20:30 Beverley
Tuesday 20 June 2017
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Racing UK Handicap
- 4YO plus | Class 6 | 1m 1f 207y | Good to Firm | 13 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 20:32 | Winning time: 2m 6.26s
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Goes well here and was a winner over 7½f at the track last year from 3lb higher. Showed up well over C&D (good to firm) last month and entitled to plenty of respect, although draw not ideal.
C&D winner (good to firm) in April from 3lb lower, but well beaten last time from a mark of 64 at Ayr. 1lb lower today but looks weighted right up to his best, so will need to be at his peak to go in again.
Well beaten in four maidens, two for Saeed bin Suroor and two for current trainer. Mark not the toughest for this handicap debut, though on what we have seen it could be plenty high enough and probably one to watch today.
Has five C&D wins to his name and goes into this 4lb lower than when recording the last of those in May last year (good to firm). Has looked primed to pop up once or twice of late without doing so. Cheek pieces now added, yard among the winners and any support for him is likely to be significant.
Both his wins have been over C&D and came in quick succession in 2015. Now 1lb lower than the last of them and goes on fast ground, so after a couple of sighters following a long break, a much better effort is entirely possible.
Without a win since 2014 but goes best on fast ground. Not as good as he once was and finished behind Bit Of A Quirke here in April. Looks like he could be competitive, but from this mark he may still find a couple too good.
Broke his duck at the 13th attempt when scoring over C&D last time out (good to firm). Raised 4lb for that 2½L success and, while that reads well on paper, the second and third did nothing for the form next time. Wide draw now ideal and his CV suggests that it will take some effort for him to follow up.
Has recorded eight wins from 1m½f-1m4f, including one here over the latter trip and one over C&D. 2lb higher than the most recent of those in September and from wide draw is likely to need everything to drop right. Probably just needs to be eased a few pounds more to be winning again.
Has been in cracking form of late, winning at Nottingham last time (1m2f, good). Connections chose to run him under a penalty, which is interesting and the balance of his for suggests that from this mark he might struggle to follow-up, despite the inside rail draw.
Was a dual C&D winner in 2011, but has not added to the win column since 2013 and ha not been easy to keep sound by all accounts. Went close here from 2lb lower in August (good to firm) and if better for a recent pipe-opener, he could have a say, though he does not have the look of a good thing.
Sole win was over this trip at Bath (good) last year from 1lb lower. Has not yet been threatening to win for current yard and with a poor draw he looks one to watch today, unless there is significant support for him.
Has three wins here to his name, including over C&D last July from today's mark. Relishes fast ground and despite poor runs either side, he came back here and did well again two starts ago, so he again entitled to plenty of respect from a good draw now back at this venue.
Yet to make the frame on turf from 16 attempts and has again shown nothing in two of those runs this season to suggest that he can suddenly put that behind him in this.
Non-Runners
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(6)

Melgate Melody59
Weight: 9-2| Age: 4
T: M & D Easterby J: Nathan Evans
NR
Forecasts
Bit Of A Quirke (11/4), Bromance (10/3), Diamond Runner (4/1), Melgate Melody (9/2), Lean On Pete (12/1), Judicious (12/1), Bahamian C (12/1), King Of The Celts (12/1), All You (14/1), Tin Pan Alley (18/1), I'm Super Too (20/1), Great Return (33/1), Rockliffe (50/1), Cookie Ring (50/1)
All You looks likely to be tough to beat here, but he is not well drawn and this is not the easiest of tracks to make up ground if he can't overcome that handicap. Therefore, the suggestion from stall three is I'M SUPER TOO, who has a really good record here and on the same mark as when scoring over C&D in July. Tin Pan Alley also has a decent berth and could get much closer this time, while money for King Of The Celts would be very interesting and if he is ready today then he would be feared.
- I'm Super Too
- Tin Pan Alley
- King Of The Celts
Prize Money
1st: £2,588.002nd: £770.003rd: £385.004th: £192.00
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