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Saturday 5 March 2022

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Read Ross O'Sullivan On Betway Insider Handicap

Off time: 15:11 | Winning time: 58.39s

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(7)

Big Time Maybe^p,t¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Grace McEntee⁽³⁾| T: M J Attwater| OR: 54| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Found run of good form coming to a halt when ninth of 10 in handicap at Chelmsford City (5f, 10/1) 16 days ago. Type to bounce back.

Form: 64-3239

(10)

Fard^h1¹⁹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Marco Ghiani| T: M Blake| OR: 52

14/1

Last of 8 in handicap at Chepstow (5.1f, good, 17/2). Off 6 months. Hood on 1st time. Tough to assess at present.

Form: 762268-

(2)

The Defiant^t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Joshua Bryan| T: D Steele| OR: 52| D

9/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, first run since leaving K. Kukk when 2¼ lengths seventh of 11 to Munificent in handicap (66/1) at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 19 days ago. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 6/4744-7

(3)

Munificent^p¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Joey Haynes| T: C Banham| OR: 52| D

5/2

Unreliable sort. Improved on recent efforts to win 11-runner handicap (4/1) at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 19 days ago, slowly away. Cheekpieces back on. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 0906-41

(5)

Ocean Eyes^b¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Hollie Doyle| T: R Spencer| OR: 49

6/1

Remains a maiden after 20 Flat runs. Ninth of 10 in minor event (20/1) at Kempton (6f) 17 days ago, ridden too aggressively.

Form: 0-04289

(9)

Moveonup^b¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Molly Gunn⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 48| D

10/1

Much improved when winning 11-runner handicap at Southwell (5f, 28/1) 11 days ago, going with plenty of zest dropping back in trip for this rider. Can go well again.

Form: 482501

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Hope Springs^h⁸⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Cieren Fallon| T: J R Boyle| OR: 45

9/2

11/1, ninth of 13 in handicap at Chelmsford City (6f) 86 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 783439-

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Vincenzo Coccotti^p¹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 8-12| J: Rhys Clutterbuck⁽³⁾| T: P R Chamings| OR: 45

16/1

80/1, eighth of 11 in minor event at this course (7f, AW) 14 days ago. Down in trip. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 54-0568

(1)

Hot Hot Hot⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: L Morris| T: A W Carroll| OR: 45| D

18/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2020. 25/1, sixth of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 8 days ago, hampered. Others more persuasive.

Form: 37686-6

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Mercers^b³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 8-12| J: Georgia Dobie⁽³⁾| T: P Butler| OR: 45| CD

100/1

3-time C&D winner. Twenty four runs since last win in 2019. 66/1, sixth of 9 in minor event at this C&D (AW) 39 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 9990-66

Forecasts

Munificent (5/2), Hope Springs (9/2), Big Time Maybe (5/1), Ocean Eyes (6/1), The Defiant (9/1), Moveonup (10/1), Fard (14/1), Vincenzo Coccotti (16/1), Hot Hot Hot (18/1), Mercers (100/1)

MUNIFICENT just held on to land a gamble dropped to this trip off his reduced mark at Wolverhampton and remains of interest up 2 lb. Moveonup responded well for this rider when causing a surprise at Southwell recently and that form is backed up by the timefigure, so he rates the main threat ahead of Big Time Maybe, who can quickly shrug off a below-par run at Chelmsford.