Hong Kong Jockey Club Lester Piggott Handicap

Epsom

1:25

Date 2024-06-01

Distance 1m2f17y

Class Class 2

Going Good To Soft

Type Flat

Surface Turf

Age Band 3yo

Prize £38,655

Runners 12

Runners

#	Horse	Jockey / Trainer	Wt	Gear	Form	OR	RPR	TS	Last	Crs	Dst	Val	Odds
8 (1)	Portsmouth b Oisin Murphy · Andrew Balding	Oisin Murphy · Andrew Balding	126	—	454-12	83	107	92	29d	—	—	-7	5/2
Comfortable winner here (8.5f, good) and good second of six at Goodwood (1m2f, heavy)
2 (11)	Persica ch Sean Levey · Richard Hannon	Sean Levey · Richard Hannon	135	—	101-34	92	105	86	14d	—	—	-1	4/1
16-1, ran on well from the back when 4th of 16 in London Gold Cup at Newbury (1m2f, good)
7 (3)	Bubbles Wonky b William Buick · Tim Easterby	William Buick · Tim Easterby	130	—	41-2	87	99	85	19d	—	—	+7	13/2
Three 7f races; bred much more for 1m2f+ and he's an interesting handicap debutant
3 (12)	Golden West ch Clifford Lee · K R Burke	Clifford Lee · K R Burke	134	p	11-74	91	98	78	24d	—	—	+4	17/2
Perhaps stretched by 1m4f; needs improvement but sights are lowered somewhat from Group 3s
5 (8)	Whiskey Pete ch Hector Crouch · Ralph Beckett	Hector Crouch · Ralph Beckett	132	—	2331-P	89	104	90	16d	—	—	+4	8/1
Promising win on handicap debut at York (1m, soft) as 2yo; ran a shocker on reappearance
4 (2)	Grey Cuban gr Hollie Doyle · Hugo Palmer	Hollie Doyle · Hugo Palmer	132	—	083-16	89	99	70	23d	—	—	+4	9/1
Clearly needs better and he's a free-going sort, so 1m2f may not help
9 (5)	Cool Legend gr Tom Marquand · William Haggas	Tom Marquand · William Haggas	124	—	531-5	81	100	69	16d	—	—	+4	14/1
York was disappointing but it's far too early to rule out improvement and trip could suit
11 (9)	Blake b Rhys Clutterbuck · Peter Chapple-Hyam	Rhys Clutterbuck · Peter Chapple-Hyam	122	—	53-321	79	101	88	9d	—	—	+4	16/1
Steady progress, winning a nine-runner handicap at Sandown (1m, soft) nine days ago
10 (10)	Prepschool gr Ben Coen · Michael Bell	Ben Coen · Michael Bell	123	—	24-438	80	103	89	14d	—	—	+5	25/1
Contested three 1m2f handicaps this term, easily best of those when third at Sandown
12 (7)	Commander Crouch b Saffie Osborne · Jim Boyle	Saffie Osborne · Jim Boyle	117	—	27-667	74	94	80	9d	—	—	+4	28/1
Ran on from a detached last when sixth of 11 to Portsmouth over 8.5f here two starts back
1 (4)	Hot Fuss b Pierre-Louis Jamin · Tom Dascombe	Pierre-Louis Jamin · Tom Dascombe	135	p	462-44	92	100	75	27d	—	—	+9	33/1
Consistent sort but he does not look on a great mark; cheekpieces go on
6 (6)	Redhot Whisper b Jack Gilligan · B F Brookhouse	Jack Gilligan · B F Brookhouse	130	ht	27-832	87	97	72	11d	—	—	+7	28/1
Kept hanging left in the closing stages last time; new trip; others are more persuasive

Horse	bet365
Portsmouth	5/2
Persica	4/1
Bubbles Wonky	13/2
Golden West	17/2
Whiskey Pete	8/1
Grey Cuban	9/1
Cool Legend	14/1
Blake	16/1
Prepschool	25/1
Commander Crouch	28/1
Hot Fuss	33/1
Redhot Whisper	28/1

Predictor

1st

Bubbles Wonky

13/2

2nd

Portsmouth

5/2

3rd

Persica

4/1

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