Ian 'Festa' Smithurst Memorial Handicap

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
3rd	1	1	Three Non Blondes (F) Made it 2-3 when comfortably on top on 7f Wolverhampton handicap debut in January. Ran creditably despite looking to find the drop to 6f against here when fifth of 14 when last seen at Newcastle at t…	215371	Alexandra Egan Hayley Burton	3	62.1kg	23 22/1
8th	2	9	Galileo Island (C) P Winner of a Chelmsford maiden in August before following up on handicap bow at Epsom a month later. Good efforts when in the frame on his last 2 outings on all-weather, albeit with the run of the rac…	1132-48	P J McDonald M Botti	3	61.2kg	23 22/1
2nd	3	2	Flight Control (G) Calyx gelding who was sold unraced by Coolmore last autumn and looked a shrewd purchase in making a winning start in 14-runner 6f course novice (good to firm). Matched, rather than improved upon, tha…	135231	William Pyle K Frost	3	61.2kg	5.50 9/2
9th	4	11	Chale Chalo (G) P Got up late to win a 4-runner nursery at Lingfield (7f, all-weather) in December and ran at least when runner-up in a stronger 8-runner race at Southwell (7f) the following month. Broke his maiden on…	931-290	William Cox Tom Dascombe	3	60.3kg	41 40/1
13th	5	3	Watcha Snoop (G) P Stiff tasks on final 2 starts as a juvenile following a convincing Ascot novice success last September. Down the field all 3 starts in handicaps this season, though, including upped to this trip at K…	0-00000	L Morris H Palmer	3	59.9kg	34 33/1
7th	6	4	Gesayed (F) Overcame inexperience to make a successful debut at Hamilton (6f) in June. Didn't race again at 2 yrs but has run to a similar level in novice events under a penalty so far this season, most recently…	1-357	C Lee K R Burke	3	59.9kg	13 12/1
6th	7	5	French Affair (G) Successful over 6f as a juvenile and has improved in defeat this season, posting just about his best effort yet when second of 20 in handicap at York (7f) in May. Backed that up with a creditable fou…	542461	Alec Voikhansky R Hannon	3	59.4kg	3.50 5/2
4th	8	6	Cotai Eye Joe (G) Took a step forward when opening his account in 11-runner maiden at Wolverhampton (7f) in April but never better than mid-field on handicap bow at York 4 weeks ago and he still looks too high in the …	3310	D Nolan I Furtado	3	59kg	23 22/1
12th	9	8	Mighty Vega (G) TP In fine form on polytrack at Lingfield this spring, scoring in March and twice a runner-up before finding a bit more improvement to record a first success on turf in a 7-runner event there (7f, good)…	182213	Christian Howarth S Dixon	3	59kg	19 18/1
1st	10	7	Toastmaster (G) FAV Consistent on the whole for the Crisfords and produced an improved display on debut for new yard when third in a big field York handicap (7f) 2 weeks ago. Turned the tables with French Affair (ahead …	353315	Edward Greatrex M Herrington	3	58.1kg	3 2/1
11th	11	13	Comprador (C) TP Consistent rather than progressive when placed all 3 starts in novice/maidens and it's been a similar story in 2 handicap outings so far, leaving Ed Walker prior to his third in a 11-runner event at …	333530	Cam Hardie A Brittain	3	57.2kg	81 80/1
5th	12	10	Harswell Angel (G) Winner at Redcar on his penultimate start at 2 yrs and he arrives here in better heart than form figures suggest, meeting interference at the start and not getting the smoothest of passages late when…	488857	O McSweeney Roger Fell	3	56.2kg	12 11/1
10th	13	12	Vega Storm (G) Third in a Newcastle maiden on debut before filling the same position in a Ripon novice (both 6f). Took a step forward in form terms when fifth of 11 in novice at Catterick (7f, good, 11/1) 40 days a…	335046	Ryan Sexton R A Fahey	3	55.3kg	15 14/1

Betting forecast: Toastmaster (2/1), French Affair (5/2), Flight Control (9/2), Harswell Angel (11/1), Gesayed (12/1), Vega Storm (14/1), Mighty Vega (18/1), Three Non Blondes (22/1), Cotai Eye Joe (22/1), Galileo Island (22/1), Watcha Snoop (33/1), Chale Chalo (40/1), Comprador (80/1)