19:00 Goodwood

Friday 9 June 2023

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William Hill Pick Your Places Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 19:00 | Winning time: 1m 26.58s

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(10)

Fahari¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Harry Burns| T: S & E Crisford| OR: 71

16/1

Seventh of 11 in handicap (9/2) at Haydock (7f, good) 15 days ago. Needs to do more from this mark.

Form: 6333-27

(3)

Vasilissa¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin| T: R Hannon| OR: 70| D

12/1

Latest win at Kempton in May. Eighth of 11 in handicap at Haydock (7f, good, 9/2) 15 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 461718

(2)

Al Motasim¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Harry Davies| T: H Palmer| OR: 69| BF

10/3

Lightly-raced maiden. 7/2, very good second of 11 in handicap at Haydock (7f, good) 15 days ago, running on late. Makes plenty of appeal.

Form: 360-2

(6)

Yellow Lion²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Alec Voikhansky⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 67

13/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 28/1, seventh of 11 in handicap at Newmarket (8f, good) 20 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 0-5347

(4)

Hobson Point^p⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Minty Bloss⁽⁷⁾| T: J Ferguson| OR: 67

14/1

9/2, sixth of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 45 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Marco Botti. Well worth a market check starting out for a shrewd stable.

Form: 778336

(9)

Commission²⁶¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Rhiain Ingram| T: M P Tregoning| OR: 63

10/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 14/1, seventh of 11 in minor event at Kempton (6f). Off 8 months. Makes handicap debut. Difficult ask.

Form: 747-

(1)

Zoukster²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Billy Loughnane| T: E Walker| OR: 63

11/4

Career best when winning 11-runner handicap (7/2) at Salisbury (6f, good to firm) 22 days ago, driven clear. Going the right way and every reason to think he'll put up another bold showing.

Form: 70-821

(5)

Freetodream¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Benoit D L Sayette| T: Mrs A J Perrett| OR: 60| D

4/1

Career best when winning 14-runner handicap (4/1) at Brighton (7f, good to firm) 17 days ago. Should go well again.

Form: 0988-61

(7)

Miss Moonshine¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Oliver Searle⁽⁷⁾| T: B R Millman| OR: 59

66/1

2 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win at Lingfield in February. 17/2, last of 10 in handicap at Bath (5.7f, firm) 14 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 211270

(8)

Victory House^p²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Mikkel Mortensen⁽⁷⁾| T: C Fellowes| OR: 58

25/1

16/1, creditable 3¼ lengths sixth of 11 to Zoukster in handicap at Salisbury (6f, good to firm) 22 days ago. Needs to improve to defy this mark.

Form: 755356

Forecasts

Zoukster (11/4), Al Motasim (10/3), Freetodream (4/1), Yellow Lion (13/2), Commission (10/1), Vasilissa (12/1), Hobson Point (14/1), Fahari (16/1), Victory House (25/1), Miss Moonshine (66/1)

AL MOTASIM attracted support before shaping well at Haydock on handicap debut and, with more to come, he gets the nod ahead of recent winners Zoukster and Freetodream, who should both give a good account once again.