'He is handicapped to win' - Racing Post analysts with four horses to follow

The Racing Post analysis team pick out four horses who caught their eye last week. Members can view the race replays and add these horses to their Racing Post Tracker.

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L'Operateur
Second, Windsor, Monday

Third on his seasonal return at Lingfield last month after being gelded, L'Operateur has to be considered rather unfortunate not to have made a winning handicap debut.

Sir Mark Todd's three-year-old was set a lot to do by George Rooke and was still towards the back three furlongs out, performing miracles to get to within a length of the winner Bint Al Anood, who had been allowed to build a clear lead in front from an early stage.

L'Operateur is definitely one for the notebooks and should be winning soon. [Marcus Buckland]

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Viva Voce
Third, Newcastle, Tuesday

After suffering a wide trip at Wolverhampton in January, when he was also tightened up for room late on, Viva Voce again looked slightly unlucky on this return from three months off.

David Barron's four-year-old ran on well to finish a length fourth, doing best of the hold-up horses in a race, and indeed on a card, that didn't play to that style of racing.

Things haven't gone his way now in either start this year, but he is handicapped to win and crucially this proved his stamina for seven furlongs, giving connections more options. [Steffan Edwards]

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Antiphon
Third, Newmarket, Tuesday

This half-brother to smart 6f winner Firelight and to French 9½f-1m2f winner Lauderdale very much caught the eye, despite obvious greenness, when finishing third to the well-touted Forca Brasil on his debut.

Andrew Balding's juvenile was tapped for toe when the pace increased but he stuck on well under a considerate hands-and-heels ride in the last half-furlong to get to within a length and three- quarters of the winner, who conversely was much more professional throughout the race.

He should be all the better for this experience and he'll be well suited by the step up to 6f (and should stay a bit further still). He should have no trouble picking up an ordinary novice in the coming weeks. [Richard Young]

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Little Sunflower
Second, Brighton, Saturday

Little Sunflower looked all at sea on the idiosyncratic Brighton track, so it was credit to her that she was able to chase home the winner in a two-and-a-quarter-length second.

Isolated towards the middle of the track for much of the straight, William Stone's three-year-old repeatedly got unbalanced before finally finding her feet when meeting the rising ground.

Beaten just a neck on her previous start at Lingfield at the end of March, this filly will surely be winning races on turf this season – just not at Brighton. [Marcus Buckland]

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