17:45 Newmarket (July)
Good To FirmHKJC World Pool Handicap (GBBPlus Race)
- First Prize: £15462
- 1m 4f 0y
- Class 4
- 6 runners
RTV
Runners: 6 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
Form: 256-21 D
OR: 85
W: 10st 2lb
Age: 7 yo Gelding
All four wins over 1m4f, the last three on Tapeta; not seen since a career best to win at Wolverhampton in January and he's 4lb higher here; twice runner-up on turf last year; may need to hit a new turf high but he requires a second look given this small field.
Form: -21223 D
OR: 82
W: 9st 13lb
Age: 5 yo Colt
3-15 on AW compared to 0-4 on turf; none of the turf form is good enough, but that's not having raced between 1m and 2m in this sphere and he was in good form at 1m4f on AW this year; first run since April.
Form: 643-52 CD
OR: 76
W: 9st 7lb
Age: 7 yo Gelding
Won under 7lb claimer in four-runner C&D race (good to firm) last July off 1lb higher; Yarmouth second one month ago and should be seriously involved.
Form: 764-55
OR: 74
W: 9st 5lb
Age: 4 yo Filly
Sole win (12 races) came in a 1m2f handicap in April 2025; made a respectable debut for new yard this April but took a backward step next time; she's now 6lb below her peak mark and moves back up from 1m2f, having been below form once each over 1m3f and 1m4f last term; stamina in the family, though.
OUR TIP
Form: -32321 D
OR: 78
W: 8st 11lb
Age: 3 yo Colt
Acts on good to firm; placed over 1m2f on first four starts this season, before comfortably justifying 4-6 favouritism in a 11.6f novice at Lingfield on latest outing; this unchanged, opening handicap mark seems to demand more but he may have more to offer at this sort of trip.
Form: 237041 D
OR: 77
W: 8st 10lb
Age: 3 yo Colt
Often front-runner; soundly beaten at the big Chester and York meetings in May but fairly solid otherwise this term and returned to winning ways in a five-runner race at Thirsk (1m4f, good to firm) ten days ago; back up 3lb but considered seriously in another small field.
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Betting Forecast
11/2 Melek Alreeh, 7/1 Wonder, 9/2 First Officer, 6/1 Bintabuha, 2/1 Cape Fear, 4/1 Parisian Scholar
Verdict
This is quite a head-scratcher but it might be that CAPE FEAR proves markedly better over this sort of trip and overcomes what would otherwise look a demanding opening mark. Last week’s Thirsk winner Parisian Scholar and last month’s Yarmouth second First Officer may prove best of the rest, in that order.[Richard Austen]