Birketts LLP Handicap (Class 2) Racecard

Channel: ITV
Distance: 7f
Going: Good To Firm

Runners: 11
Type: Flat
Surface: Turf
Stalls: Stands' side
Weather: Mostly cloudy

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(10)

Humanitarian ^t

J: Sean Levey

T: Stuart Williams

1m-1m4f winner; only 7th on stable debut at this trip and surely needs further.

/1/0-7

Age: 6

Weight: 9-12

OR: 105

Days: 15

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
29 Apr 22	Nmk Newmarket	7f Gd	2Hc	9-5 t¹	7/7	Shine So Bright (11½L)	50/1	105	82
21 Aug 21	Yor York	14f Gd	2Hc	9-6 h¹	19/20	Sonnyboyliston (88L)	14/1	106	-
18 Sep 20	Nby Newbury	12f Gd	2Hc	9-12	1/8	Dubai Future (nk)	7/2J	102	110
21 Jun 19	Asc Ascot	12f GS	3yG2	9-0	7/8	Japan (19L)	12/1	107	89
1 Jun 19	Eps Epsom	12f GF	3yG1	9-0	7/13	Anthony Van Dyck (7L)	33/1	95	106
16 May 19	Sal Salisbury	10f GF	5Nv	9-5	1/8	Alignak (¾L)	1/3F	-	98

(1)

Pensiero D'Amore ^h ¹

J: Stefano Cherchi ³

T: Marco Botti

Listed winner in Italy and an AW winner for this yard; below par latest; now hooded.

0-0018

Age: 6

Weight: 9-10

OR: 103

Days: 26

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
18 Apr 22	Kem Kempton (AW)	8f St/Slw	2Hc	9-6	8/8	Notre Belle Bete (12L)	15/2	103	89
30 Mar 22	Kem Kempton (AW)	8f St/Slw	2Hc	9-7	1/9	Roman Mist (hd)	33/1	100	109
25 Feb 22	Mey Meydan	10f Gd	G3	9-4	11/12	Royal Fleet (25L)	100/1	103	63
18 Feb 22	Mey Meydan	8f Gd	Hc	9-11	14/16	Valiant Prince (21L)	50/1	105	68
12 Oct 21	Cap Capannelle	8f Sft	G2	9-1	10/11	Rubaiyat (16L)	114/10	-	78
19 Sep 21	Cap Capannelle	8f Sft	G3	9-0	4/6	Attimo Fuggente (1¼L)	7/2	-	100

(8)

Shine So Bright ^h

J: Harry Davies ⁷

T: Andrew Balding

2 x C&D Winner - Won 2 times before on this course at this distance

3 x Distance Winner - Won 3 times before at this distance

Readily mastered Wizard D'Amour over C&D recently; 4lb rise is more than fair.

4440-1

Age: 6

Weight: 9-9

OR: 102

Days: 15

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
29 Apr 22	Nmk Newmarket	7f Gd	2Hc	8-10 h¹	1/7	Wizard D'Amour (1L)	9/2	98	109
24 Jul 21	Asc Ascot	7f GF	2Hc	9-1	18/19	Danyah (16L)	20/1	100	62
10 Jul 21	Nmk Newmarket (July)	7f GF	2Hc	9-2	4/18	Motakhayyel (5L)	22/1	101	99
13 Jun 21	Sal Salisbury	6f GF	L	9-5	4/6	Line Of Departure (4¾L)	15/2	101	99
24 Apr 21	Lei Leicester	7f GF	L	9-2	4/4	Pogo (9¼L)	9/2	102	86
15 Apr 21	Nmk Newmarket	6f GF	G3	9-7	4/7	Summerghand (4½L)	7/1	102	99

(2)

Bullace

J: Hector Crouch

T: Ralph Beckett

Course Winner - Won before at this course

2 x Distance Winner - Won 2 times before at this distance

Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 28 in the last 14 days (4%)

Progress plateaued last season; useful form though and returns now gelded.

13066-

Age: 4

Weight: 9-9

OR: 102

Days: 224

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
2 Oct 21	Red Redcar	7f Gd	L	8-12	6/6	Azano (16L)	16/5	104	58
15 Sep 21	San Sandown	8f Sft	L	8-13	6/7	Mostahdaf (5L)	13/2	106	102
15 Jun 21	Asc Ascot	8f GF	3yG1	9-0	11/13	Poetic Flare (15½L)	33/1	106	88
20 May 21	San Sandown	8f Sft	3yL	9-0	3/7	Mostahdaf (1L)	17/2	93	105
15 Apr 21	Nmk Newmarket	8f GF	43yHc	9-7	1/10	Crossford (2¼L)	11/2	84	102
11 Nov 20	Kem Kempton (AW)	7f St/Slw	52yNv	9-6	1/13	Nine Tales (½L)	2/1F	79	84

(5)

Quintillus

J: James Doyle

T: Charlie Appleby

2 x Distance Winner - Won 2 times before at this distance

Hot Recent Form Trainer - 10 wins from 30 in the last 14 days (33%)

Off since Meydan in February; quirky at times last year but has the form to figure.

