15:11 Newmarket (July)

Saturday 20 June 2026

Ascot

Ayr

Doncaster

Haydock Park

Nottingham

Redcar

Newmarket (July)

Down Royal

Greyville

Thistledown

19:26

Completed
6f
9 runners
GOOD TO FIRM

2 (4)

Expert Agent

Age: 6
Weight: 10st 1lbs
Or: 81

Proved better than ever when resuming winning ways in 10-runner handicap on the Rowley Course (6f, good to firm) 35 days ago, albeit seen to very good effect sticking to the near rail. 6 lb higher mark may be enough to anchor him.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
16/05/26	Newmarket (Rowley)	6f	Gd/Frm	1/10	Flat
04/05/26	Windsor	6f 12y	Good	2/11	Flat
01/04/26	Kempton Park	6f	Std	1/9	Flat
04/03/26	Kempton Park	6f	Std	4/8	Flat
30/01/26	Wolverhampton	6f 20y	Slow	4/9	Flat
21/01/26	Kempton Park	6f	Std	4/11	Flat
16/01/26	Newcastle	6f	Slow	8/9	Flat
10/12/25	Kempton Park	6f	Std	4/9	Flat
01/11/25	Newmarket (Rowley)	6f	Good	4/9	Flat
20/09/25	Newmarket (Rowley)	6f	Gd/Frm	5/10	Flat
06/09/25	Kempton Park	6f	Std	11/12	Flat
22/08/25	Newmarket (July)	6f	Gd/Frm	5/7	Flat
08/08/25	Newmarket (July)	6f	Gd/Frm	9/14	Flat
21/07/25	Windsor	6f 12y	Gd/Sft	7/10	Flat
05/07/25	Haydock Park	6f	Good	1/15	Flat
20/06/25	Newmarket (July)	6f	Good	1/9	Flat
29/05/25	Yarmouth	6f 3y	Gd/Sft	7/7	Flat
07/05/25	Kempton Park	6f	Std	3/8	Flat
02/10/24	Kempton Park	7f	Std	13/14	Flat
18/09/24	Yarmouth	6f 3y	Firm	12/12	Flat
29/08/24	Southwell	6f 16y	Std	11/12	Flat

3 (8)

Twilight Fun

Age: 6
Weight: 9st 13lbs
Or: 79

Scored at Newcastle (6f) in February but failed to come on for recent run when a well-held fourth of 8 at Yarmouth (6f) last time. Bit to prove.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
28/05/26	Yarmouth	6f 3y	Gd/Frm	4/8	Flat
13/05/26	Yarmouth	5f 42y	Gd/Sft	6/7	Flat
27/03/26	Newcastle	6f	Slow	14/14	Flat
21/02/26	Chelmsford City	5f	Slow	3/9	Flat
06/02/26	Newcastle	6f	Std/Slow	1/12	Flat
29/01/26	Chelmsford City	6f	Slow	2/9	Flat
04/12/25	Chelmsford City	5f	Slow	4/10	Flat
13/09/25	Lingfield Park	5f 6y	Std	5/10	Flat
23/05/25	Goodwood	5f	Good	8/13	Flat
22/04/25	Epsom Downs	5f	Gd/Frm	9/11	Flat
13/02/25	Chelmsford City	5f	Slow	1/6	Flat
22/12/24	Lingfield Park	5f 6y	Std	4/7	Flat
09/12/24	Wolverhampton	5f 21y	Std/Slow	2/9	Flat
07/11/24	Chelmsford City	5f	Slow	1/6	Flat
28/09/24	Chelmsford City	6f	Slow	1/10	Flat
25/08/24	Yarmouth	6f 3y	Good	11/11	Flat
10/05/24	Nottingham	6f 18y	Gd/Frm	6/10	Flat
13/04/24	Yarmouth	6f 3y	Gd/Frm	1/9	Flat
26/02/24	Wolverhampton	5f 21y	Slow	6/10	Flat
24/01/24	Lingfield Park	5f 6y	Std	6/8	Flat
30/12/23	Wolverhampton	5f 21y	Slow	4/8	Flat

6 (6)

Dutch Finale

Age: 4
Weight: 9st 7lbs
Or: 73

Much improved when landing an all-weather handicap in impressive fashion at Lingfield (6f) last June before solid efforts in defeat at Chelmsford and at Windsor. Run best excused on account of wide draw on yard debut but ran poorly at Chelmsford on final start.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
11/09/25	Chelmsford City	7f	Slow	10/10	Flat
12/08/25	Lingfield Park	7f 1y	Std	8/12	Flat
28/06/25	Windsor	6f 12y	Gd/Frm	3/8	Flat
12/06/25	Chelmsford City	7f	Slow	3/7	Flat
05/06/25	Lingfield Park	6f 1y	Std	1/10	Flat
10/05/25	Nottingham	6f 18y	Gd/Frm	8/8	Flat
02/08/24	Newmarket (July)	6f	Good	7/10	Flat
17/07/24	Yarmouth	5f 42y	Good	7/11	Flat
29/06/24	Newcastle	5f	Slow	5/9	Flat

7 (9)

Goldwork

Age: 3
Weight: 9st 6lbs
Or: 79

Got back on track after a low-key end to 2025 when third of 8 in 6f handicap at Kempton in April. More or less backed that up in a stronger race at Ascot but underperformed in first-time cheekpieces at York last time.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
23/05/26	York	7f	Good	11/20	Flat
08/05/26	Ascot	7f	Gd/Frm	5/10	Flat
08/04/26	Kempton Park	6f	Std	3/8	Flat
11/09/25	Doncaster	6f 111y	Good	14/21	Flat
31/07/25	Goodwood	7f	Gd/Sft	10/11	Flat
03/07/25	Newbury	6f	Gd/Frm	4/6	Flat
23/05/25	Goodwood	6f	Good	1/6	Flat
30/04/25	Ascot	5f	Firm	8/13	Flat

