15:45 Epsom Downs

Friday 31 May 2024

All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:3017:1017:40

Betfred Nifty 50 Handicap

Off time: 15:45 | Winning time: 2m 12.07s

1^st

(3)

Bolster

49-8

5/1

T: K R BurkeJ: Pierre-Louis Jamin

Made virtually all, clear over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong op 9/2

2^nd

(11)

Paradias

59-0

18/1

T: A KingJ: Rossa Ryan

Held up and behind, headway and hung left over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, not trouble winner, stayed on op 16/1

3^rd

(8)

Derry Lad

68-2

15/2

T: Kevin ColemanJ: Hayley Turner

Steadied start, held up towards rear, not clear run from over 2f out until switched right over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, went 3rd close home, eyecatcher tchd 17/2

4^th

(13)

Haunted Dream

59-10

8/1

T: H Al JehaniJ: James Doyle

Stumbled badly start, held up rear of mid-division, raced keenly and switched right briefly over 4f out, went 2nd and edged left over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, lost 3rd close home op 15/2 tchd 7/1

5^th

(5)

Lord Melbourne

48-2

11/1

T: R M BeckettJ: Tyler Heard (3)

Held up in touch in mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, switched right and widest of all when running on inside final furlong, not reach leaders op 22/1

6^th

(4)

Mysterious Love

48-12

28/1

T: D MenuisierJ: C Demuro

Held up rear of mid-division, headway over 1f out, not trouble leaders op 25/1

7^th

2 ½

(7)

Liberty Lane

49-12

9/2f

T: K R BurkeJ: C Lee

Tracked leaders, not clear run from over 2f out until over 1f out, no chance after op 5/1

8^th

2 ½

(10)

Sweet Reward

78-9

16/1

T: J G PortmanJ: S De Sousa

Took keen hold, prominent, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong tchd 14/1

9^th

(12)

King's Code

48-13

22/1

T: P D EvansJ: P Cosgrave

Tracked leaders, lost place over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong op 20/1 tchd 25/1

10^th

(9)

City Streak

59-0

13/2

T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy

Held up in touch in mid-division, outpaced 2f out, weakened inside final furlong op 7/1

11^th

(6)

I Still Have Faith

48-3

11/1

T: B BrookhouseJ: K T O'Neill

Held up towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, never dangerous tchd 10/1

12^th

4 ¼

(2)

Loyal Touch

48-7

11/1

T: C JohnstonJ: J Fanning

Held up in touch in mid-division, not much room over 3f out, no headway op 9/1

13^th

2 ¼

(1)

Killybegs Warrior

49-10

22/1

T: C JohnstonJ: R Kingscote

Tracked leaders, lost place 2f out, well beaten from over 1f out op 16/1

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Non-Runners

(14)

Sonnerie Power³⁹

Weight: 8-2| Age: 5

T: M Appleby J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.00Pl:£2.40, £5.50, £2.20EX:£123.40Trifecta:£1,334.30Tricast:£678.52SF:£88.98Swingers:£30.20, £5.20, £32.60

Forecasts

Liberty Lane (9/2), Bolster (5/1), City Streak (13/2), Derry Lad (15/2), Haunted Dream (8/1), Lord Melbourne (11/1), I Still Have Faith (11/1), Loyal Touch (11/1), Sweet Reward (16/1), Paradias (18/1), King's Code (22/1), Killybegs Warrior (22/1), Mysterious Love (28/1), Sonnerie Power (33/1)

I STILL HAVE FAITH enjoyed a thoroughly productive 2023 campaign, and with his reappearance second at Nottingham sure to have blown away any cobwebs (winner that day has gone in again since), Ben Brookhouse's 4-y-o is fancied to notch a fifth career victory on the level back up at 1¼m. Karl Burke saddles a couple of last-time-out winners in Bolster and Liberty Lane so they're most feared, with Irish-raider Derry Lad another worth a mention, too.