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Friday 21 August 2020

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Final Furlong Podcast Handicap

Off time: 20:36 | Winning time: 3m 5.7s

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Mercury Dime^t1⁶⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: George Wood| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 65

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 18/1, last of 11 on handicap/turf debut after 6 months off at Newbury (10f, good) 69 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 7524-0

(7)

Bobba Tee¹⁷⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-12| J: Jason Hart| T: L A Mullaney| OR: 63

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. 25/1, creditable sixth of 13 in handicap at this course (9.5f), slowly away. Off 179 days. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 536-06

(11)

Elhafei⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: R Havlin| T: M Appleby| OR: 63| D

4/1

Latest win at Lingfield in June. 6/1, again ran well when fifth of 7 in handicap at Bath (13f, good to firm) 8 days ago, keeping on. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 412145

(5)

Accessor^b²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: F Norton| T: M Wigham| OR: 62| D

6/1

Latest win at Southwell in February. Creditable second of 12 in handicap at Lingfield (12f, AW, 11/1) 21 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 124732

(3)

Barca³²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: E J Walsh| T: A Forbes| OR: 60

66/1

Visored for 1st time, respectable sixth of 14 in handicap at Kempton (16f, 11/2). Off 10 months. First run for yard after leaving Marcus Tregoning. Others more persuasive.

Form: 541336-

(13)

Mousebird³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: P J McDonald| T: H Morrison| OR: 59| BF

3/1

7/2, wasn't at her best back up in trip when sixth of 12 in handicap at Chepstow (16f, good to firm) 31 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Can make presence felt.

Form: 74-4326

(10)

Ezanak^v³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: D Nolan| T: J S Wainwright| OR: 58

66/1

16/1, won 12-runner handicap at Ayr (13.1f, good) 39 days ago, staying on to lead final 100 yds. Not an obvious contender to follow-up given his profile and the circumstances of his win.

Form: 7-86361

(9)

Chamomile^h1⁷⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: L P Keniry| T: D & C Kubler| OR: 57| CWS

25/1

Probably needed the run after 7 months off when ninth of 11 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, AW, 28/1) 76 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Hood on 1st time. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 68919-9

(2)

Atailof Two Cities⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: S Donohoe| T: C Fellowes| OR: 61

7/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 50/1, sixth of 9 in maiden at Lingfield (12f, AW) 40 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Has work to do.

Form: 056

(4)

Indigo Times^h¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Dylan Hogan⁽³⁾| T: D M Simcock| OR: 60

8/1

25/1, made more impact than previously when fourth of 8 in handicap at Windsor (11.4f, good) 12 days ago, unsuited by way race developed. Up in trip. Makes tapeta debut. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 678-84

(1)

Scrafton⁵²

Age: 9| Weight: 8-10| J: Aled Beech⁽⁵⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 47| CD

33/1

3-time C&D winner. 33/1, again ran below form when eighth of 10 in handicap at Leicester (11.8f, firm) 52 days ago.

Form: 06-0478

(6)

Scarlet Ruby²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Marco Ghiani⁽⁵⁾| T: H & R Charlton| OR: 56| BF

9/2

Winner at Chepstow in July. 13/8, proved to be a disappointment when third of 7 in handicap at Chepstow (12f, good) 20 days ago. Makes tapeta debut.

Form: 80-8413

(8)

Easy Desire¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Barry McHugh| T: R A Fahey| OR: 52

18/1

Respectable third of 12 in handicap (22/1) at Yarmouth (10.1f, good to firm) 18 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 50-7783

Forecasts

Mousebird (3/1), Elhafei (4/1), Scarlet Ruby (9/2), Accessor (6/1), Atailof Two Cities (7/1), Indigo Times (8/1), Easy Desire (18/1), Bobba Tee (25/1), Chamomile (25/1), Scrafton (33/1), Barca (66/1), Ezanak (66/1), Mercury Dime (66/1)

A competitive finale in which a chance is taken on ELHAFEI to get back to winning ways. He shaped as if still in good form despite not being seen to best effect when fourth over this C&D in July, so this mark certainly isn't beyond him. Mousebird heads up the dangers dropping back in trip, ahead of David Simcock's Indigo Times, who made more of an impact than previously when fourth last time.