16:50 Beverley

Monday 7 May 2018

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:2518:00

Our Monica's 70 Reasons To Drink Champagne Handicap

Off time: 16:52 | Winning time: 1m 45.19s

(6)

Two For Two^p²⁰⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 9-10| J: T Hamilton| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 86| D

14/1

Struggled on final three starts of 2017 and finds himself rated 2lb lower than for his most recent victory. Interesting to see how he performs on seasonal debut.

Form: 943870-

(10)

Dawaaleeb^v¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: J Fanning| T: J L Eyre| OR: 83| D

3/1

Made a winning debut for this yard on the AW at Newcastle in March and ran well when finishing third at Pontefract (1m, good-to-soft) on handicap debut subsequently. One for the shortlist in this contest.

Form: 7231-13

(1)

Society Red¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 83| BF| C

13/8

Improved on reappearance effort when finishing runner-up at Pontefract (1m, good-to-soft) last time out. One to note despite having to defy a 1lb rise in the weights.

Form: 7102-62

(4)

Areen Heart¹⁷¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 80| C

5/2

Handicap mark is falling following some moderate efforts since joining this yard last autumn. Finished runner-up off a 1lb higher mark here on seasonal debut last year.

Form: 285D70-

(3)

Cosmic Ray^h³¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Jane Elliott⁽⁵⁾| T: J L Eyre| OR: 78| D

20/1

Progressive individual last spring winning four times in all including off a 6lb lower mark at Ripon (1m, good) in June. Unraced since disappointing later that month.

Form: 411415-

(9)

Tha'ir¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: Patrick Vaughan⁽⁷⁾| T: Olly Williams| OR: 78

16/1

Successful on his final two starts in selling and claiming company for previous yard and registered a fair effort on last months debut for this stable.

Form: 236115

(5)

Heir of Excitement¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Shane Gray| T: K A Ryan| OR: 77

16/1

In good form last year including when beaten 1L off this mark at Catterick (7f, good-to-soft) in September. Pulled up lame on final start of 2017 and probably best watched having finished well beaten on seasonal debut at Pontefract.

Form: 2422P-0

Non-Runners

(2)

Boots And Spurs⁹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 9

T: S Dixon J: D Allan

(8)

Showboating¹⁶

Weight: 9-0| Age: 10

T: J Balding J: Lewis Edmunds

(7)

Zeshov¹¹

Weight: 8-10| Age: 7

T: Rebecca Bastiman J: Phil Dennis

Forecasts

Society Red (13/8), Areen Heart (5/2), Dawaaleeb (3/1), Zeshov (10/1), Showboating (12/1), Two For Two (14/1), Boots And Spurs (14/1), Tha'ir (16/1), Heir of Excitement (16/1), Cosmic Ray (20/1)

DAWAALEEB can reverse recent running with Society Red and in the process take this competitive looking handicap over an extended 1m. The selection was making his handicap debut that day and remains open to improvement while of the remainder it can fall to Zeshov, third here last time out to claim third.