Friday 21 April · Newbury, England

15:50 Compton Beauchamp Estates Ltd Silver Bar Handicap

Distance: 2m 0f 110y
Going: Soft
Class: 2
Prize: GBP 40000
Runners: 10

Race preview

NOVEL LEGEND made a successful return to action when winning at Kempton last month and the James Fanshawe-trained son of Nathaniel, who remains open to plenty of improvement over marathon trips, is expected to continue his progression and repeat the dose. Aztec Empire is similarly unexposed and must enter calculations for his in-form yard. Vino Victrix, who struck the woodwork in last year's Cesarewitch from 3lb lower, should not be far away either.

Pos	Horse	Form	Jockey	Trainer	Wgt	SP
1	Novel Legend	92412-1	Daniel Muscutt	J R Fanshawe	9 0	11-5
2	Call My Bluff	340320-	Joshua Bryan	D J S Ffrench Davis	9 5	7-1
3	Zain Nights	219327-	W Buick	H & R Charlton	9 4	17-2
4	Prince Alex	01509/9-	K Stott	Tom Dascombe	9 6	12-1
5	Secret Shadow	1/30167-	James Doyle	P F Nicholls	9 6	8-1
6	Aztec Empire	4/2-1416	Oisin Murphy	A M Balding	9 6	10-1
7	Mostly Sunny	107021-	Marco Ghiani	H Main	8 9	11-2
8	Vino Victrix	422124-	Benoit D L Sayette	H Morrison	9 12	9-1
9	Prince Imperial	1/62017-	P Cosgrave	R Hughes	9 13	25-1
10	Star Caliber	42/0433-	Jim Crowley	Mrs A J Perrett	9 4	20-1
NR	Sleeping Lion	23/10-65	David Probert	H & R Charlton	10 0