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Oktoberfest Season Finale On 20th September Classified Claiming Stakes

Off time: 16:23 | Winning time: 1m 32.43s

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(11)

Chalk Mountain^t²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Rob Hornby| T: W S Kittow| OR: 81

16/1

Fairly useful gelding. Respectable fourth of 10 in handicap (8/1) at Ascot (8f, firm) 23 days ago. Possibilities.

Form: 8-33234

(5)

Spirit Genie^t,v1²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: George Wood| T: J Candlish| OR: 84| C| D

11/2

Course winner. Fair fifth of 11 in handicap (15/2) at Carlisle (7.8f, heavy) 29 days ago, running on. Visor on 1st time and no forlorn hope.

Form: 7-05705

(7)

Bellarchi⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Oliver Stammers| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 78| D

8/1

Fairly useful filly. Latest win at Catterick in July. 18/1, creditable fifth of 19 in handicap at York (7.9f, good to firm) 8 days ago. In the picture.

Form: 836415

(9)

Capital Guarantee¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Jason Watson| T: D O'Meara| OR: 83| D

17/2

Latest win at Thirsk in May. 3/1, last of 3 in handicap at Beverley (7.4f, good to soft) 13 days ago so more is needed here.

Form: 615543

(10)

Cephalus^b¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Ashley Lewis⁽⁷⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 81| D

14/1

15/2 and visor on for 1st time in this code, creditable fifth of 12 in novice hurdle at Worcester (16f, good) on NH debut 10 days ago. Needs considering back in this sphere.

Form: 0-21063

(3)

Empirestateofmind^b¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 84| D

5/2

On a losing run but he posted a good third of 11 in handicap at Hamilton (8.3f, good to firm, 16/1) 17 days ago. Weighted to go well here.

Form: 269903

(12)

Abduction⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: Shay Farmer⁽⁷⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 80

9/2

Latest win at Hamilton in June. 13/2, creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at Ayr (7.2f, good) 6 days ago. Not taken lightly on these terms.

Form: 244174

(4)

Al Waqidi^t³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: William Carver| T: J A Osborne| OR: 82

16/1

Lightly-raced winner. 11/1, ninth of 10 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 31 days ago. Can make presence felt if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 11/369

(1)

Little Boy Blue^p⁴⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 8-12| J: Laura Coughlan⁽³⁾| T: W G M Turner| OR: 75

40/1

Seventh of 9 in handicap (40/1) at Salisbury (7f, good to firm) 49 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 4378-37

(2)

Revich^v¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 8-12| J: Cieren Fallon| T: A Wintle| OR: 79| CD

11/2

A 4-time course winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2023. 22/1, good third of 6 in handicap at Ripon (8f, soft) 15 days ago. Ought to be thereabouts.

Form: 066-893

Non-Runners

(8)

On The River¹⁵

Weight: 9-9| Age: 6

T: H Bethell J: J Fanning

(6)

Look Back Smiling¹⁵

Weight: 9-4| Age: 5

T: G Tutty J: Rossa Ryan

Forecasts

Empirestateofmind (5/2), Abduction (9/2), Spirit Genie (11/2), Revich (11/2), Bellarchi (8/1), Look Back Smiling (8/1), Capital Guarantee (17/2), On The River (12/1), Cephalus (14/1), Chalk Mountain (16/1), Al Waqidi (16/1), Little Boy Blue (40/1)

Plenty are in with a shout but EMPIRESTATEOFMIND rates the pick at these weights so is fancied to end a losing sequence at the chief expense of Abduction who can also have a say on these terms. Cephalus, On The River and Spirit Genie all need factoring in too.