Leger Festival On Sky Sports Racing Fillies' Handicap

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 1m 49.2s

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Gurkha Girl³⁶⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: David Probert| T: R A Teal| OR: 66

5/1

Last of 8 in handicap at Newmarket (7f, good, 28/1). Probably best watched up in trip on the back of a 12-month absence.

Form: 4/21978-

(3)

Phantasy Mac¹⁰⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: W Buick| T: G Boughey| OR: 72| BF| CD

5/4

C&D winner. 3 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win at Nottingham in May. Creditable third of 8 in handicap (9/4) at Nottingham (10.2f, good to firm) when last seen later that month. Big player returned to the AW.

Form: 4-21113

(2)

Glorious Peaches⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Harry Davies⁽³⁾| T: S Woods| OR: 71

4/1

Thrice-raced winner. Won 7-runner maiden at Southwell (8.1f, 2/1) 42 days ago, always holding on. The second in that race has won since and this filly needs considering on her handicap debut.

Form: 451

(5)

Cromarty^h1³¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Callum Shepherd| T: D M Simcock| OR: 66WS

11/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eighth of 16 in minor event (125/1) at Yarmouth (8f, good to soft) on final 2-y-o start. Has undergone a wind op and needs close attention in the betting on handicap debut with a hood enlisted.

Form: 688-

(1)

Making Music¹⁰⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: W Muir & C Grassick| OR: 64

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 40/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at Nottingham (10.2f, good to firm), not ideally placed. Off 106 days ahead of this tapeta debut and others are more persuasive.

Form: 340-57

(4)

Susanbequick⁷⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: J P Fahy| T: Joe Ponting| OR: 56

66/1

Lightly-raced winner. Successful at Lingfield in June. Only tenth of 11 in handicap (9/1) there (8f, AW) last time, though, and opposable on tapeta debut for new yard.

Form: 37410

Forecasts

Phantasy Mac (5/4), Glorious Peaches (4/1), Making Music (9/2), Gurkha Girl (5/1), Cromarty (11/1), Susanbequick (66/1)

The vote goes to GLORIOUS PEACHES, who made it third time lucky dropped to a mile in a Southwell maiden and she is taken to follow up now handicapping off what looks a fair opening mark. Phantasy Mac is an obvious threat back down in trip and returned to the all-weather, for all that she she came up short off this mark at Nottingham last time. Cromarty is most interesting of the remainder and a market move for the David Simcock-trained filly would look significant.