18:25 Leicester

Thursday 25 June 2020

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Bodie Hodges Foundation Handicap

Off time: 18:25 | Winning time: 1m 23.51s

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(4)

Youthful¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: K Shoemark| T: M L W Bell| OR: 75| D

9/2

Successful over 7f at Wolverhampton on debut in November 2018 but has had just two starts since and finished well beaten at Yarmouth (1m, good-to-firm) on his return from 13 months off the track recently. Making his handicap debut in this event.

Form: 1/P-0

(9)

Swift Approval¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: Marco Ghiani⁽⁵⁾| T: S C Williams| OR: 75| D

5/2

Winner of ten races and ran well when finishing fourth in a 7f handicap at Kempton earlier this month on his return from a break. Worth a check in the market racing off a mark 3lb lower than for his latest success.

Form: 235-554

(10)

Bounty Pursuit¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-6| J: Megan Nicholls⁽³⁾| T: M Blake| OR: 74| C| D

5/1

Making his seasonal debut when beaten 1¼L into fourth in a 6f handicap at Newbury (good) a fortnight ago. One to note racing off a mark 4lb higher than when victorious at Chepstow (7f, good) last September.

Form: 11410-4

(11)

Stringybark Creek¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Thomas Greatrex⁽³⁾| T: D Loughnane| OR: 73| D

11/4

Finished a close fourth in a handicap over an extended 7f at Beverley (good) two weeks ago. Of interesting having won off a 1lb lower mark over this trip at Kempton in November last year.

Form: 1538-04

(5)

John Clare²¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: April Pearson⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs P Sly| OR: 69| CD

7/1

C&D winner was beaten a nose when finishing second in a 1m event at Chelmsford last October. Disappointed over the same C&D the following month and interesting to see how he performs on seasonal debut.

Form: 370420-

(2)

Momtalik^v¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-6| J: P Mathers| T: D Shaw| OR: 60

28/1

14 race maiden finished a well beaten sixth in a handicap over 1m on good ground here earlier this month. Has rn well off higher marks in the past but others hold more obvious claims.

Form: 00-3566

(3)

Chaplin Bay²⁶⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 8-2| J: Nathan Evans| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 56| D

12/1

Completed a double when winning over 7f at Catterick (soft) in August last year. Held in both subsequent starts however and any softening of the ground would aid his chances on seasonal debut.

Form: 501105-

Non-Runners

(1)

Erich Bloch¹⁴

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: R Fell & S Murray J: B A Curtis

(6)

Leo Davinci²²

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: D M Loughnane J: A Kirby

(7)

Full Intention²²

Weight: 9-0| Age: 6

T: S Pearce J: Non Runner

(8)

Glory of Paris¹⁰

Weight: 8-13| Age: 6

T: M Appleby J: L Morris

Forecasts

Swift Approval (5/2), Stringybark Creek (11/4), Youthful (9/2), Bounty Pursuit (5/1), Erich Bloch (5/1), Glory of Paris (13/2), John Clare (7/1), Full Intention (7/1), Leo Davinci (15/2), Chaplin Bay (12/1), Momtalik (28/1)

ERICH BLOCH ran well when placed on debut for this yard and he can register a victory by taking this 7f event. The selection had shown decent form in handicap company in Ireland and he can get the better of Bounty Pursuit who wasn't beaten far when fourth on his most recent start. Third place can go to Full Intention who was placed off this mark on his most recent outing.