Bernard Hunter Metal Recycling Handicap

Off time: 19:26 | Winning time: 58.65s

(4)

Jer Batt⁹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: D Nolan| T: T D Barron| OR: 82| CD

11/4

C&D winner. His last success came at Haydock in 2024 but he has a reduced mark to work with as a result and his C&D third of 12 in April was a step back in the right direction, albeit Montezuma was ahead in second. Off for a further 3 months since.

Form: 3337-73

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(1)

Mighty Magnus²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Connor Beasley| T: M Dods| OR: 85| BF| CD

9/2

C&D winner in June. 15/8, respectable third of 8 in handicap at Newmarket (5f, firm) 27 days ago, not ideally placed after being hampered leaving the stalls.

Form: 203153

(3)

Francisco's Piece⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: O McSweeney| T: A Keatley| OR: 81| D

13/2

Fifteen runs since last win in 2024. 13/2, ran better than on reappearance when fifth of 11 in handicap at Carlisle (5f, soft) 52 days ago, unable to sustain effort. May come on for the run again.

Form: 0005-75

(2)

Montezuma^h⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Lauren Young⁽⁵⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 78| BF| CD

9/4

Started the season with a win and 2 seconds over this C&D. Hasn't done quite so well at other venues since but capable of staging a revival back at Musselburgh.

Form: 212053

(5)

Curious Rover¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: K Stott| T: K Scott| OR: 76| CD

7/2

Back to winning ways when seeing off 10 rivals at Ayr (5f, firm) 18 days ago. Raised 5 lb but he still remains 6 lb below the mark he defied in this race last year. Should go well again.

Form: 744471

Forecasts

Montezuma (9/4), Jer Batt (11/4), Curious Rover (7/2), Mighty Magnus (9/2), Francisco's Piece (13/2)

Four of the 5 runners have tasted C&D success. MONTEZUMA hasn't finished out of the first 2 in his 4 previous C&D visits and is taken to bounce back to form with a bang and prove too strong for last year's winner Curious Rover. Sole 3-y-o Mighty Magnus shaped quite well at Newmarket last time and should also be on the premises.