17:10 Chepstow

Thursday 18 July 2024

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Peter Villars Sport Ground Maintenance Handicap

Off time: 17:11 | Winning time: 2m 3.28s

(12)

Bug Boy¹²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-11| J: Georgia Dobie⁽³⁾| T: A G Newcombe| OR: 67| C| D

50/1

Course winner. 16/1, last of 8 in handicap at Southwell (11.1f). Off 126 days and needs to bounce back.

Form: 41613-8

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(13)

Wonder Starelzaam²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: T E Whelan| T: D J Coakley| OR: 67| D

22/1

Last of 4 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, good to firm, 11/4) 26 days ago. Given a chance by the assessor.

Form: 440-074

(2)

Rebel Angel^t,v⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Laura Pearson| T: D Pipe| OR: 65

16/1

7/2, fifth of 6 in handicap at this course (12f, good) 6 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 8-63735

(5)

Precision Storm^p,t²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: Ray Dawson| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 64| D

11/1

Improved on recent efforts to win 8-runner handicap at Bath (10.2f, firm, 18/1) 24 days ago. That form has been franked so he he holds very good claims despite taking a 2 lb rise.

Form: 856541

(9)

Carp Kid^p²³

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: Callum Hutchinson⁽³⁾| T: J L Flint| OR: 63| CD

9/1

C&D winner. 11/1, seventh of 11 in handicap at Newbury (11f, good to firm) 23 days ago. Handily weighted if back on his A-game.

Form: 56-2947

(7)

Gert Lush¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Saffie Osborne| T: R A Teal| OR: 62| C

8/1

Course winner. 11/2, respectable fifth of 11 in handicap at Nottingham (10.2f, good to soft) 12 days ago. Back to a potentially lenient mark.

Form: 80-0535

(4)

Micks Dream¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Gina Mangan⁽³⁾| T: D Faulkner| OR: 62

25/1

One win from 21 Flat runs. Fifteen runs since last win in 2022. Fair fifth of 6 in handicap (7/1) at Brighton (8f, good to firm) 16 days ago. Up in trip. Merits consideration.

Form: 7920-65

(10)

Flame Of Kodiac^p³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: George Rooke| T: J L Flint| OR: 61| C

25/1

Course winner. Latest win here in May. 50/1, eleventh of 13 in handicap at Newbury (10f, good to firm) 35 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 79-1060

(6)

Sonnet Star^h⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Rob Hornby| T: W S Kittow| OR: 60

8/1

13/2, below form fifth of 9 in handicap at this course (12f, good) 48 days ago. Can give a good account if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 32235-5

(1)

Blue Hero^h¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Finley Marsh| T: A Wintle| OR: 58| D

11/1

5/4, won 7-runner handicap at Bath (11.6f, good to firm) 15 days ago. Up 5 lb but he's not taken lightly.

Form: 4-87451

(3)

Baikal^p,t³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Jack Gilligan| T: A West| OR: 58

40/1

16/1, eighth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Worcester (16f, good to soft) 35 days ago, racing closer to pace than ideal. Back up in trip and no forlorn hope.

Form: 05789-8

(14)

Bobacious¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Joshua Bryan| T: G Nicholls| OR: 58| D

5/4

11/4, career best when winning 8-runner handicap at Brighton (9.9f, good to firm) 16 days ago. Needs considering.

Form: 637531

(8)

Mykonos St John^v⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: Mikkel Mortensen⁽⁷⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 55| D

25/1

Latest win at Lingfield in June. Last of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW, 17/2) 9 days ago. Back up in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 855519

Non-Runners

(11)

Bloodhound⁴¹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: A Wintle J: David Probert

Forecasts

Bobacious (5/4), Sonnet Star (8/1), Gert Lush (8/1), Carp Kid (9/1), Precision Storm (11/1), Blue Hero (11/1), Rebel Angel (16/1), Wonder Starelzaam (22/1), Flame Of Kodiac (25/1), Micks Dream (25/1), Mykonos St John (25/1), Bloodhound (25/1), Baikal (40/1), Bug Boy (50/1)

A case can be made for lots of these but PRECISION STORM comes here in great order and, with the form of his recent Bath success having been franked, he edges the vote. Brighton-victor Bobacious heads the list of dangers ahead of Blue Hero, Carp Kid and Gert Lush.