14:00 Leicester

Tuesday 4 October 2022

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Leicester Racecourse Ideal Christmas Party Venue Nursery

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 1m 21.99s

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(4)

River Usk²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-11| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 67

7/2

Found improvement when ½-length second of 10 to Menalippe in nursery over C&D (good) 28 days ago. Remains low mileage and is one for shortlist.

Form: 8952

(3)

Queen's Eyot^p²²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-11| J: Rob Hornby| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 67

10/1

Winner at Yarmouth in August. Sixth of 8 in nursery at Kempton (8f, 10/1) 22 days ago, not ideally placed. Others preferred.

Form: 724166

(9)

Oriental Dancer¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 65

15/2

Found some improvement when eighth of 12 in maiden at Newmarket (7f, good) 10 days ago, not ideally placed. Likely more to come on handicap debut.

Form: 798

(7)

Continuation⁸¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: George Wood| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 65

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 7 in maiden at Nottingham (6.1f, good, 12/1) 81 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Others have achieved more.

Form: 445

(1)

Menalippe^p¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: Tom Marquand| T: J Ferguson| OR: 65| CD

10/3

C&D winner last month and ran at least as well when second of 13 in nursery at Kempton (7f, 13/2) 18 days ago. Just 1 lb higher now and expected to be bang there.

Form: 402312

(10)

Beach Breeze²⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: Jason Hart| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 65

12/1

Fifth of 7 in nursery (10/3) at Kempton (8f) 27 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 835435

(5)

Love Fifteen¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A Keatley| OR: 63

11/2

Respectable second of 6 in nursery at Ripon (8f, good, 9/2) 10 days ago, slowly away. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 833202

(8)

Capofan⁶⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Connor Beasley| T: M Dods| OR: 62

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good third of 9 in nursery at Thirsk (7f, good, 6/1) 60 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 58463

(2)

Elterwater⁴⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: R Kingscote| T: D & C Kubler| OR: 62

17/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 16/1, eighth of 11 in minor event at Kempton (8f) 49 days ago. More required on handicap debut.

Form: 068

(6)

Knights Artist²²

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 54

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 20/1, thirteenth of 17 in nursery at Thirsk (6f, soft) 22 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 4960

Forecasts

Menalippe (10/3), River Usk (7/2), Love Fifteen (11/2), Oriental Dancer (15/2), Elterwater (17/2), Queen's Eyot (10/1), Knights Artist (10/1), Beach Breeze (12/1), Capofan (18/1), Continuation (50/1)

ORIENTAL DANCER ran her best race at Newmarket last time and remains open to improvement on the switch to handicapping. She can land the spoils. Menalippe and River Usk look the likeliest dangers.