19:35 Doncaster

Friday 1 June 2018

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Blue Line Taxis Barnsley Supporting WPCC Handicap

Off time: 19:36 | Winning time: 1m 23.66s

(16)

Escobar²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 94| D

13/2

Once an exciting prospect for Hugo Palmer and has won / performed well in Listed races before. New connections went to 100,000 gns to get him, but was poor on first start at Ascot. Well handicapped on best stuff.

Form: 05079-0

(7)

Quixote^t²³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: Josephine Gordon| T: J W Unett| OR: 92| D

50/1

First run for yard after leaving Michael Easterby and market may guide, form had tailed off when last spotted.

Form: 451008-

(5)

Cymraeg Bounty⁶⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: A Mullen| T: P T Midgley| OR: 91| D

33/1

Won five times in 2016 for Iain Jardine but unable to register for Olly Murphy after a long absence, has joined latest handler and best watched for now.

Form: 01411/0

(4)

Danielsflyer²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: B A Curtis| T: T D Barron| OR: 91

25/1

Winner over 6f at Newmarket in May 2017, rather lost his way subsequently has dropped to an attractive mark as a result.

Form: 085-040

(9)

Pedestal³⁷⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: G Mosse| T: S Durack| OR: 90

33/1

Ex-Ballydoyle inmate, managed to win as a novice for that operation. Lightly-raced and not to be overlooked hastily now going handicapping for new trainer after a year off.

Form: 513/6-

(13)

Almoreb¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Dane O'Neill| T: R Hannon| OR: 90| D

11/2

Raven's Pass colt stepped up on reappearance when second of four in handicap at Newmarket (1m, good) a fortnight ago. Can build on that here.

Form: 2132-02

(1)

Steel Train¹⁶⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: Patrick Vaughan⁽⁷⁾| T: D O'Meara| OR: 90| CD

25/1

C&D winner in the last though doesn't tend to be consistent. Returns from a break and remains a hard horse to quantify. Capable on a going day.

Form: 800017-

(15)

Mazzini^p¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 89

25/1

Poor a fortnight ago at Newbury over 6f and generally tends to fare better on the AW as a rule, others more likely to score here.

Form: 206-450

(11)

Mickey²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: R Kingscote| T: Tom Dascombe| OR: 89| D

16/1

AW form earlier in the year was full of promise but went out a like a light back on turf at Chester three weeks ago. Yard in good form and worth noting in betting on more conventional course.

Form: 7/0-4220

(12)

Classic Seniority¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Barry McHugh| T: Mrs Marjorie Fife| OR: 89| CD

14/1

Wasn't at his best at York 16 days ago but potentially well-handicapped if taking a step in the right direction now.

Form: 0290-50

(3)

Manton Grange^p²⁸³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: T E Whelan| T: George Baker| OR: 88| D

20/1

Produced a career-best to win at Kempton over 7f in August when last spotted, coming with a late run from off a decent gallop. Has fitness to worry about now 5lb higher back on turf.

Form: 7/23121-

(6)

Spanish City²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: R Varian| OR: 88| D

5/4

Solid run in the competitive the Victoria Cup at Ascot (7f, good to firm) three weeks ago, Exceed And Excel gelding is not fully exposed yet and is worth some attention again now.

Form: 416/4-16

(14)

Zodiakos^p¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: P Hanagan| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 85| D

11/1

Good effort at Beverley last month on return to action (third), showing he can compete from this mark (3lb above latest win-mark). Fitter now and can challenge.

Form: 51860-3

(17)

Roaring Forties^p¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Jason Hart| T: Rebecca Bastiman| OR: 83| D

50/1

Poor effort at Ayr 10 days ago when sporting blinkers for the first time (discarded now). Is 4lb wrong on these terms and has questions to be answered.

Form: 0-72009

(19)

Welliesinthewater^v³⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 8-4| J: Noel Garbutt⁽³⁾| T: D Shaw| OR: 77| CD

25/1

Former C&D winner but has now gone 11 runs since last win anywhere. Ran poorly on the AW at Chelmsford in April.

Form: 96-0327

Non-Runners

(10)

Glen Moss⁶²²

Weight: 9-10| Age: 9

T: R Fell & S Murray J: Ben Sanderson

(18)

Louie de Palma²⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 6

T: C G Cox J: M Harley

(8)

Eljaddaaf²²

Weight: 9-1| Age: 7

T: D K Ivory J: R Winston

(2)

Intense Style³⁴

Weight: 8-5| Age: 6

T: J L Eyre J: Faye McManoman

Forecasts

Spanish City (5/4), Almoreb (11/2), Escobar (13/2), Eljaddaaf (7/1), Louie de Palma (8/1), Zodiakos (11/1), Intense Style (12/1), Classic Seniority (14/1), Mickey (16/1), Manton Grange (20/1), Glen Moss (20/1), Mazzini (25/1), Welliesinthewater (25/1), Danielsflyer (25/1), Steel Train (25/1), Pedestal (33/1), Cymraeg Bounty (33/1), Roaring Forties (50/1), Quixote (50/1)

ESCOBAR might be worth chancing on his second start for David O'Meara. He was a very promising juvenile and though he's lost his way and has a question over his temperament, this would be well within his reach if anything near his best. Spanish City ran a promising race in the Victoria Cup at Ascot last time and needs considering while Almoreb and Zodiakos are others capable pitching their cases.