Churchill Retirement Living Handicap – Epsom

Epsom

4:15

Churchill Retirement Living Handicap

Date 2023-08-28

Distance 1m2f17y

Class Class 4

Going Good

Type Flat

Surface Turf

Age Band 3yo+

Prize £7,731

Runners (10)

#	Horse	Jockey / Trainer	Wt	Gear	Form	OR	RPR	TS	Last	Crs	Dst	Val	Scr	Odds
5 (1)	Ribal gr J:Hollie Doyle T:Andrew Balding	J:Hollie Doyle T:Andrew Balding	134	p	3-2623	79	84	70	24d	—	—	-19	23.5	10/11 52%
Gives the impression he'll benefit from first-time headgear; remains of interest
6 (4)	Oh So Grand b J:Kieran Shoemark T:Simon & Ed Crisford	J:Kieran Shoemark T:Simon & Ed Crisford	133	—	4113	78	80	34	33d	—	—	+10	27	7/2 22%
Things went against her on handicap debut; still open to further improvement
10 (2)	Flight Of Angels b J:Joe Fanning T:Charlie Johnston	J:Joe Fanning T:Charlie Johnston	127	—	512336	72	85	65	11d	—	—	+4	15.9	13/2 13%
Non-stayer over 1m4f last time; consistent over 1m2f otherwise this term
NR (3)	Melek Alreeh b J:Dougie Costello T:David Simcock	J:Dougie Costello T:David Simcock	136	—	5-4565	74	79	54	66d	—	—	-5	10.3	9 11%
Has failed to progress in 2023 but this reduced mark may help
NR (6)	God Of Fire b J:Richard Kingscote T:Stuart Williams	J:Richard Kingscote T:Stuart Williams	127	t	-13890	72	85	50	12d	—	—	+3	10.5	11 9%
Fitting of tongue-tie needs to make a difference
2 (5)	Udaberri gr J:Oisin Murphy T:S Woods	J:Oisin Murphy T:S Woods	139	—	-23727	77	85	51	72d	—	—	+5	14.8	17/2 11%
Best form is over 1m3f/1m4f but has place claims if coping with this trip
1 (8)	Satono Japan b J:Callum Shepherd T:Adam West	J:Callum Shepherd T:Adam West	144	v	6439-5	82	81	40	45d	—	—	+3	10.1	12 8%
Latest effort wasn't bad but his long losing spell tempers enthusiasm
7 (10)	Light Up Our Stars b J:Elisha Whittington(5) T:Scott Dixon	J:Elisha Whittington(5) T:Scott Dixon	129	h	4-7634	67	82	59	99d	—	—	+1	5.6	16 6%
Last appearance at Epsom resulted in a success off 3lb higher; interesting
4 (7)	Zhang Fei b J:Neil Callan T:John Gallagher	J:Neil Callan T:John Gallagher	135	h	633-92	73	88	77	132d	—	—	+3	7	20 5%
Absent for four months; heed the market signals on debut for new yard
8 (9)	Giovanni Baglione gr J:David Egan T:Pat Phelan	J:David Egan T:Pat Phelan	127	—	-35920	65	85	73	18d	—	—	+6	8.6	40 3%
Blew the start last time (stable debut); penultimate effort was encouraging

Horse	bet365	William Hill	Unibet	Boyle Sports	Ladbrokes
Ribal	1	10/11	1	1	1
Oh So Grand	7/2	7/2	7/2	7/2	7/2
Flight Of Angels	6	6	13/2	13/2	13/2
Melek Alreeh	9	13/2	7	SP	7
God Of Fire	10	11	11	11	11
Udaberri	9	8	17/2	17/2	9
Satono Japan	11	10	10	11	12
Light Up Our Stars	16	14	14	14	14
Zhang Fei	20	16	18	18	20
Giovanni Baglione	40	33	33	33	40

Predictor

Scored on Official Rating (max 30), Recent Form (max 25), and Market Odds (max 20). Max score: 75.

1st

Oh So Grand

OR: 7 Form: 15 Odds: 5

7/2

2nd

Ribal

23.5

OR: 7.3 Form: 2.1 Odds: 14.2

10/11

3rd

Flight Of Angels

15.9

OR: 5.5 Form: 7.1 Odds: 3.3

13/2

Udaberri

14.8

OR: 6.8 Form: 5.4 Odds: 2.7

17/2

God Of Fire

10.5

OR: 5.5 Form: 2.9 Odds: 2.1

Melek Alreeh

10.3

OR: 6 Form: 0 Odds: 4.3

Satono Japan

10.1

OR: 8 Form: 0 Odds: 2.1

Giovanni Baglione

8.6

OR: 3.8 Form: 4.1 Odds: 0.8

Zhang Fei

OR: 5.8 Form: 0 Odds: 1.2

Light Up Our Stars

5.6

OR: 4.3 Form: 0 Odds: 1.4

Ratings

Horse	OR	RPR	TS
Satono Japan Top Rated	82	81	40
Ribal	79	84	70
Oh So Grand	78	80	34
Udaberri	77	85	51
Melek Alreeh	74	79	54
Zhang Fei	73	88	77
Flight Of Angels	72	85	65
God Of Fire	72	85	50
Light Up Our Stars	67	82	59
Giovanni Baglione	65	85	73

Last Run

Horse	Last Run	Status
Flight Of Angels	11d ago	Quick return
God Of Fire	12d ago	Quick return
Giovanni Baglione	18d ago	Fit
Ribal	24d ago	Fit
Oh So Grand	33d ago	Fit
Satono Japan	45d ago	Fit
Melek Alreeh	66d ago	Fresh
Udaberri	72d ago	Fresh
Light Up Our Stars	99d ago	Long break
Zhang Fei	132d ago	Long break