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16:50 Sandown

Saturday 8 July 2023

All13:5014:2515:0015:4016:1516:5017:25

Coral Racing Club Handicap

Off time: 16:56 | Winning time: 1m 28.38s

1^st

(2)

Classic

39-8

6/1

T: R HannonJ: P J Dobbs

Re-shod at start, in touch, pushed along and headway over 1f out, ran on to lead towards finish op 13/2

2^nd

(4)

Novus

39-5

11/4j

T: G & J MooreJ: R L Moore

Towards rear, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 1f out, running on strongly inside final furlong when short of room and bumped towards finish, went 2nd final strides op 7/2

3^rd

(1)

Tiger Bay

38-8

11/1

T: H CandyJ: T E Whelan

Tracked leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, edged left and headed towards finish, lost 2nd final strides tchd 10/1

4^th

1 ¼

(6)

New Business

39-6

11/4j

T: A M BaldingJ: W Buick

Raced wide, keen led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong op 9/4

5^th

1 ½

(8)

Merlin The Wizard

39-8

3/1

T: H & R CharltonJ: Hollie Doyle

Raced wide, tracked leader, pushed along 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong op 11/4 tchd 10/3

6^th

(3)

Scholarship

39-9

22/1

T: C G CoxJ: Rossa Ryan

Towards rear, pushed along 2f out, never on terms op 18/1

7^th

(5)

Prospering

38-12

12/1

T: E WalkerJ: Tom Marquand

Close up, pushed along 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

8^th

(7)

Empty Metaphor

39-5

40/1

T: Mohammed Khalifa AlJ: Andrea Atzeni

In rear, weakened over 2f out, tailed off op 33/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.40Pl:£2.10, £1.40, £1.90EX:£25.80Trifecta:£149.40Tricast:£177.99SF:£23.14Swingers:£4.00, £7.20, £5.50

Forecasts

Novus (11/4), New Business (11/4), Merlin The Wizard (3/1), Classic (6/1), Tiger Bay (11/1), Prospering (12/1), Scholarship (22/1), Empty Metaphor (40/1)

It wasn't the deepest of races MERLIN THE WIZARD won at Ffos Las 13 days ago, but it was very hard not to be impressed with the manner of his victory and he looks up to completing the hat-trick with further improvement on the cards. New Business and Novus are others to view positively.