4 (1)

Sapphire Steps (Ire)

Age: 3
Weight: 9st 8lbs
Or: 81

Had excuses on her final 2 starts as a juvenile and benefited from the return to 7f when fifth of 14 on her Newbury reappearance, finishing to good effect. Failed to build on that promise upped to 1m last time, however, and isn't sure to be suited by the return to a sprint trip.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
16/05/26	Newbury	1m	Good	8/10	Flat
17/04/26	Newbury	7f	Good	5/14	Flat
23/08/25	Newmarket (July)	6f	Gd/Frm	7/20	Flat
15/08/25	Newbury St Hugh's Stakes	5f 34y	Gd/Frm	7/11	Flat
09/08/25	Newmarket (July) Solera Stakes	7f	Gd/Frm	5/5	Flat
18/07/25	Newbury	6f	Gd/Frm	1/11	Flat

9 (7)

Romantic Twilight

Age: 3
Weight: 9st 3lbs
Or: 76

Opened her account switched to a nursery at Yarmouth (6f) in October. Too free in a stronger race back at 7f at Newmarket on final 2-y-o start and always behind on reappearance at Windsor 4 weeks ago. Must improve.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
23/05/26	Windsor	6f 12y	Gd/Frm	13/14	Flat
22/10/25	Newmarket (Rowley)	7f	Gd/Frm	6/8	Flat
13/10/25	Yarmouth	6f 3y	Gd/Frm	1/9	Flat
11/09/25	Chelmsford City	6f	Slow	10/13	Flat
15/08/25	Newbury	6f	Gd/Frm	5/9	Flat
01/08/25	Newmarket (July)	6f	Gd/Sft	2/6	Flat
12/07/25	Newmarket (July)	7f	Good	5/8	Flat
27/06/25	Yarmouth	6f 3y	Good	10/12	Flat

1 (3)

Valley Ofthe Kings (Saf)

Age: 4
Weight: 10st 2lbs
Or: 82

Won twice on the all-weather at the end of last year and showed promise when runner-up at Kempton in February. Has failed to repeat that effort since, though, looking none too keen at Catterick latest.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
08/04/26	Catterick Bridge	5f 212y	Gd/Frm	9/9	Flat
29/03/26	Doncaster	6f 2y	Gd/Sft	7/19	Flat
20/03/26	Wolverhampton	6f 20y	Slow	8/11	Flat
04/02/26	Kempton Park	7f	Std	2/10	Flat
30/12/25	Wolverhampton	6f 20y	Slow	9/9	Flat
17/12/25	Lingfield Park	6f 1y	Std	2/6	Flat
03/12/25	Kempton Park	6f	Std	6/10	Flat
06/11/25	Chelmsford City	6f	Slow	1/10	Flat
23/10/25	Southwell	6f 16y	Std	5/12	Flat
06/10/25	Wolverhampton	5f 21y	Std	1/5	Flat
26/09/25	Newcastle	1m 5y	Slow	3/7	Flat
11/09/25	Epsom Downs	7f 3y	Good	6/12	Flat
25/08/25	Epsom Downs	7f 3y	Gd/Frm	2/7	Flat
09/08/25	Redcar	7f	Gd/Frm	2/8	Flat
02/08/25	Doncaster	6f 2y	Gd/Frm	2/7	Flat
28/06/25	Doncaster	6f 2y	Gd/Frm	4/8	Flat

8 (5)

Sea Cookie (Ire)

Age: 3
Weight: 9st 6lbs
Or: 79

Son of Dark Angel who set the standard on his 2-y-o form and didn't need to improve to get off the mark returning from 10 months off (had breathing operation in interim) in 6-runner maiden at Newbury (6f, firm) 19 days ago. Into handicap now and remains with potential.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
01/06/26	Newbury	6f	Firm	1/6	Flat
10/08/25	Wolverhampton	6f 20y	Slow	2/7	Flat
03/07/25	Newbury	6f	Gd/Frm	2/6	Flat

5 (2)

Bintola

Age: 3
Weight: 9st 8lbs
Or: 81

Left her juvenile form well behind when off the mark in 14-runner handicap (20/1) at Windsor (6f, good to firm) 28 days ago, doing well to score so readily having not had the smoothest of passages. Open to further improvement.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
23/05/26	Windsor	6f 12y	Gd/Frm	1/14	Flat
23/10/25	Southwell	6f 16y	Std	6/10	Flat
18/09/25	Kempton Park	6f	Std	2/10	Flat
28/08/25	Newbury	6f	Gd/Frm	6/11	Flat

Timeform Verdict

BINTOLA was much improved when making a winning handicap debut/reappearance in ready fashion at Windsor 4 weeks ago and looks capable of defying a 7 lb higher mark. Recent Newbury scorer Sea Cookie remains with potential now entering handicap company and is feared most ahead of Expert Agent, who had plenty in his favour on his most recent outing on the Rowley Course.

Betting Forecast

4/1 Expert Agent, 20/1 Twilight Fun, 18/1 Dutch Finale, 16/1 Goldwork, 9/1 Sapphire Steps (Ire), 40/1 Romantic Twilight, 22/1 Valley Ofthe Kings (Saf), 7/2 Sea Cookie (Ire), 9/4 Bintola

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