16:00 Ascot

Friday 12 July 2019

All14:1514:5015:2516:0016:3517:1017:45

Alvarium British EBF Fillies' Handicap

Off time: 16:03 | Winning time: 2m 32.43s

1^st

(3)

Bella Vita

38-9

5/2f

T: Eve Johnson HoughtonJ: Charles Bishop

Held up in 5th, pushed long and headway on inside over 2f out, led over 1f out, edged left under pressure inside final furlong, kept on strongly Mkt1: op 2/1 ; Mkt2 op 9/4

2^nd

1 ½

(5)

Birch Grove

48-10

7/2

T: D M SimcockJ: Harry Bentley

Tracked leaders on outside, headway over 1f out, ridden and went 2nd inside final furlong, kept on same pace Mkt1: op 9/2 tchd 4/1; Mkt2 op 4/1

3^rd

1 ¼

(1)

Sneaky Peek

38-2

7/2

T: A M BaldingJ: M Dwyer

Tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, plugged on inside final furlong, went 3rd close home Mkt1: op 11/2 tchd 9/2; Mkt2 op 9/2

4^th

(2)

Hameem

410-0

7/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: Dane O'Neill

Led 1f, tracked leader, every chance 2f out, ridden and one pace inside final furlong, lost 3rd close home Mkt1: op 9/1 tchd 8/1; Mkt2 op 8/1

5^th

2 ¼

(7)

White Chocolate

59-6

7/1

T: D M SimcockJ: A Kirby

Steadied start, held up last, ridden and no response 2f out, never a factor Mkt1: op 8/1 tchd 17/2

6^th

(6)

Cape Islay

38-8

9/2

T: C & M JohnstonJ: Jason Watson

Led after 1f, quickened 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong Mkt1: op 6/1 tchd 4/1; Mkt2 op 7/2

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Rule 4

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Non-Runners

(4)

Dono Di Dio¹⁶

Weight: 9-2| Age: 4

T: M Madgwick J: Liam Keniry

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.80Pl:£1.80, £2.40EX:£12.30Trifecta:£39.50SF:£12.06Swingers:£2.30, £1.80, £3.60

Forecasts

Bella Vita (5/2), Birch Grove (7/2), Sneaky Peek (7/2), Cape Islay (9/2), Hameem (7/1), White Chocolate (7/1), Dono Di Dio (7/1)

A devilishly difficult fillies' handicap. Hameem and Bella Vita have run up sequences but have plenty more work to do from their revised handicap marks in order to continue to progress. David Simcock saddles two runners including the 2018 third White Chocolate who wouldn't be at all inconvenienced by a rain shower or two, while Sneaky Peek remains unexposed and represents Andrew Balding who took this race 12 months ago with Maid Up. However, the very tentative advice is to side with the consistent and stamina-laden DONO DI DIO who might fare better again for the more experienced handling of Liam Keniry.

Dono di Dio
Sneaky Peek
Bella Vita

Previous Winners

2018

Maid Up

Weight: 8-8 |Age: 3

J: Rob Hornby | T: A M Balding

5/4

Prize Money

1st: £12,938.002nd: £3,850.003rd: £1,924.004th: £962.00