19:28 Sandown

Friday 25 July 2025

All17:4518:1818:5319:2820:0320:38

Close Brothers Property Finance Handicap

Off time: 19:30 | Winning time: 2m 8.31s

(2)

Bulletin⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Rob Hornby| T: J G Portman| OR: 81

11/4

Winner at Southwell in April. Creditable fourth of 12 in handicap (6/1) at this course (8f, good to soft) 57 days ago. This step up in trip looks a good move and he's high on the shortlist.

Form: 23-1244

(5)

Bintabuha^v1⁴⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Jim Crowley| T: W J Knight| OR: 80| D

15/2

15/1, 17 lengths last of 7 to Safia in listed race at Longchamp (9.9f, good to soft) 47 days ago. Successful on latest start in handicap company at Wetherby in April and she will be a threat if responding well to the fitting of a first-time visor.

Form: 45-5177

(6)

Whatcombe^b¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: D Egan| T: Oliver Cole| OR: 78

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 13 in maiden at Ffos Las (8f, good, 11/1) 16 days ago. Blinkers back on for this handicap debut and he needs to get back on track.

Form: 02-40

(7)

Dangerman^b1⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Benoit D L Sayette| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 76

15/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 10/1, last of 12 in handicap at Newbury (12f, good to firm) 43 days ago. Clearly wasn't 100% on that occasion and now tried in blinkers.

Form: 8240

(8)

Moon Sniper^t⁹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: W Muir & C Grassick| OR: 76WS

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, last of 12 in handicap (33/1) at this C&D (good to soft). Off 91 days (has undergone a wind op in the interim) and it's easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 6202-0

(4)

War Supremo^t¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: K Shoemark| T: S & E Crisford| OR: 76| D

7/2

Career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Doncaster (10.2f, good to firm, 7/1) 15 days ago, always holding on. 3 lb rise fair enough and another bold show could be on the way.

Form: 5-33361

(3)

Neardown⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Saffie Osborne| T: J A Osborne| OR: 74

12/1

Thrice-raced winner. Fifth of 7 in handicap at Chester (10.3f, good to firm, 22/1) 42 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 16-5

(1)

Love You Back^t1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Ashley Lewis⁽⁷⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 58| BF

3/1

5/2, good third of 8 in handicap at Epsom (12f, good to firm) 15 days ago. Appears to be gradually getting the hang of things and likely to be in the mix here in a first-time tongue strap, despite being 3 lb 'wrong'.

Form: 066-653

Forecasts

Bulletin (11/4), Love You Back (3/1), War Supremo (7/2), Dangerman (15/2), Bintabuha (15/2), Neardown (12/1), Whatcombe (12/1), Moon Sniper (16/1)

The step up to this trip promises to suit BULLETIN, who kept on in the closing stages to finish fourth of 12 over a mile here last time and he is marginally preferred to recent Doncaster winner War Supremo, while Love You Back also needs considering and a case can be made for Bintabuha, too.