16:50 Chepstow

Thursday 17 July 2025

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Trade Centre Wales Handicap

Off time: 16:51 | Winning time: 2m 8.91s

(4)

Like Magic²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: K T O'Neill| T: M Young| OR: 65

125/1

150/1, ninth of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 24 days ago.

Form: 5/159-09

(8)

Spirit Of The Bay^p⁵¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: L Morris| T: J L Flint| OR: 64| C| D

9/4

Course winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2023. 7/1, good second of 6 in handicap at Redcar (10f, good to firm) 51 days ago. Can give a good account.

Form: 4564-42

(2)

Rating¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Taylor Fisher⁽³⁾| T: G Brown| OR: 64

11/1

25/1, fifth of 6 in handicap at Brighton (8f, good to firm) 16 days ago, never nearer. Up in trip. Has work to do.

Form: 52023-5

(5)

Forest Hills^b¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: B R Millman| OR: 62| D

4/1

7/2, creditable second of 7 in handicap at Ffos Las (12f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Blinkers back on and ought to be in the shake-up.

Form: 4140-32

(7)

Prince Ali¹⁰⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: Oisin Murphy| T: T Faulkner| OR: 59| D

6/1

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win at Wolverhampton in March. Last of 7 in handicap back at that venue (8.6f) later that month though, so needs to bounce back returning from 108 days off.

Form: 7-17147

(3)

Cotswold Cottage²⁷⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Nicola Currie| T: Faye Bramley| OR: 56

7/4

Lightly-raced winner. 14/1, career best when winning 8-runner handicap at Windsor (11.4f, heavy) 9 months ago for Henrietta Knight. Not taken lightly for her new yard.

Form: 7881-

Non-Runners

(6)

Carp Kid¹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 10

T: J L Flint J: Saffie Osborne

(1)

Cloudside Rock³⁶

Weight: 9-0| Age: 4

T: D M Simcock J: Callum Shepherd

Forecasts

Cotswold Cottage (7/4), Spirit Of The Bay (9/4), Forest Hills (4/1), Prince Ali (6/1), Cloudside Rock (6/1), Rating (11/1), Carp Kid (12/1), Like Magic (125/1)

Marginal preference in this open handicap is for CLOUDSIDE ROCK who didn't enjoy the rub of the green when seventh at Kempton last time and can now capitalise on a handy-looking mark. Course scorer Spirit Of The Bay heads the list of dangers ahead of Forest Hills and Carp Kid.