15:15 Goodwood

Sunday 5 June 2022

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William Hill Scratch Of The Day Handicap

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: 3m 36.44s

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(2)

Make My Day³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Rhys Clutterbuck⁽³⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 91| C

10/3

Won 3 times on the level for Ralph Beckett (including at this track), and after a big-money buy, has shown promise in 3 runs over hurdles this year. Showed his form returned to the Flat when runner-up at Ascot last month (albeit flattered by proximity) so fancied to be involved.

Form: 41161/2

(4)

Land Of Winter^p,t³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Rob Hornby| T: Rae Guest| OR: 90| CD

13/2

Ended 2021 on a high with emphatic win in 2m class 4 Nottingham handicap and ran creditably after 6 months off when eighth in Chester Cup last month. Career-best effort required to land this.

Form: 31901-8

(8)

Smart Champion^h⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: L Morris| T: D M Simcock| OR: 82| D

4/1

Slow starts an increasing problem last term but went extremely close to ending a lengthy losing sequence on reappearance at Southwell just under 6 weeks ago, battling well after the favourite had been cantering all over him in the straight. No surprise if it all clicks today.

Form: 0/6350-2

(3)

Mellow Magic¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: David Probert| T: A M Balding| OR: 82

9/4

Deservedly got off the mark on return at Windsor (11.4f, good, 5/2) in April and has backed that up with a pair of runner-up efforts since, latest over C&D (good to soft) 16 days ago. Should be in the mix once again.

Form: 342-122

(6)

Dance To Paris^v³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: Jim Crowley| T: L Wadham| OR: 81| D

15/2

Bit of a mixed bag after resuming winning ways at York (2m) last July. However she ran up to her best after 6 months off when runner-up in Chester Plate last month and a repeat of that effort puts her firmly in the picture.

Form: 13804-2

(7)

Single¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: George Bass⁽⁵⁾| T: M R Channon| OR: 79

16/1

Held her form well during a busy 2021 campaign but shaped as if needing the run after 7 months off when down the field at York a fortnight ago. This outing should reveal more.

Form: 45443-0

(9)

Black Kalanisi⁷¹

Age: 9| Weight: 8-7| J: S De Sousa| T: F O'Brien| OR: 75| D

12/1

Proved himself to be on a fair mark when scoring at Southwell in January and not beaten far on his next couple of starts. However he ran no sort of race back over fences at Stratford 10 weeks ago and interesting to see how he fares in the market back on the Flat.

Form: 08/2-144

Non-Runners

(5)

Zinc White²²⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: O Greenall & J Guerriero J: Rossa Ryan

(1)

Whitehaven²¹¹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 5

T: H Morrison J: R Kingscote

Forecasts

Mellow Magic (9/4), Make My Day (10/3), Smart Champion (4/1), Whitehaven (11/2), Land Of Winter (13/2), Dance To Paris (15/2), Black Kalanisi (12/1), Zinc White (12/1), Single (16/1)

SMART CHAMPION came within a flared nostril of making a winning reappearance at Southwell just under 6 weeks ago, showing good battling qualities given the favourite was cantering all over him in the straight. That proved exaggerated waiting tactics don't necessarily need to be employed so David Simcock's charge gets the verdict to go a place better here. Make My Day, Mellow Magic and Dance To Paris look the main dangers in that order.