12:55 Newmarket

Saturday 1 August 2020

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MansionBet Bet 10 Get 20 Handicap

Off time: 12:55 | Winning time: 1m 37.32s

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(11)

Oasis Prince⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 86| D

4/1

Competitively handicapped (sits 5lb below his last winning mark), but just struggling to regain the winning thread; fair third (beaten 1¾L) to Bottom Bay at Beverley (1m½f, good to firm) last week; could feasibly make the frame.

Form: 37-4693

(8)

Ghaly²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: W Buick| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 85| D

3/1

Made all when winning a Nottingham maiden (1m½f, heavy) in August 2019; off the track thereafter until finishing a tiring fourth to Rhythmic Intent on handicap debut at York (1m2½f, good to soft) 23 days ago; the obvious contender.

Form: 0521-4

(2)

Strawberry Jack^b,t¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: M Harley| T: George Scott| OR: 84| D

50/1

Reasonably versatile, albeit possibly slightly stronger on the AW than turf - won twice at Chelmsford (7f-1m) around the turn of the year; finished 2¼L third to Tangled at Beverley (7½f, good to firm) latest.

Form: 12-1393

(10)

Desert Caravan²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: B A Curtis| T: W J Haggas| OR: 82| D

11/2

Won twice on the AW (Newcastle and Wolverhampton) during November 2019, but hasn't kicked on since switched to turf; bombed out (last of ten) at York (1m2½f) 23 days ago; shouldn't be written off just yet.

Form: 11-40

(7)

Light Up Our Stars²⁸²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Jason Watson| T: A W Carroll| OR: 80| DWS

33/1

Has left the care of Richard Hughes since finishing in the midfield rank at Chelmsford (1m) last October; can only be monitored from an easing mark off a 282-day absence; look elsewhere.

Form: 613356-

(1)

Balgair³³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: J Mitchell| T: Tom Clover| OR: 80| CD

6/1

C&D winner (June 2018) who has also run well on the July Course on various other occasions, including when beaten 2½L by Ouzo (in a Class 4 contest) last summer; 2lb lower than when placed at Yarmouth (1m) on his penultimate start.

Form: 5440-34

(9)

Oh Purple Reign^b²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: M Crehan⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 86

22/1

Prolific juvenile (3-10); highly tried so far in 2020, kicking off the calendar year from a mark of 100 in a February Fast-Track Qualifier at Newcastle; basically poor since (0-4) and now easing sharply in the weights.

Form: 6-58579

(3)

Image Of The Moon^v1¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Josephine Gordon| T: S L Keightley| OR: 73| D

20/1

Has raced mainly on the AW since winning back-to-back 1m Kempton handicaps (Cl 4 & 5) under the hands of Cieren Fallon in August 2019; kept on encouragingly (fourth) at Newbury (1m, good) latest; visor newly-applied.

Form: 148-864

(4)

Oslo^v²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Oisin Murphy| T: Sir Michael Stoute| OR: 80| D

5/1

Decisive Chelmsford nursery winner (1m) in September 2019; finished fifth to stablemate Atheeb on Lingfield (1m) handicap bow; wasn't far off that level of form despite finishing last of six to the progressive Tsar at Yarmouth latest.

Form: 6631-56

(6)

Byzantine Empire^p,t1³³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: L Dettori| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 76

12/1

Golden Horn colt who undoubtedly possesses innate ability - finished third to Roger Varian's Valyrian Steel in a 1m2f Newcastle maiden in early June; flopped badly on Windsor handicap debut (breathing?); reappears sporting a tongue-tie.

Form: 29-346

(5)

Three C's^p¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Grace McEntee⁽⁵⁾| T: G Boughey| OR: 67| D

50/1

A four-time AW winner in 2020 (Southwell x3 and Chelmsford); has risen steadily in the weights and grade as a result; weakened tamely after racing prominently on turf at Sandown (1m2f) recently.

Form: 121156

Forecasts

Ghaly (3/1), Oasis Prince (4/1), Oslo (5/1), Desert Caravan (11/2), Balgair (6/1), Byzantine Empire (12/1), Image Of The Moon (20/1), Oh Purple Reign (22/1), Light Up Our Stars (33/1), Strawberry Jack (50/1), Three C's (50/1)

Both the newly-visored filly Image Of The Moon and the lowly-weighted three-year-old Oslo should at least figure on the radar, while the top-weight Oasis Prince is handicapped to have a major say. However, unfortunately for his connections he's just struggling to regain the winning thread (despite often running well), so the soundest advice is to stick with the probable market leader GHALY. Saeed Bin Suroor's Nottingham maiden winner finished a tiring fourth on his handicap debut at York (1m2½f), but with that comeback run tucked neatly under his belt (and returning to this shorter trip) he should prove troublesome to beat.