Windsor Placepot picks: Richard Birch provides his selections for the £50,000 guaranteed pool

Punters must solve several tricky puzzles to stand a chance of landing the Windsor Placepot, which carries a guaranteed pool of £50,000.

Course-and-distance winner Fleetwater and Miss Nightfall, who has placed twice, have the most compelling credentials in leg one (3.58).

Thursday, who competes off her correct mark this time after performing extremely well from out of the handicap at Epsom last Monday, stands out in leg two (4.30).

Mrembo might gain reward for a string of consistent performances in leg three (5.00), in which the quirky Total Lockdown looks capable of outrunning his odds on his stable debut for Alice Haynes.

Archie’s Angel and Shrimp Shady are the pair to focus on in leg four (5.30), with Warriors Dream and Dashing Harry the picks in leg five (6.00).

Warriors Dream was taken out of a 6f handicap at Brighton on Sunday to wait for this race and may appreciate the step down in trip. He certainly showed plenty of speed when making all over 7f at Lingfield three runs ago.

Adace boasts Windsor form figures on good to firm ground of 23132, which makes her of considerable interest in the final leg (6.30).

Windsor Placepot perm

3.58
2 Fleetwater
11 Miss Nightfall

4.30
5 Thursday

5.00
6 Mrembo
8 Total Lockdown

5.30
1 Archie’s Angel
7 Shrimp Shady

6.00
4 Warriors Dream
7 Dashing Harry

6.30
2 Adace

2x1x2x2x2x1=16 lines

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