18:30 Yarmouth
Thursday 17 August 2017
All16:5517:3018:0018:3019:0019:3020:00
Bet toteexacta At betfred.com Handicap (Str)
- 3YO plus  |  Class 5  |  7f 3y  |  Good to Firm (Good in places)  |  11 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 18:30Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 1m 24.80s
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A three time winner on the AW, but lacks experience on turf, and finished last of six on his last start on turf here in July 2016. His turf mark is 5lb below his AW mark, so presumably that is why connections are chancing their arm again and maybe worth giving another chance to with a useful claimer in the saddle.
Not won for 18 months now but has fallen below his last winning mark as a result and shaped a little better at Brighton last time. Claims if he can build on that and claimer worth the 7lb he takes off.
Not won since 2015 and struggling for form on two starts this year. Seemingly better horse on the AW having won just one of his 17 turf starts but that win did come here at least. Not dismissed.
Won twice on fast ground over a mile and ran well at Bath last time out. Useful when she can dominate from the front and very consistent but probably better suited to further than this.
Sole turf win came over C&D back in 2014 but has been running well on the AW subsequently. Needs fast ground on turf to be seen at his best so won't want any rain but worked his way down to a feasible mark and can't be dismissed.
Ran well when third here last time but still not managed to win on 16 turf starts and needs to build on that effort now. Well suited to being held up in a strongly run race.
Returned to action with a win over this trip at Sandown but he's been a beaten odds on favourite at the last twice. Return of the winning jockey in the saddle may do the trick though and still unexposed in comparison with most in the field.
Winner once from 12 starts so far. Well held in three outings this season and as a result is rated 11lb lower than when beaten a head over 1m here on good-to-firm ground 12 months ago. Can be slowly away and looks a risky proposition despite an appealing mark.
Showed a bit of improvement on last season's solitary outing when returning to be runner-up at Newcastle (1m, AW) in March. Even so, she was beaten 4L as the favourite there. Has again been given time between runs and may benefit from that. May be capable of better for a yard that do well with their fillies.
Won five times on the AW but not managed to place in nine turf starts to date. Well beaten at Ascot last month and seemingly up against it away from an artificial surface on this kind of mark.
C&D winner last time out and escapes a penalty for that success due to it being an apprentice race. Due to go up 3lb when reassessed and has won off plenty higher marks in the past so should run well.
Forecasts
Call Me Grumpy (2/1), North Creek (9/2), Multicultural (8/1), Zaeem (8/1), Flying Fantasy (8/1), Poetic Force (12/1), Shyron (14/1), Stosur (16/1), Buckland Beau (16/1), Dot Green (25/1), Rouge Nuage (33/1)
FLYING FANTASY won a course and distance contest last time out and escapes a penalty for that success; he could well be the one to beat off a lenient looking mark. Roger Varian and Silvestre De Sousa have a fine strike-rate when teaming up and Call Me Grumpy has to be feared with plenty more to come. Zaeem may prove best of the rest with the talented Manuel Fernandez claiming 7lb.
- Flying Fantasy
- Call Me Grumpy
- Zaeem
Prize Money
1st: £2,911.002nd: £866.003rd: £433.004th: £216.00
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