Autumn aces: our experts unearth five handicappers to follow

Autumn officially begins on Monday and the ground tends to be on the easy side by the end of the turf season. Our experts have picked out five horses who could enjoy a fruitful finish to the campaign

Give It Some Teddy
Tim Easterby
OR 77

Looked better than ever when landing a mile handicap at his beloved Redcar on Tuesday, and is likely to arrive in tip-top shape to defend his Racing TV Straight Mile Series Handicap Final crown on October 5.

Give It Some Teddy: a recent winner at RedcarCredit: David Carr

A strongly-run mile on fast ground is tailor-made for this five-year-old, who landed one of Redcar’s principal races last autumn by a short head from Dawaaleeb.
Richard Birch, tipster

Knight Shield
William Haggas
OR 90

Unbeaten in two starts, Knight Shield displayed a tenacious attitude when winning at Windsor and Newbury and should have plenty of improvement to come.The colt did hold an entry for a valuable sales race at York but connections skipped that target and he could win a nice handicap before the end of the season.

An extra furlong should suit and his relatives have won on slower ground as well so autumn underfoot conditions would hopefully not prove problematic.
David Baxter, Juvenile Judge

Battered
Ralph Beckett
OR 96

Battered shaped encouragingly on his first start since February when a close fifth in a 6½f handicap at the St Leger meeting last week and is worth following for the rest of the turf campaign.

King Power Racing bought the five-year-old for 200,000gns in 2017, and although he has yet to fulfil that price tag, there should be a nice handicap in him off a mark of 96.

He is 2-2 on soft ground and holds an entry for the Challenge Cup at Ascot on October 5.
Jack Haynes, reporter

Time To Study
Ian Williams
OR 98

This five-year-old has always been at his best in the mud and looks back to his best, having won the last twice. He is unlikely to improve on what he showed for Mark Johnston, but Ian Williams still has a bit to play with on the horse's best form from a mark of 98 and is highly adept at priming one for the big day. Time To Study should go well in the Cesarewitch or could even dip back into Group races as plan B.
Keith Melrose, Betting Editor

Rise Hall
Martyn Meade
OR 99

Improving four-year-old who was impressive when making most of the running to win a 1m2f handicap at Newmarket in July and ran better than his finishing position suggests when fourth behind Forest Of Dean at York last time. Martyn Meade’s runner was unable to hold his favoured prominent early position but kept on strongly to be nearest at the finish.

Rise Hall: has been running well of lateCredit: Alan Crowhurst

He has a good chance to reverse placings with the winner at Newbury on Saturday and victory there would put him on the cusp of a crack at the Cambridgeshire.
Graeme Rodway, tipster

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