16:35 Leicester

Tuesday 27 May 2025

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Canyon Road Wines Handicap

Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 2m 8.91s

(6)

Masterinthewoods²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Cieren Fallon| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 70

4/1

Improved for step up in trip when very good third of 10 in handicap at Goodwood (9.9f, good, 5/1) 25 days ago. Remains low mileage and may have more to offer yet.

Form: 053-3

(2)

Night Step¹⁹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Jim Crowley| T: Owen Burrows| OR: 70WS

9/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 16/1, sixth of 10 in novice at Lingfield (8f, AW), hampered. Off 6 months. Up in trip. May do better on handicap debut.

Form: 076-

(11)

Tequila Star²³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: J F Egan| T: D J S Ffrench Davis| OR: 69

22/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 7 in novice (14/1) at Pontefract (10f, heavy). Off 7 months. Improvement required on handicap debut.

Form: 725-

(1)

Westcombe²⁴⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Dylan Hogan| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 69

85/40

Highly promising sort. In good hands and shaped well in a trio of starts over an inadequate test last season. Much better expected now upped in trip for handicap debut.

Form: 694-

(7)

San Munoz³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: D Egan| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam| OR: 69

10/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 20/1, fifth of 8 in novice at Southwell (8.1f) 37 days ago. Up in trip. Needs to find improvement on switch to handicapping.

Form: 48-5

(10)

Antelope⁴^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Alec Voikhansky⁽³⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 63| D

11/2

Found improvement when winning 8-runner handicap (5/2) at Haydock (10.2f, good to firm) 4 days ago. 6 lb penalty to carry now but looks sure to go well again.

Form: 70-6331

(12)

Karthon⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Callum Hutchinson| T: A M Balding| OR: 68

13/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 12/1, third of 7 in maiden at Nottingham (10.2f, good) 48 days ago, having run of race. Makes handicap debut. More needed.

Form: 5-73

(5)

Koko Blue¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: W Muir & C Grassick| OR: 67

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1, creditable sixth of 10 in maiden at Ascot (10f, firm) 18 days ago, very much having run of race. More needed on handicap debut.

Form: U488-6

(8)

Pivotal Affair¹¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: M L W Bell| OR: 67

12/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fourth of 7 in novice at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 13/2). Off 119 days. Not out of things on handicap debut.

Form: 86-4

(4)

Appleblossomwhite^p⁵²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Marco Ghiani| T: Lemos Souza| OR: 67

16/1

Winner at Kempton in February. 4/1, good second of 12 in handicap at Yarmouth (8f, good to firm) 52 days ago, nearest finish. Up in trip. Merits consideration.

Form: 58-2122

(9)

Squires Treaty^b1³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Shane Gray| T: D Donovan| OR: 60

25/1

3/1, sixth of 7 in handicap at Windsor (11.4f, good) 3 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 460336

Non-Runners

(3)

Betty Bassett²⁰

Weight: 9-1| Age: 3

T: Ian Williams J: David Probert

Forecasts

Westcombe (85/40), Masterinthewoods (4/1), Antelope (11/2), Karthon (13/2), Night Step (9/1), San Munoz (10/1), Pivotal Affair (12/1), Appleblossomwhite (16/1), Tequila Star (22/1), Squires Treaty (25/1), Betty Bassett (25/1), Koko Blue (50/1)

ANTELOPE upped his game when a decisive winner at Haydock last week and a 6 lb penalty may not be enough to prevent the follow up. Westcombe and Masterinthewoods head the list of dangers.