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Thursday 12 October 2017
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Tennent's Handicap (Div 1)
- 3YO plus | Class 6 | 1m | Heavy | 14 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 14:32 | Winning time: 1m 48.6s
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Was runner-up in a handicap this time last year from a mark of 70 and has slid in the weights largely due to some poor All Weather form since. Handicapper has given him a squeak here, he handles cut and this drop in grade makes him of interest.
Loves to get his toe in, though has done all of his winning over sprint trips. Again failed to see out 7f at Catterick last time and not easy to see him lasting home despite a 2lb drop and first-time cheekpieces.
Was a heavy ground C&D winner five years ago and is now without success for over two years, having plummeted 35lb in the interim. 2lb lower today than when beaten just 1½L over C&D (soft) last time and has claims.
Yet to make the frame in five attempts and has largely run at the same level of form each time. Handles good to soft, though yet to be tried on soft. 2lb drop might help and there is also scope for improvement now back up in trip.
All four of his turf wins have come on soft/heavy ground, so he get his preferred conditions here and has now slipped to 12lb lower than his last win in the spring of 2016. Even so, recent efforts not encouraging and others preferred.
0-23 so far and has proved frustrating for followers, having been runner-up five times, including three in a row this summer. Again found a couple to good at Beverley (1m½f, soft) last time, so even with a 2lb drop he carries significant risks.
A maiden after 18 starts and unlucky to have gone up 7lb for finishing a 1L runner-up in a Beverley classified event (1m½f, soft) last time. That rise makes this look a stiff ask today.
Has a 1m2f course win to his name on good to soft ground and won over 1m3f at Hamilton this summer from 1lb lower. Has yet to show the pace for this shorter trip, though supporters will hope that the testing ground brings his stamina more into play.
27-race maiden, though has twice threatened to break her duck this term, including when 1L runner-up over 7f (good) here last time. Stays 1m and from the same mark she has an each-way shout, though it would take some nerve to back her to win.
Another maiden, in her case after 10 races, though put up one of her better efforts when a 1½L third at Musselburgh (7f, good to soft) on Monday. Handles it this soft too, so from the same mark she again has each-way claims.
His career record of 3-39 is better than several in this field, though he has not won for well over two years now. Stays 1m1f and handles some cut, while another 3lb drop opens the door again after a decent effort last time. Not ruled out.
0-10 on turf on the Flat, with his best handicap effort being at Hamilton (1m½f, soft) in June when 8lb higher. Couldn't go on from there, but did better last time over C&D (soft) when beaten just 2L and now 3lb lower he has a squeak.
1lb out of the handicap and that is no surprise after some very hefty defeats in recent times. Those looking for positives can point to her 2L second here over 7f (good to soft) in July, but what has followed does not make great reading.
Sole success was almost two year ago in a heavy ground Nottingham seller (1m½f). Conditions are a positive then, but there have been few others of late and from out of the handicap she is not easy to fancy.
Forecasts
Ingleby Angel (3/1), Hellavashock (7/1), Mischief Managed (15/2), Quiet Moment (8/1), Catastrophe (9/1), Cosmic Dust (10/1), Highway Robber (12/1), Jessie Allan (16/1), Royal Holiday (16/1), Stardrifter (16/1), Little Pippin (20/1), Be Bold (20/1), Daleelak (50/1), Irvine Lady (100/1)
A very poor contest and one in which Ingleby Angel should be capable of going close, though preference is for DALEELAK. The Mark Johnston-trained gelding has to end a poor run of form, but his slide in the weights can largely be attributed to his All Weather efforts and now back on turf he could be on an attractive mark. Highway Robber should be doing his best work at the finish and despite the significant drop in trip, he could run into some money, while aslo vying for the minors could be Quiet Moment, Hellavashock and Stardrifter.
- Daleelak
- Ingleby Angel
- Quiet Moment
Prize Money
1st: £2,588.002nd: £770.003rd: £385.004th: £192.00
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