Andrew Asquith provides an overview of the key things to note on Monday.<\/p>\n
Edward Sexton has more to offer on the Flat<\/strong><\/p>\n Edward Sexton<\/a><\/strong> is a lightly-raced six-year-old, especially on the Flat, who had some very strong form in bumpers, finishing in front of no other than subsequent Supreme Novices\u2019 Hurdle winner Old Park Star on his debut, and he looks the one to beat in the Betfred \u2018Nifty Fifty\u2019 Amateurs\u2019 Derby Handicap<\/a> (15:35). <\/p>\n He hadn\u2019t shown much on the Flat prior kept to the all-weather, but he landed a gamble in style returned to turf over a mile and three quarters at Haydock earlier this month.<\/p>\n That was a clear career-best effort in this sphere, and it was his change of gear which proved the difference in a race which didn\u2019t really test stamina, quickening clear nicely inside the final furlong. <\/p>\n Edward Sexton was given the Horse In Focus Flag, highlighting him as one to follow, and he\u2019s very much one to keep on the right side with this drop back in trip now expected to be a problem.<\/p>\n Rock of England has a solid record at this track \u2013 he has the Horses For Courses Flag \u2013 adding to his in-the-frame efforts when winning over this course and distance at the beginning of June.<\/p>\n He record a third win of the year at Hamilton last month and he hasn\u2019t been disgraced in stronger races than this on his last two starts. Rock of England has a good draw in stall 7 and has won from higher marks in the past, so he makes a fair bit of appeal with Murphy up for the first time. <\/p>\n He has returned an improved model this season following a gelding operation, bumping into a big improver on his return at Doncaster in April, but bolting up from the same mark at Lingfield on his next start.<\/p>\n The addition of first-time cheekpieces seemingly helped his concentration and he confirmed he\u2019s improving in leaps and bounds when following up under a penalty over this course and distance next time with ease, proving well suited by the step up in trip.<\/p>\n Thanos wasn\u2019t seen to best effect in a small-field handicap at Newbury last time, either, that race turning into a tactical affair and he left the impression he needed a stronger gallop. That is something he should get here and, given his previous two wins were backed up by the clock, he can confirm himself a horse still ahead of his mark. <\/p>\n More from Sporting LifeSafer gambling<\/p>\n We are committed in our support of safer gambling. Recommended bets are advised to over-18s and we strongly encourage readers to wager only what they can afford to lose.al<\/p>\n If you are concerned about your gambling, please call the National Gambling Helpline \/ GamCare<\/a><\/strong> on 0808 8020 133.<\/p>\n Further support and information can be found at begambleaware.org<\/a><\/strong> and gamblingtherapy.org<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Asquith provides an overview of the key things to note on Monday. Edward Sexton has more to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1087702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4107],"tags":[288,1071,79,16,15],"class_list":["post-1178140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-horse-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117187353209446871","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1178140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1087702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1178140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1178140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1178140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}