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Paco’s Angel was Richard Hughes’ only runner at Royal Ascot this year, but the filly outran her odds in a big way, finishing third in the Sandringham Handicap at 33/1. Hughes’ runners have also been in excellent form away from Ascot, with four winners and four placed horses from his last 12 runners (before racing began on Friday), and it is well worth keeping an eye out for his entrants in the coming days. Dandy Flame was a three-time winner at Wolverhampton when trained by William Haggas and could have his first start back at that track for Hughes on Monday in a five-furlong handicap. Dandy Flame shaped well at Salisbury on his penultimate start, suggesting there are races to be won with him from this sort of mark under the right circumstances. Zavikon has entries in three different handicaps on Monday (Chepstow, Windsor and Wolverhampton) and will be of interest in whichever he turns up in given he’d looked an unlucky loser at Yarmouth in May.
Though you could hardly say he was out of form, Henry Candy definitely took a bit of time to really hit his stride 2017, having only saddled three winners by the end of the third week of May. The next month has yielded a further six winners as well as nine placed horses, and his runners in the coming week are worth noting. Turnpike Trip is entered over a mile and a half at Salisbury on Wednesday and could run well on his handicap debut if building on his second to Zubayr in a maiden at Kempton last time. Canford Tor is another three-year-old entered for his first handicap next week, this time at Newbury over a mile. Canford Tor hasn’t shown much in three maiden starts but wasn’t given a hard time on his final start at Salisbury over seven furlongs and remains open to improvement up in trip (dam won over a mile).
Though Anthony Brittain hasn’t had a winner since March, he is still worth treating as in-form, and it surely won’t be long until he breaks his cold spell if his horses continue to run as well as they have been doing in recent weeks. Five of Brittain’s last 11 runners have hit the frame (some of them at big prices), and Circling Vultures could also outrun his odds if making his handicap debut over a mile and a half at Beverley on Tuesday. Circling Vultures has looked a stayer during three maiden runs (despite his speedy pedigree) and hinted that there may be more to come when making some late headway from the back of the field at Newcastle last time. A mark of 59 looks workable enough if he improves for the switch to handicaps.
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