17:25 Sandown

Friday 12 September 2025

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Aspall Handicap

Off time: 17:30 | Winning time: 2m 18.8s

(8)

Carnival Day¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: P Cosgrave| T: J R Boyle| OR: 80| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Epsom in July. Creditable 2¼ lengths fourth of 11 to Beach Point in handicap (5/1) over C&D (soft) 14 days ago. Likely to be in the mix again.

Form: 474134

(12)

Navagio^t⁷⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: K T O'Neill| T: James Horton| OR: 79| D

28/1

Eleventh of 16 in handicap at Carlisle (7.8f, soft, 33/1) 79 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals. Up in trip. Others look better treated.

Form: 5300-50

(1)

Croeso Cymraeg¹⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 9-13| J: Christian Howarth⁽³⁾| T: H J Evans| OR: 77| CD

28/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Lingfield in June. Ninth of 12 in handicap at Southwell (12.1f, 125/1) 15 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 917389

(5)

Beach Point^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Cieren Fallon| T: W J Knight| OR: 77| CD

6/1

Returned to form when scoring here in July and narrowly followed up in 11-runner handicap (18/1) over C&D (soft) 14 days ago. 4 lb higher now but looks sure to go well again.

Form: 422911

(9)

Whatsgoingonmarvin²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: D Tudhope| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 80| BF

2/1

Won first 2 starts this term and has acquitted himself in defeat since, latest when third of 11 in handicap (11/8) at Southwell (12.1f) 26 days ago. Ought to give another good account.

Form: 0-11233

(13)

Tipsy Tiger^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: W Stone| OR: 73| CD

15/2

C&D winner. 12/1, 8½ lengths seventh of 11 to Beach Point in handicap at this C&D (soft) 14 days ago. Now below last winning mark.

Form: 434-077

(14)

Silver Nightfall³²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Tyler Heard| T: J & S Best| OR: 71

80/1

Seventh of 8 in handicap at Kempton (11f, 14/1) 32 days ago. Yet to win on turf and makes limited appeal.

Form: 21-0877

(15)

Distinction^v¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: T P Queally| T: J Mackie| OR: 71| D

33/1

3 wins from 14 runs this year. Latest win at Kempton in August. 20/1, creditable fourth of 9 in handicap at Beverley (9.9f, good) 13 days ago. Warrants respect.

Form: 140114

(6)

Fast Steps¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: George Wood| T: B R Millman| OR: 70| CD

17/2

C&D winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2024. Fifth of 8 in handicap (6/1) at Epsom (12f, good to firm) 18 days ago. Claims on best form.

Form: 733435

(3)

Kokanee¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: D C Costello| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 76| D

12/1

Winner at Beverley in April. Sixth of 9 in handicap (5/1) at Newbury (10f, good to firm) 15 days ago. Not out of things.

Form: 55-1656

(11)

Bijoux²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S D Bowen| T: Ollie Sangster| OR: 75

50/1

Lightly-raced winner. Winner at Southwell in March. 20/1, last of 10 in handicap at Chelmsford City (8f) 29 days ago. Up in trip. Makes turf debut. Something to find on form.

Form: 1560

(4)

Caspian King^t²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: S De Sousa| T: D Menuisier| OR: 72| BF

4/1

Relatively low mileage and arrives on back of creditable third of 8 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f, 15/8) 22 days ago. Likely contender.

Form: 75-5743

Non-Runners

(2)

Son Of Man¹⁴

Weight: 10-4| Age: 4

T: J R Boyle J: Luke Catton

(10)

Lunar Orbit⁵⁰

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: W Greatrex J: Edward Greatrex

(7)

Raedwald⁴²

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: R Hannon J: Joe Leavy

Forecasts

Whatsgoingonmarvin (2/1), Caspian King (4/1), Carnival Day (6/1), Beach Point (6/1), Son Of Man (6/1), Tipsy Tiger (15/2), Fast Steps (17/2), Kokanee (12/1), Lunar Orbit (16/1), Navagio (28/1), Croeso Cymraeg (28/1), Distinction (33/1), Bijoux (50/1), Raedwald (50/1), Silver Nightfall (80/1)

BEACH POINT arrives in the form of his life and may be able to complete a C&D hat-trick. Caspian King and Whatsgoingonmarvin head the list of dangers.