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Friday 1 September 2017

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Ladies' Day Next At thirskraces Saturday 9th September Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 17:11 | Winning time: 1m 38.85s

(7)

Dreaming Time¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: Mr Paul Hainey⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J Tate| OR: 71| D

11/1

Winner of a Lingfield maiden and who showed some promise on stable debut after a layoff two weeks ago. Should improve and stable have a good strike rate here. Claimer having just his second ride in public.

Form: 5156

(10)

Golden Guest⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Jane Elliott⁽⁶⁾| T: G G Margarson| OR: 69

9/4

Has landed two races under this rider and appreciated the return to a faster surface last time. Best form has come at 7f but he stays this far and his handicap mark looks fair.

Form: 381152

(5)

Stubytuesday¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Harrison Shaw⁽¹⁰⁾| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 69

7/1

Winner of two races on soft ground but less effective at Wolverhampton last time off this mark. Stable have gone off the boil lately and others are preferred.

Form: 269615

(3)

Halinka²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: David Egan⁽³⁾| T: R Varian| OR: 68

4/1

Twelve-race maiden representing a yard who have not been striking with their familiar regularity. Talented claimer on board but he has a modest 1-21 strike rate for the trainer.

Form: 2-62443

(4)

Our Greta³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Alistair Rawlinson⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 65| C

12/1

Winner here over 5f as a juvenile and represents last year's winning stable. Fair third over this trip at Haydock on penultimate start but out of her depth over further at York on her latest start.

Form: 050-836

(9)

Armagnac¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Tristan Price⁽¹⁰⁾| T: M L W Bell| OR: 64

8/1

12-race maiden who continues to regress. Stable in form but it is otherwise hard to be positive about his prospects.

Form: 547404

(2)

Sussex Girl²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Nicola Currie⁽⁷⁾| T: John Berry| OR: 62

28/1

Lightly raced filly from a yard that are 3-4 in the past fortnight. Ground was against her on her reappearance and she has has been dropped 4lb since. Could be the surprise package in this.

Form: 8-447

(11)

Kilbaha Lady^t²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Rowan Scott⁽³⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 61

13/2

Sole win in 17 starts came over the stiff 7f at Carlisle. Suited by a strong pace and should get that here. Good claimer on board and no forlorn hope.

Form: 063394

(6)

Lady Volante¹²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Hollie Doyle| T: R Menzies| OR: 60

16/1

Will be racing for her third trainer in as many starts whilst returning from a four month break. Respected claimer on board and worth checking in the market.

Form: 958533

Non-Runners

(1)

Dream Team¹⁶

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: M Dods J: Callum Rodriguez

(8)

Buskin River¹⁴

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: J M P Eustace J: Adam J McNamara

Forecasts

Golden Guest (9/4), Halinka (4/1), Kilbaha Lady (13/2), Stubytuesday (7/1), Armagnac (8/1), Dream Team (10/1), Dreaming Time (11/1), Our Greta (12/1), Buskin River (14/1), Lady Volante (16/1), Sussex Girl (28/1)

A difficult race to close proceedings and some talented claimers are employed here. Dreaming Time represents an in form yard who do well here but her rider's inexperience is a worry. Golden Guest has won twice under today's claimer and must go close as should Kilbaha Lady. Halinka represents top connections but only looks moderate and our vote goes to SUSSEX GIRL for the John Berry yard who are 3-4 in the past fortnight. The lightly raced filly will not want any rain, but she has shown enough to suggest that she could be competitive from this mark following a generous drop in the weights since last time.