Horses In Focus tips for Thursday: Eye-catchers chosen by Timeform experts

What is a Horse In Focus?

Every performance in Britain and Ireland is closely scrutinised by the expert race readers at Timeform whose tasks include identifying horses that shaped better than the result. Some of these eye-catchers will be awarded the Horse In Focus Flag.

A Horse In Focus comes in many forms, from a promising maiden winner to a veteran handicapper, but the common denominator is the same: the way the horse shaped suggests it’s likely to be something to back next time.

All of the day's Horses In Focus can be found within this article, which also includes a best bet selected by a member of the Timeform Sporting Life team.

The Timeform Flags also appear on the Racecards + section, available for Sporting Life Plus members, on Sporting Life racecards.

Thursday's Horses In Focus

For more on each horse, logged-in readers can head to today's racecards and click the Horse In Focus dropdown.

York

Golden Brown – 14:25

Apiarist – 15:00

Minnie Hauk – 15:35

Aeolian – 16:10

Logi Bear – 16:45

Amazing Journey – 16:45

Dance In The Storm – 17:20

Maybe Not – 17:20

Newcastle

Ivatt – 18:15

Pixie Diva – 19:45

Arctic Thunder – 20:45

Newton Abott

Lady Henrietta – 14:45

My Girl Katie – 15:20

Finest View – 16:25

Killarney

Woodie Wango – 18:37

Leopardstown

Keilah – 18:55

Thursday's Best Bet

DANCE THE STORM - 17:20 York

DANCE IN THE STORM is from a very good family and she showed her true ability in a big-field handicap at Glorious Goodwood last time, settling better in a more truly-run race, and arguably a shade unlucky not to come out on top.

She travelled well on that occasion and caught the eye as she sluiced through the field from the rear, only just failing to reel in another progressive three-year-old who is from an excellent Shadwell family.

Dance In The Storm also suffered a little interference from the eventual winner close home and she remains a horse to be very positive about. She's 3lb higher now, but she is back against her own sex, and she is also taking on her elders for the first time. We are yet to see the best of Dance In The Storm and she is very high on the shortlist for this competitive handicap.

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