16:25 Sandown

Friday 29 August 2025

All14:1514:4515:1515:5016:2516:58

Franc James Ties Fillies' Handicap

Off time: 16:26 | Winning time: 1m 48.37s

(9)

Rogue Dynasty^h²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Harry Davies| T: James Owen| OR: 69| BF

11/4

Winner at Chester in July. 7/4, respectable second of 8 in handicap at Newmarket (7f, good to firm) 21 days ago. Hood back on. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 36-9122

(4)

Tempted¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: S D Bowen| T: Ollie Sangster| OR: 69

9/1

Winner at Wolverhampton in May. Good third of 8 in handicap at Kempton (11f, 12/1) 18 days ago. Back down in trip and well in the mix.

Form: 37-1743

(1)

Cuban Girl⁶¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Callum Shepherd| T: Brian Toomey| OR: 68| BF| D

14/1

Winner at Brighton in June. 3/1, good second of 10 in handicap at Ffos Las (8f, soft) 61 days ago on her final run for Andrew Balding. Since changed hands for 32,000 guineas and must enter calculations.

Form: 70-9412

(2)

British Blue²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 68

9/2

Arrives in good form, third of 8 in handicap at Newbury (7f, good to firm, 11/1) 24 days ago. A likely player eased 1 lb with this return to 1m also a plus.

Form: 1-06543

(3)

Albus Anne^h¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Alec Voikhansky⁽³⁾| T: J C Fox| OR: 61| D

7/2

Respectable third of 7 in handicap at Salisbury (9.9f, good, 9/2) 16 days ago, not clear run. Hood back on. Needs considering.

Form: 1133-73

(6)

Tronido^h¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Paddy Bradley| T: S Dow| OR: 58

5/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2024. 7/1 and hooded for 1st time, creditable second of 11 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 10 days ago. Possibilities.

Form: 754752

(8)

Bona Verba¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: William Cox| T: P D Evans| OR: 62

50/1

25/1, first run since leaving Jim Bolger when a good third of 7 in maiden at Ffos Las (6f, good) 16 days ago. Makes handicap debut and not ruled out.

Form: 9-93

(7)

El Fox³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: D Egan| T: M Botti| OR: 60

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 22/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, good third of 8 in handicap at Windsor (8.1f, good to firm) 32 days ago, having run of race. Shortlisted.

Form: 47-053

(10)

Borderline Madness¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Georgia Dobie| T: W Stone| OR: 56| D

9/1

Winner at Yarmouth in July. Creditable fourth of 8 in handicap (18/1) at Kempton (8f) 18 days ago. Can give another good account.

Form: 45-5614

Non-Runners

(5)

Suzuka²²

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: R Varian J: Ray Dawson

Forecasts

Rogue Dynasty (11/4), Albus Anne (7/2), British Blue (9/2), Tronido (5/1), Borderline Madness (9/1), Tempted (9/1), Suzuka (10/1), El Fox (12/1), Cuban Girl (14/1), Bona Verba (50/1)

A case can be made for a few of these but in-form BRITISH BLUE is taken to resume winning ways with this step back up to 1m a positive. Brian Toomey's new recruit Cuban Girl is next on the list ahead of Rogue Dynasty. Tempted and Albus Anne can fight it out for minor honours.