San Miguel Handicap

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
6th	1	6	One Night Thunder (G) Back in form of late and he gained a first win of the season in 10-runner handicap over C&D (heavy) 9 days ago. Saddles 5-lb penalty but still not taken lightly.	876531	Rhys Elliott G Tutty	6	64kg	6 5/1
9th	2	1	Monsieur Kodi (G) P Won over 7f at Lingfield in February and back in good form, set plenty to do when sixth of 10 in handicap (11/1) at Carlisle (7f, good to soft) last time. LikeIy to be in the mix.	742469	Warren Fentiman R A Fahey	7	63.5kg	67 66/1
4th	3	10	Cisco Disco (G) Quirky sort who bounced back to form when a 16/1 winner of 12-runner handicap here (1m, soft) 3 weeks ago. Back up 6 lb but goes well in the mud and can't be discounted in his bid for a sixth course …	870671	C Horgan R M Smith	8	63.5kg	21 20/1
1st	4	2	Stanage (G) Winless since last March but posted easily best effort this season after a break with fast-finishing third of 10 to One Night Thunder over C&D (heavy) 9 days ago. Firmly in the picture off an unchang…	5-70731	Billy Garritty M & D Easterby	5	62.1kg	6 5/1
2nd	5	9	Empirestateofmind (G) FAV B Veteran who is thriving on a busy schedule and he readily made it 2 wins in his last 3 starts in apprentice riders handicap here (1m, heavy) 9 days ago. Escapes a penalty and hard to oppose.	001212	Jason Hart J & S Quinn	8	62.1kg	2.38 11/8
7th	6	8	The Gay Blade (G) Is enjoying a fine season and bagged a sixth success over C&D in June. Shaped as if the run was needed after a break when eighth of 10 in handicap at Carlisle (7f, good to soft) 29 days ago. No surpr…	150874	Jack Nicholls I Jardine	7	61.2kg	67 66/1
3rd	7	3	Ashen (G) Not long with current stable when opening account over C&D in May and has held his form well since, third of 8 in handicap here (6f, heavy) 9 days ago. Well in the mix nudged up 1 lb.	025233	P Mulrennan J S Goldie	4	60.8kg	7 6/1
5th	8	7	Emery Down (F) P Ended a losing run at Chepstow (7f) in August. Posted good efforts in 7f handicaps when fifth at Chester and third at Yarmouth since. Goes well on soft ground and can't be discounted.	426153	O J Orr J Ryan	4	59.4kg	12 11/1
8th	9	4	Tactical Plan (G) It's now seventeen runs since his last win in 2024 and he failed to build on earlier promise when last of 14 in handicap at Yarmouth (1m, good) 3 weeks ago. Others appeal more.	804408	H Crouch E A L Dunlop	4	59kg	29 28/1
10th	10	5	Valentine Catcher (G) P Enduring a lengthy barren spell but comes here in very good form, edged out only late on when a head second of 12 in handicap at Pontefract (6f, good) 3 days ago. Can race off the same mark here and …	233520	D Allan T D Easterby	5	57.2kg	9 8/1

Betting forecast: Empirestateofmind (11/8), Stanage (5/1), One Night Thunder (5/1), Ashen (6/1), Valentine Catcher (8/1), Emery Down (11/1), Cisco Disco (20/1), Tactical Plan (28/1), The Gay Blade (66/1), Monsieur Kodi (66/1)