18:45 Nottingham

Saturday 16 April 2022

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Off time: 18:45 | Winning time: 2m 9.42s

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(3)

Caesar's Palace¹⁶⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: R Coakley| T: S & E Crisford| OR: 67

10/1

Well held in his 3 starts as a juvenile but no surprise were he to improve now handicapping on return. Interesting to see how he goes in the betting.

Form: 866-

(1)

Gangway²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Jason Hart| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 67

4/1

Career best when winning 7-runner handicap (9/2) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 21 days ago, readily making all. 5 lb rise may not stop him if as effective on turf.

Form: 62560-1

(8)

Tropical Talent¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: T P Queally| T: S Kirk| OR: 66

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 8/1, first run since leaving David Elsworth when sixth of 7 in handicap at Southwell (12.1f) 15 days ago.

Form: 0834-6

(6)

Pyrrhic Dancer^p1³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Dane O'Neill| T: R Hannon| OR: 66

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 8 in novice at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 36 days ago. Cheekpieces on first time. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 5-67

(11)

Fearless Bay¹⁵⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: N Callan| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 66| D

10/3

Improved to win 7-runner nursery (11/10) at Chelmsford (10f) in November, well on top finish. Off 156 days. Likely he has more to offer this year. Respected.

Form: 8051-

(7)

Manshoodah¹⁸⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen| T: I Mohammed| OR: 65

12/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Sixth of 10 in maiden (125/1) at this course (8.3f, good). Off 6 months. Up in trip. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 786-

(12)

Laguna Veneta⁴⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 65

4/1

Promising individual. 15/2, third of 9 in maiden at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 49 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Should have more to offer.

Form: 7-43

(10)

Ancient Capital³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: J Mitchell| T: Brian O'Rourke| OR: 62

8/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Sixth of 10 in novice at Southwell (1m) 30 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 6-56

(2)

Solanna¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J Butler| OR: 61

4/1

Improved when winning a pair of 1m Kempton handicaps last month. Had plenty in hand last time and even a 9 lb rise is unlikely to prevent him making a bold bid for the hat-trick.

Form: 009-711

(5)

Mostly Cloudy¹⁴⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Ben Robinson| T: G Tutty| OR: 60

33/1

Well held all 3 starts last year. Off 147 days. Makes handicap debut. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 600-

(4)

Havana Vision²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Tyler Heard⁽⁵⁾| T: M Walford| OR: 53

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 250/1, ninth of 10 in novice at Doncaster (7f, good) 20 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 409

Non-Runners

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Secret Service³⁵

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: C G Cox J: J P Fahy

Forecasts

Fearless Bay (10/3), Solanna (4/1), Gangway (4/1), Laguna Veneta (4/1), Ancient Capital (8/1), Caesar's Palace (10/1), Manshoodah (12/1), Secret Service (12/1), Pyrrhic Dancer (25/1), Mostly Cloudy (33/1), Havana Vision (33/1), Tropical Talent (33/1)

GANGWAY was much improved when easily making all at Wolverhampton last month and is nicely drawn to try and pull off similar tactics again. The hat-trick seeking Solanna will be a major threat if able to translate recent AW improvement to the grass. Fearless Bay struck on handicap debut last November and should also have a part to play if ready to roll after 5 months off.