)

Captain Cuddles¹⁶⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Ray Dawson| T: Fionn McSharry| OR: 75| D

22/1

Eleven runs since sole win in 2022. Off 165 days. Has dipped in the weights.

Form: 20380-8

(6)

Rayat⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: Charlie Bennett| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 72| BF

11/2

Debut winner at Wolverhampton. Easy to back and disappointing when fourteenth of 16 in handicap at Thirsk (8f, good to firm, 9/2) on return 49 days ago. Down in trip. Could be worth another chance with yard having such a good record here.

Form: 184-0

(2)

Match Play¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Ben Robinson| T: P T Midgley| OR: 71

18/1

Respectable seventh of 12 in handicap at Thirsk (5f, good to firm, 10/1) 12 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Up in trip. Every chance if back to best.

Form: 0-77397

(5)

Dark Dreamer¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: J Mitchell| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 75| CD

4/1

Career best when winning 7-runner handicap at this C&D (good, 11/4) 17 days ago, making all. Up 6 lb and good chance again taking on the older horses for the first time.

Form: 75-1241

(1)

Call Glory^p²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 74

17/2

Dual winner as a juvenile. Creditable fourth of 12 in handicap (17/2) at Chester (6.1f, good) 22 days ago. Low draw a potential negative but interesting from this mark for all he remains less than straightforward.

Form: 34-4054

(11)

Bibendum^t²⁸⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Tyler Heard⁽³⁾| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 73WS

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden from the family of top sprinter Reverence. Off 9 months/has had a wind op. Back up in trip. Needs to hit the ground running.

Form: 3200-

(3)

Angel's Call²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: S D Bowen⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs N S Evans| OR: 73

25/1

Winner at Wolverhampton in April. Ninth of 12 in handicap at Chester (6.1f, good, 8/1) 22 days ago, best work finish. Can win more races.

Form: 47159

(8)

Parisiac^v⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Christian Howarth⁽³⁾| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 66| CD

25/1

C&D winner. 9/1, last of 3 in handicap at Lingfield (5f, good to firm) 7 days ago. Back up in trip. Visor back on. Others more persuasive.

Form: 695553

(7)

Northfield Lake¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Taylor Fisher⁽³⁾| T: R J Smith| OR: 70

15/2

Below form fourth of 9 in handicap (4/1) at Ffos Las (6f, good) 13 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Better judged on previous Sandown third.

Form: 4-43234

(9)

Nevernay⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: S Hitchcott| T: R Hannon| OR: 69

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good third of 11 in handicap at Windsor (6f, good to firm, 7/1) 5 days ago. Well bred and could do better.

Form: 59U93

(10)

Classy Clarets⁷⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Billy Garritty| T: R A Fahey| OR: 69

40/1

Best effort on second nursery start when second at Newcastle (7f) in August. Seventh of 8 in handicap at Ripon (6f, heavy, 16/1) on return 70 days ago. Back on quicker ground after a break.

Form: 36926-7

(12)

Enderman^b²³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: D C Costello| T: P T Midgley| OR: 59| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Two wins from 44 Flat runs. Good second of 12 in handicap at this C&D (good, well-backed 4/1) 23 days ago. This is tougher.

Form: 442222

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(4)

Ray Vonn⁵⁷

Weight: 9-13| Age: 4

T: B Brookhouse J: Jack Gilligan

Forecasts

Dark Dreamer (4/1), Rayat (11/2), Ray Vonn (11/2), Vince Lombardi (6/1), Enderman (7/1), Northfield Lake (15/2), Call Glory (17/2), Bibendum (10/1), Nevernay (18/1), Match Play (18/1), Captain Cuddles (22/1), Parisiac (25/1), Angel's Call (25/1), Classy Clarets (40/1)

A competitive handicap with RAY VONN taken to make it 3-3 over C&D. Dark Dreamer and Vince Lombardi are dangers, while Godolphin's Rayat might be worth another chance.