20:05 Doncaster

Friday 1 June 2018

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Off time: 20:05 | Winning time: 2m 12.39s

(3)

Jacbequick¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 82

4/1

Has gone a dozen runs without success and tends to lack for consistency in that time. Well held at Beverley last month and others make more appeal now.

Form: 30-4228

(5)

Throckley^t¹²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: J Fanning| T: Mrs S Leech| OR: 79

17/2

Winner at Southwell in December but convincingly beaten off in both 2018 runs and has plenty to prove currently. Back from a break.

Form: 9101-77

(7)

Save The Bees¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 9-6| J: K Stott| T: D Carroll| OR: 79| D

25/1

Poor run at Thirsk over a mile a fortnight ago was another poor effort, which tends to pass for the norm as of late. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 400-070

(4)

Shadow Warrior¹²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: P Makin| T: P W D'Arcy| OR: 78| D

6/1

Windsor winner over this trip on good to firm last June. Scored over a mile on the AW at Lingfield in December and competitive again over that trip at Kempton. Up in trip after a short break, can go close.

Form: 32151-3

(8)

Francis Xavier¹⁹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Josephine Gordon| T: H Palmer| OR: 76

13/8

Opened account in good style when landing eight-runner Newcastle AW maiden in November and has been off since. Gelding during the break and well worth paying attention to here.

Form: 321-

(2)

Mustaaqeem^v²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 75| C

10/3

Former course winner, hasn't really sparked for Richard Fahey so far, though may be showing better things at home as money was down for previous Thirsk start. Interesting to see if confidence is retained.

Form: 4/76-579

Non-Runners

(1)

Come On Come On²⁵

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: C G Cox J: M Harley

(6)

Mikmak³⁴

Weight: 9-4| Age: 5

T: T D Easterby J: D Allan

Forecasts

Francis Xavier (13/8), Come On Come On (9/4), Mustaaqeem (10/3), Jacbequick (4/1), Mikmak (11/2), Shadow Warrior (6/1), Throckley (17/2), Save The Bees (25/1)

FRANCIS XAVIER improved with his racing last year and duly made his breakthrough in good style on final start at Newcastle. He's been gelded since and returns to action with plenty of potential for doing better. Come On Come On shaped well at Windsor last time and is on the shortlist alongside Shadow Warrior. The market confidence in Mustaaqeem is worth noting.