RIU Hotels And Resorts Ladies Day Veterans' Handicap

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 1m 43.39s

(4)

Larado^v⁹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 80| D

11/1

Latest win at Lingfield in February. 66/1, bit below form tenth of 16 in handicap at Newmarket (8f, good). Off 95 days. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 6-41570

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(2)

Garden Oasis^b¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 9-6| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 77| BF| CD

3/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Ripon in July. 7/2, good second of 11 in handicap at Ripon (8f, good) 18 days ago, having run of race. Faces some competition for the lead.

Form: 313212

(1)

Jean Baptiste^p³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Jason Hart| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 76

11/2

Twenty one runs since last win in 2022. 14/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at Ayr (10f, good to firm) 31 days ago.

Form: 9-22507

(3)

Zozimus^v¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: D Nolan| T: D O'Meara| OR: 75| BF| D

2/1

One win from 40 Flat runs. 4/1, creditable fifth of 15 in handicap at York (7.9f, good to firm) 11 days ago, not ideally placed. Visor back on. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 224645

(5)

Patontheback¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Connor Beasley| T: G Tutty| OR: 73

7/1

Latest win at Musselburgh in June. Last of 17 in handicap (16/1) at York (7f, good to firm) 12 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 011220

(6)

Casilli¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: Joanna Mason| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 69| D

5/1

13/2, respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at Beverley (9.9f, good to firm) 16 days ago. On a handy mark and shaped as if she retained plenty of ability on reappearance,

Form: 34547-5

Forecasts

Zozimus (2/1), Garden Oasis (3/1), Casilli (5/1), Jean Baptiste (11/2), Patontheback (7/1), Larado (11/1)

ZOZIMUS has been shaping better than the result lately and, while he's not the easiest to win with, he may well find this panning out ideally with the pair drawn inside him likely to compete for the lead. Garden Oasis is a clear player if he can get the outright lead and Casilli is worthy of interest after a mildly encouraging return.