4831-9

Age: 4

Weight: 9-6

OR: 99

Days: 92

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
11 Feb 22	Mey Meydan	7f Gd	L	9-0	9/16	Storm Damage (8¾L)	12/1	100	87
7 Aug 21	Nmk Newmarket (July)	7f Gd	2Hc	9-4	1/7	Maxi Boy (½L)	5/6F	97	103
17 Jun 21	Asc Ascot	8f GF	23yHc	8-10	3/29	Perotto (1L)	28/1	92	100
23 Apr 21	San Sandown	8f Gd	23yHc	9-1	8/9	Naamoos (21L)	6/1	92	58
1 Apr 21	Cfd Chelmsford (AW)	8f St	23y	9-5	4/7	Fundamental (3½L)	3/1	-	93
21 Oct 20	Kem Kempton (AW)	7f St/Slw	52yNv	9-2	1/10	Run To Freedom (4¼L)	8/11F	-	89

(11)

San Isidro ^h ¹

J: Adam Kirby

T: James Ferguson

Three wins in France; bought for 60,000gns; hood is a first; probably best watched.

/7157-

Age: 4

Weight: 9-6

OR: 99

Days: 251

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
5 Sep 21	Bad Baden-Baden	8f GS	G2	8-11	7/7	Rodaballo (14L)	16/1	-	79
3 Jul 21	Cha Chantilly	8f Sft	3yL	8-11	5/6	Djo Francais (8¾L)	61/10	-	85
28 May 21	Agr Angers	8f Gd	3y	9-0	1/7	Mouillage (1L)	37/1	-	104
22 Apr 21	Lon Longchamp	6.5f GS	3y	9-4	7/9	Live (6L)	76/10	-	77
20 Oct 20	Dea Deauville	6f VSft	2yL	8-13	8/8	Prince Lancelot (10L)	33/10	-	69
10 Oct 20	Cha Chantilly	6f Hy	2yG2	9-2	4/6	Plainchant (16L)	76/10	-	68

(12)

Saleymm ^t

J: Jack Mitchell

T: Simon & Ed Crisford

Distance Winner - Won before at this distance

Beaten Favourite - Losing favourite last time out

Below par last time but strong contender on his second in the Lincoln.

411-28

Age: 4

Weight: 9-5

OR: 98

Days: 28

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
16 Apr 22	Nby Newbury	8f Gd	2Hc	9-2 t	8/17	Modern News (4½L)	3/1J	98	96
26 Mar 22	Don Doncaster	8f GS	2Hc	8-13 t	2/22	Johan (1¼L)	17/2	97	103
25 Nov 21	Wol Wolverhampton (AW)	8.5f St	3Hc	9-7 t	1/8	Summa Peto (4¾L)	8/11F	87	104
11 Nov 21	Cfd Chelmsford (AW)	7f St	4Nv	9-2 t	1/8	Nizaaka (7L)	6/4F	-	95
25 Oct 21	Red Redcar	7f Sft	5Md	9-5 t¹	4/8	Shobiz (3¾L)	9/4J	-	67
18 Apr 21	Nby Newbury	8f Gd	43yMd	9-5	8/11	Snow Lantern (18L)	13/2	-	57

(7)

Wizard D'Amour

J: Joe Fanning

T: K R Burke

2 x Distance Winner - Won 2 times before at this distance

Beaten Favourite - Losing favourite last time out

Rock-solid handicapper who rarely runs a bad race and seems best at this trip.

2-2312

Age: 4

Weight: 8-8

OR: 87

Days: 15

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
29 Apr 22	Nmk Newmarket	7f Gd	2Hc	8-4	2/7	Shine So Bright (1L)	13/8F	85	93
20 Apr 22	Cat Catterick	7f Gd	4Hc	9-7	1/10	Reputation (1¼L)	7/5F	80	91
14 Apr 22	Rip Ripon	8f Sft	4Hc	8-10	3/9	Empirestateofmind (3¾L)	3/1	80	83
27 Mar 22	Don Doncaster	7f Gd	4Hc	9-2	2/18	Seven Brothers (½L)	7/2F	80	87
20 Nov 21	Wol Wolverhampton (AW)	7f St/Fs	4Hc	9-3 p¹	2/12	May Night (¾L)	5/2F	77	88
20 Oct 21	Kem Kempton (AW)	7f St/Slw	4Hc	9-3	2/13	May Night (nk)	5/1	76	86

(6)

Free Solo

J: Saffie Osborne ³

T: Jamie Osborne

Needed to show more on his stable debut at Windsor where he was last of the five.

