20:40 Newmarket

Friday 21 July 2023

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Pertemps Medical Operating Theatres Handicap

Off time: 20:40 | Winning time: 58.63s

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(7)

Venturous¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Tom Marquand| T: T D Barron| OR: 84| C| D

22/1

Veteran clearly retains plenty of ability, not beaten too far when fourth of 7 in handicap at Musselburgh (5f, good, 8/1) 16 days ago. Booking of Marquand rates as a plus but lack of pace in the contest is a concern for this hold-up type.

Form: 692844

(1)

Twilight Madness⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: Theodore Ladd| T: S Hodgson| OR: 83| C| D

17/2

Good effort at Epsom on return and shaped better than the bare result over 6f at Newbury on his next start, weakening only late. Again seemed stretched by that trip when down the field at Wolverhampton last month and he's interesting dropped back to 5f.

Form: 114-407

(3)

Conquistador²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: W Buick| T: G Boughey| OR: 86| D

11/10

Off the mark on first run for new yard in minor event at Wolverhampton (5.1f) on Boxing Day before following up on handicap debut at Lingfield 12 weeks later. Fine third at Royal Ascot last time and there's plenty to like about his chances.

Form: 3321-13

(9)

Isle Of Lismore⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: J Mitchell| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 80| CD

4/1

C&D winner last summer who shaped as if still in good form and produced one of this season's better efforts when second in a 7-runner C&D event (good to soft) last week. Should go well again from unchanged mark.

Form: 742242

(4)

Tolstoy²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: R Havlin| T: S C Williams| OR: 77

11/1

Comes with risks attached but is going through a good spell at present, travelling well but lacking room at a crucial stage when second of 8 in handicap at Brighton (7f, good, 7/1) 24 days ago. Still relatively unexposed at 5f and isn't discounted.

Form: 868532

(2)

Eeh Bah Gum²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-6| J: Laura Coughlan⁽⁵⁾| T: I Furtado| OR: 76| D

18/1

Bounced back to form to make his stable debut a winning one in a 6-runner handicap at Lingfield (5f, good to firm, 13/2) 20 days ago, just holding on. 3 lb higher this time but holds sound claims again.

Form: 0115-91

(8)

Skallywag Bay⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Alec Voikhansky⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 76| BF| D

5/1

Won at Lingfield last month and has ran well in defeat both starts since, doing good work late at that same course after finding herself hampered at the start last time. Has benefit of a good-value claimer aboard and she should go well.

Form: 082123

(5)

Jack Ryan¹⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: J Quinn| T: J Ryan| OR: 49

100/1

Won at Yarmouth late last year but is more than a stone out of the weights in this contest and has been off since February, so is easy to overlook.

Form: 217-350

(6)

Harry With Style^p²^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Tommie Jakes⁽⁷⁾| T: J Ryan| OR: 61| D

22/1

Sprang a surprise to score at Bath in April and stepped up markedly from his return after a short break to score at Yarmouth on Wednesday. Interesting if turned out again quickly in this tougher contest.

Form: 308161

Forecasts

Conquistador (11/10), Isle Of Lismore (4/1), Skallywag Bay (5/1), Twilight Madness (17/2), Tolstoy (11/1), Eeh Bah Gum (18/1), Harry With Style (22/1), Venturous (22/1), Jack Ryan (100/1)

SKALLYWAG BAY has performed creditably both starts since winning at Lingfield and would've gone closer still last time granted more luck, so with Alec Voikhansky taking a valuable 5 lb off, she's fancied to get the better of last week's C&D second Isle of Lismore. Royal Ascot third Conquistador and Ivan Furtado's new recruit Eeh Bah Gum are also considered in a competitive heat.