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Bet Boost At bet365 Handicap Stakes (Div I)
Class 6, 1m2f (1m1f207y), Flat, 3yo+, Rated 0-60, £3,454, 10 runners
- Going
- GOOD, Good to soft in places (GoingStick: 5.2)
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Cloudy
- Stalls
- 1m2f - Outside; 1m - Inside; Remainder - Centre
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Benavente is our selection and looks the standout on our figures, rated 78 against 62 for the next best, a gap of 16 lb that is hard to ignore in a modest Class 6 contest over ten furlongs on good ground. With the field this tightly packed behind him, he only needs to run to his level to be hard to peg back. Shifra is the most credible danger, with Skimming Along and Muy Muy Loco also in the mix, but all three sit well adrift on our numbers. Benavente is the confident choice.
Runners
Paddy Bradley
Pat Phelan 0/6
Shifra arrives in cracking nick, having won last time out and again three starts back, with a second two starts back in a run of four straight top-two finishes, and she has run over today's trip and going before. The main risk is a 135 lb burden after 32 days off.
- Sire
- Postponed (IRE)
- Dam
- Aurora Borealis (IRE) by Montjeu
- Owner
- Miss Elisabeth Tilley
- Foaled
- 28 Jan 2022
- Stable
- Epsom, Surrey
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 6 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 28%
- Ratings
- Perf 62, Speed 55
Alec Voikhansky
Daniel Steele 0/2
Skimming Along arrives fit after a third last time out, 17 days ago, and he has a second three starts back plus a win five starts back, with experience on today's going. The risk is a fifth two starts back, and carrying 133 lb from draw 11 leaves little margin.
- Sire
- Postponed (IRE)
- Dam
- Flylowflylong (IRE) by Danetime
- Owner
- Steele Going Strong Partnership
- Foaled
- 26 Mar 2021
- Stable
- Henfield, W Sussex
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 2 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 23%
- Ratings
- Perf 61, Speed 50
Finley Marsh
Gary Brown 0/3
Benavente has a win four starts back and a third six starts back, and he has run over today's trip and on this going, returning after 18 days. Our rating of 78 makes him the one to beat from draw 4, though the unseated last time out is a reservation.
- Sire
- Twilight Son (GB)
- Dam
- Galapagar (USA) by Miswaki
- Owner
- Tmc Services Limited
- Foaled
- 19 Mar 2018
- Stable
- Fox Hill, Wiltshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 3 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 26%
- Ratings
- Perf 78, Speed 68
Callum Shepherd
Charlie Johnston 5/48
Vitality has finished fifth last time out and a fourth six starts back, but she is winless in her last six and has been beaten in the pack too often since. She has run on today's going and returns after 33 days, though 130 lb from draw 8 looks a stiff ask on an official mark of 59.
- Sire
- New Bay (GB)
- Dam
- Effervesce (IRE) by Galileo
- Owner
- Miss D Finkler A Herd Dr P Holloway 1
- Foaled
- 22 Feb 2023
- Stable
- Middleham Moor, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 48 runs (10%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 59, Speed 54
Tyler Heard
Simon Dow 1/7
Muy Muy Loco steps up in a good spot after a fourth last time out, with his 33-day break suggesting he's fresh, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Our rating of 60 sits above his official 54, but his one win came six starts back and he carries 129 lb from stall five.
- Sire
- Phoenix Of Spain (IRE)
- Dam
- Suddenly (GER) by Excelebration
- Owner
- Robert Moss
- Foaled
- 8 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Epsom, Surrey
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 7 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 39%
- Ratings
- Perf 60, Speed 58
Callum Hutchinson
Andrew Balding 9/77
Cosmic Girl was third last time out, 18 days ago, and has run on today's going, but she's yet to win in her last four starts, with a sixth three starts back among those finishes. Carrying 129 lb from stall seven, she looks a midfield sort on our 59 rating.
- Sire
- Wootton Bassett (GB)
- Dam
- Waldnah (GB) by New Approach
- Owner
- Malcolm C Denmark
- Foaled
- 7 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Kingsclere, Hants
- Trainer last 14 days
- 9 wins from 77 runs (12%)
- Trainer running to form
- 59%
- Ratings
- Perf 59, Speed 63
Liam Wright (3)
John Gallagher 1/5
Dream of Ithaca won two starts back and three starts back, but a seventh last time out tempers that, and she has run over today's trip and going. Carrying 126 lb from stall 2 after 31 days off, she is ranked eighth of eleven by our rating of 56.
- Sire
- Ulysses (IRE)
- Dam
- Dream Of Wunders (GB) by Cape Cross
- Owner
- Andrew Bell And Michael Wright
- Foaled
- 2 Apr 2023
- Stable
- Chastleton, Oxon
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 5 runs (20%)
- Trainer running to form
- 45%
- Ratings
- Perf 56, Speed 57
Dylan Hogan
Karen Jewell 0/2
Celtic Spirit was second last time out and only nine days ago, with a second six starts back too, and he has run over today's trip and going, but he's yet to win in his last six and two sevenths show his inconsistency. Our rating of 57 puts him seventh of 11, carrying 125 lb from draw 10.
- Sire
- Al Kazeem (GB)
- Dam
- Penmaen Spirit (IRE) by Kingman
- Owner
- Smarden Thoroughbreds
- Foaled
- 5 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Borden, Kent
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 2 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 18%
- Ratings
- Perf 57, Speed 53
David Probert
David Flood 0/4
Summer Evening is yet to win in her last six starts, with three finishes of eighth or worse before a runner-up effort last time out, 24 days ago, so she is hard to fancy; she has run over this trip and on this going, though, and drops in from draw 1 off an official 48.
- Sire
- Belardo (IRE)
- Dam
- Mary Beeton (IRE) by Anjaal
- Owner
- J Tucker
- Foaled
- 15 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Stow-On-The-Wold, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 4 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 39%
- Ratings
- Perf 54, Speed 55
Josephine Gordon
Keiran Burke 0/1
All About George has been beaten in his last two, a seventh last time out and an eighth before that, and is winless in his last six after 44 days off. He has run over today's trip and going, but our figures rank him last of eleven.
- Sire
- Tasleet (GB)
- Dam
- Roshina (IRE) by Chevalier
- Owner
- Mrs Michelle Anne Crook
- Foaled
- 31 Mar 2022
- Stable
- Whitcombe, Dorset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 1 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 30%
- Ratings
- Perf 45, Speed 53
Jack Doughty
Tony Carroll 2/35
Fitzmaurice is hard to fancy, having finished seventh last time out and without a win in his last six starts, with only a second three starts back to point to. He has run over today's trip and going and has had 32 days off, but our figures rank him tenth of eleven.
- Sire
- Wootton Bassett (GB)
- Dam
- Always A Dream (GB) by Oasis Dream
- Owner
- The Mancunian Men
- Foaled
- 25 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Cropthorne, Worcs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 35 runs (6%)
- Trainer running to form
- 27%
- Ratings
- Perf 49, Speed 53
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.