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Heritage Handicap, run over 6 furlongs on the July Course at
Newmarket, is hugely competitive, befitting a race worth £100,000 in
guaranteed prize money. A field of 20 three-year-olds, including
several highly promising types, is due to go to post and, as usual,
we’ve had a look at the ‘wrong’ end of the market, to see if we
can unearth some value for money.
Scrutineer (33/1)
did his handicap mark no favours when winning by 6 lengths on his
debut in that sphere, over 7 furlongs at Doncaster last October, but
started the season well enough, with placed efforts in the European
Free Handicap and Charles II Stakes, both over 7 furlongs. The
Intense Focus colt drops back to 6 furlongs after a quiet effort in
the Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot and, while he’s not bred to be a
sprinter, just how effective he is over the shorter distance remains
to be seen. His one run on good to firm going was perfectly adequate
and he could go well at a decent price.
Priceless (25/1)
won by a wide margin on her racecourse debut, over 6 furlongs at
Haydock last September, and has raced exclusively in Listed and
Pattern company on four subsequent starts. She’s troubled the judge
just once in those four starts, when a never-nearer third of 14,
beaten 3 lengths, behind Shaden in the Firth of Clyde Stakes, over 6
furlongs at Ayr last September, but that was also the only time she’s
raced on ground faster than good to soft. The daughter of Exceed And
Excel takes a drop in class and, if she can reproduce her Ayr form, 6
furlongs on the July Course should be right up her street.
Selections:
Newmarket 3.45, Scrutineer (33/1 generally available),
Priceless (25/1
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