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Clipper Logistics Handicap (Heritage Handicap)
7f 192y
Going: Good (Good to Firm in places)
Surface: Turf
Draw Advantage: NoneASTRO KING was a beaten joint-favourite in the John Smith's Cup at the track last month and the return to a mile is likely to see him in a much better light. Sir Michael Stoute's colt won his side the time before in the Royal Hunt Cup, when finding subsequent Listed winner Real World too strong, and he appeals as the type who could prove better than handicap company. The William Haggas pair, Ametist and Irish Admiral, are both of real interest. The former has been crying out for a step up in trip and can be forgiven his Bunbury Cup effort as he found that on the sharp side, while the latter displayed signs of a return to form last time at Newmarket, having shaped ominously well here over a longer trip at the Dante meeting earlier in the season. Others worth noting include Escobar, Magical Morning and Ascension.
ASTRO KING was a beaten joint-favourite in the John Smith's Cup at the track last month and the return to a mile is likely to see him in a much better light. Sir Michael Stoute's colt won his side the time before in the Royal Hunt Cup, when finding subsequent Listed winner Real World too strong, and he appeals as the type who could prove better than handicap company. The William Haggas pair, Ametist and Irish Admiral, are both of real interest. The former has been crying out for a step up in trip and can be forgiven his Bunbury Cup effort as he found that on the sharp side, while the latter displayed signs of a return to form last time at Newmarket, having shaped ominously well here over a longer trip at the Dante meeting earlier in the season. Others worth noting include Escobar, Magical Morning and Ascension.