2095-5

Age: 5

Weight: 8-8

OR: 87

Days: 12

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
2 May 22	Wdr Windsor	8f GF	3Hc	9-3	5/5	Excel Power (9¼L)	12/1	90	74
9 Oct 21	Lim Limerick	7f Hy		9-9	5/7	Dante's Pass (9L)	7/2	92	76
19 Aug 21	Kln Killarney	8f Gd	L	9-11 tp¹	9/11	Horoscope (12½L)	14/1	95	78
27 Jul 21	Gal Galway	8.5f Sft	Hc	9-4 t	14/18	Sirjack Thomas (16½L)	33/1	95	71
12 Jul 21	Kln Killarney	8f Y	Hc	9-6 t	2/10	Roca Roma (½L)	9/1	93	97
11 Jun 21	Fai Fairyhouse	7f GF		9-13 p¹	4/5	San Andreas (3L)	3/1	97	91

(4)

Natural Path ^tp

J: David Egan

T: Michael Bell

2 x Distance Winner - Won 2 times before at this distance

A winner from 6f to 1m; not badly treated and final Bahrain run was creditable.

50-754

Age: 5

Weight: 8-7

OR: 86

Days: 85

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
18 Feb 22	Sak Sakhir	7f Gd	Hc	8-8 tp	4/16	Silent Film (1L)		-	-
5 Feb 22	Sak Sakhir	6f Gd	Hc	8-9 t	5/15	Roman River (2½L)		-	-
7 Jan 22	Sak Sakhir	6f Gd	Hc	8-6 t	7/18	Deep Intrigue (4¾L)		-	-
10 Dec 21	Sak Sakhir	7f Gd	Hc	8-11 t	11/16	Happy Craf (9½L)	9/1	-	1
13 Oct 21	Not Nottingham	5f GS	4Hc	9-11	5/7	Raasel (4L)	7/4	87	80
16 Sep 21	Yar Yarmouth	6f Gd	3Hc	9-5 t	1/7	Spirited Guest (nk)	7/4F	84	92

(3)

Melody Of Life

J: Royston Ffrench

T: Andrew Balding

Distance Winner - Won before at this distance

Dual winner; off since last summer and has been gelded; others look safer.

33217-

Age: 4

Weight: 8-4

OR: 83

Days: 309

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
9 Jul 21	Asc Ascot	8f GS	33yHc	9-1	7/7	Isla Kai (6½L)	6/1	84	77
25 Jun 21	Chs Chester	7.5f Gd	43yHc	10-4	1/6	Super Over (3½L)	6/5F	77	85
11 Jun 21	San Sandown	7f Gd	53yHc	9-9	2/11	Shuv H'Penny King (1¾L)	9/2	77	81
29 May 21	Hay Haydock	7f GS	43yHc	8-13	3/9	Il Bandito (1¾L)	9/2	77	81
6 May 21	Chs Chester	7.5f GS	23yHc	8-7	3/7	Master Zoffany (3L)	13/2	77	78
23 Apr 21	San Sandown	8f Gd	23yHc	8-2	6/9	Naamoos (14½L)	10/1	79	59

(9)

Top Secret ^h

T: William Muir & Chris Grassick

2 x Distance Winner - Won 2 times before at this distance

12210-

Age: 5

Weight: 8-5

OR: 84

Days: 225

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
1 Oct 21	Asc Ascot	7f GS	3Hc	9-1 h	11/17	Sunray Major (11½L)	8/1	84	66
4 Sep 21	Asc Ascot	7f GF	2Hc	8-5 h	1/10	Documenting (½L)	5/1	82	91
13 Aug 21	Nby Newbury	8f Gd	4Hc	9-9 h	2/8	Neenee's Choice (nse)	5/1	80	88
30 Jul 21	Nmk Newmarket (July)	7f Gd	4Hc	8-13 h	2/6	Extrodinair (nk)	3/1	76	84
10 Jul 21	Asc Ascot	7f Gd	4Hc	9-1 h	1/12	Spanish Star (nk)	12/1	72	81
22 Jun 21	Nby Newbury	7f Sft	5Hc	9-12 h	4/9	Sunset Bay (5¼L)	12/1	73	71