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Unibet Horserace Betting-Operator Of The Year Handicap

Off time: 20:04 | Winning time: 1m 40.07s

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(3)

Arctician^h¹⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: L Morris| T: S Dow| OR: 79| BF| C

16/1

Course winner. 2 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win at Lingfield in March. 16/5, fifth of 8 in handicap at this course (7f). Off 105 days. Perhaps a shade too high in the weights for now.

Form: 321135

(10)

Francesi¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Christian Howarth⁽⁵⁾| T: S Woods| OR: 79| D

20/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2022. 18/1, eighth of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (8f) 18 days ago. Now 2 lb lower than for his solid reappearance second at Southwell in April and a reproduction of that would put him in the picture.

Form: 3-25768

(13)

Double Time⁷⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: George Rooke| T: Sir M Todd| OR: 78| CD

28/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Wolverhampton in March. Ninth of 10 in handicap (9/1) at Leicester (8.2f, good to firm) 79 days ago, slowly away. Will need to raise his game in order to take this.

Form: 14-7189

(9)

Botas²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: Luke Catton⁽⁵⁾| T: J R Boyle| OR: 77| D

18/1

Latest win at Evreux in April. Ninth of 11 in handicap (15/2) at Sandown (10f, soft) 20 days ago. Needs to bounce back but may well do so and he boasts a healthy strike rate on synthetics (4-10).

Form: 130329

(5)

King Cabo¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Cieren Fallon| T: L A Dace| OR: 76| CD

10/3

C&D winner. Latest win at Lingfield in May. 10/1, good second of 12 in handicap at Newmarket (8f, good to firm) 12 days ago. Likely to be in the thick of things.

Form: 7-21362

(1)

Billy Mill²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: R Havlin| T: B R Millman| OR: 75| CD

10/1

C&D winner. 22/1, last of 9 in handicap at Sandown (8f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Would be in with a chance were he to reproduce the form that saw him finish a close third off a 5 lb higher mark over C&D in May.

Form: 033709

(7)

Brunel Charm^b⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Deon Le Roux⁽⁷⁾| T: R Hughes| OR: 74| C

25/1

Course winner. 28/1, ninth of 11 in handicap at Sandown (8f, good) 40 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 0-28279

(12)

God Of Fire³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Finley Marsh| T: S C Williams| OR: 80

22/1

Last of 9 in handicap (16/1) at Ascot (10f, good to soft) 33 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 54-1389

(6)

Time's Eye^p¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: H Crouch| T: R M Beckett| OR: 80| D

11/1

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap at Windsor (8.1f, good, 14/1) 18 days ago, better placed than most. More needed up 3 lb on this polytrack debut but she's in good hands and will be a threat if able to build on that breakthrough success.

Form: 2-42631

(11)

Umberto^v1⁷⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: K P De Foy| OR: 79

11/4

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, fifth of 7 in handicap at Nottingham (8.3f, firm, 7/2) 70 days ago. Gelded since and now tried in a visor, he's not discounted given that he's on a good mark judged on some of his form.

Form: 2-2345

(2)

Almarin^b1¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J F Egan| T: P Owens| OR: 77| D

10/1

18/5, fourth of 6 in handicap at Epsom (8.5f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Makes polytrack debut and blinkers on 1st time. Couldn't rule out.

Form: 082424

(4)

Goldsmith²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Ray Dawson| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 68| BF

9/2

Respectable second of 10 in handicap (7/2) at Epsom (8.5f, good to firm) 27 days ago, not ideally placed. Deserves to get his head back in front and likely to make a bold bid to do just that here.

Form: 133832

Non-Runners

(8)

Afta Party¹⁹

Weight: 9-9| Age: 5

T: S Hosie J: Non Runner

(14)

Dutch Kingdom⁴¹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: Darryll Holland J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Umberto (11/4), King Cabo (10/3), Goldsmith (9/2), Billy Mill (10/1), Almarin (10/1), Time's Eye (11/1), Dutch Kingdom (14/1), Arctician (16/1), Botas (18/1), Francesi (20/1), God Of Fire (22/1), Brunel Charm (25/1), Double Time (28/1), Afta Party (33/1)

The vote goes to GOLDSMITH, who has been knocking on the door of late and his latest Epsom second off this mark can be upgraded a touch as he wasn't ideally placed. Gelded since his latest start and now equipped with more severe headgear, Umberto rates the main danger but there are several others with claims in this competitive handicap, including King Cabo and recent Windsor winner Time's Eye. Billy Mill would also be a threat if bouncing back.