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Yorkshire Post Ladies' Day - Tuesday 6th June Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:00 | Winning time: 6m 4.6s

Pikarnia^t¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: B S Hughes| T: R Menzies| OR: 102

7/2

Winner of a 2m4f handicap hurdle at Sedgefield off a 7lb lower mark when last seen in action at the end of last month. upped in trip here and an interesting contender off top weight.

Form: 43P412-

Swinton Diamond⁷⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Joe Colliver| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 100

20/1

Promising handicap debut when fourth in a big field here in December. Making debut for a new stable when well beaten at Sedgefield last time out and a bit to prove upped to 3m today.

Form: 3/66408-

Border Victor²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Lorcan Murtagh⁽⁷⁾| T: F P Murtagh| OR: 98

14/1

Shaped as if this step up in trip would suit when beaten 15L into fourth over an extended 2m3f here last time out. Races off a 2lb lower mark in this but yard out of form in recent times (last win came back in December).

Form: 98

Silver Shuffle^t¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Miss Emma Sayer⁽³⁾| T: Mrs Dianne Sayer| OR: 96

16/1

Winner of an extended 3m handicap hurdle at Aintree off a 2lb lower mark last June. Well beaten in recent outings including back on the Flat at Doncaster earlier this month and a bit to prove here.

Form: 6368-08

Bankhall^p²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Jamie Hamilton⁽³⁾| T: M Walford| OR: 93

8/1

Pulled up on three of his four outings since winning off a 3lb lower mark here in December. Sole completion came on his only hurdles outing since when runner-up at Catterick last month. Interesting back over hurdles here.

Form: 1PP2P1-

Final Fling³⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: A Nicol| T: R Dobbin| OR: 89

10/1

Signs of promise on bumper debut at Carlisle in October 2015 but well beaten in all starts over hurdles so far. Takes a marked step up in trip for this contest and worth a check in the market today.

Form: 37746/3-

Down Time¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Danny Cook| T: B Ellison| OR: 88

9/2

Made the frame on each of his last two outings including over 3m3f at Sedgefield a fortnight ago. Races off the same mark here as he goes in pursuit of a first hurdles win since October 2015.

Form: 653266-

Blakolive^b1¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Jake Greenall| T: M Walford| OR: 85

33/1

Well beaten in all five starts to date including over an extended 2m4f at Southwell last time out. Blinkers applied here for handicap debut and any market support should be noted.

Form:

Houndscourt^p,t¹⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 10-11| J: Mr John Dawson⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss J E Foster| OR: 85

15/2

Successful over C&D off a 6lb lower mark in January and followed that up with a solid second at Sedgefield over 3m3f on soft ground the following month. Finished well beaten at the same track last time out however but interesting dropped to 3m today.

Form: 312548-

New Tarabela¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Nathan Moscrop⁽⁵⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 83

12/1

Put in his best performance in a long time when finishing third in a selling handicap at Stratford last time out. Steps up to 3m for the first time here and interesting to see if he can repeat that effort today.

Form: 6/6863-3

Lochalsh^t¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Callum Bewley⁽³⁾| T: K Scott| OR: 81

9/1

Finished runner-up over 2m4f at Sedgfield three starts back and finished third at that track next time out. Races off a 3lb lower mark here and tackles 3m for only the second time here and worth a check in the market.

Form: P45152

French Seventyfive⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 10-7| J: Miss E Todd⁽⁷⁾| T: G Boanas| OR: 81

11/1

Handicap chase winner off a 3lb higher mark at Market Rasen over 3m in May last year. Well beaten on two most recent outings including over hurdles on his penultimate outing and has his regular amateur jockey in the saddle once more.

Form: P3749-6

Foible^b¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Ross Chapman⁽⁷⁾| T: M E Sowersby| OR: 73

150/1

Well beaten in all eight outings to date including in a tongue tie over C&D on his penultimate outing in January. Plenty to prove here.

Form: P08PP

Non-Runners

Zamoyski¹⁶

Weight: 11-13| Age: 7

T: S Gollings J: Jordan Williams

Miss Barbossa²⁰

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: M Todhunter J: Henry Brooke

Forecasts

Pikarnia (7/2), Down Time (9/2), Miss Barbossa (6/1), Houndscourt (15/2), Bankhall (8/1), Lochalsh (9/1), Final Fling (10/1), French Seventyfive (11/1), New Tarabela (12/1), Border Victor (14/1), Zamoyski (14/1), Silver Shuffle (16/1), Swinton Diamond (20/1), Blakolive (33/1), Foible (150/1)

LOCHALSH is taken to claim this concluding staying handicap hurdle. The selection is unexposed over 3m and wasn't beaten far on his only attempt at this trip off a 5lb mark when finishing seventh at Musselburgh in January. Pikarnia holds the selection on their running over 2m4f at Sedgfield last month and can claim second on his first outing over 3m while Down Time who stays this trip well and finished runner-up over further last time out is taken to finish third.

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