16:25 Beverley

Saturday 9 June 2018

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Michael And Eileen Diamond Wedding Anniversary Handicap

Off time: 16:25 | Winning time: 2m 6.79s

(1)

Zlatan^p¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: William Cox⁽⁵⁾| T: E De Giles| OR: 76| BF

7/2

Losing run is starting to build and despite travelling strongly in his races his finishing effort can leave a bit to be desired. Ran with credit last time at Pontefract (1m, good/soft) going down to a resurgent winner; up in trip here.

Form: 644422

(3)

Detachment¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Jane Elliott⁽⁵⁾| T: J L Eyre| OR: 74| CD

7/2

Back from a break to put together good back-to-back efforts over C&D off slightly lower marks. Totally unsuited by the drop to 7f last time out at York when amateur ridden and will be better suited by this test with winning rider back on.

Form: 940-210

(4)

Ascot Week²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Rob J Fitzpatrick⁽⁵⁾| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 66

28/1

Failed to fire since coming to this yard and his last two runs have been particularly poor. Goes up in trip now but others look far stronger despite a falling mark.

Form: 30-3070

(6)

Aelius¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Harrison Shaw⁽⁵⁾| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 63| D

16/1

Took a Nottingham handicap over this trip last year off a 1lb higher mark but has failed to really make a mark in a couple of runs this year. Got caught out in a muddling race in terms of pace last time; often races from the rear (can be lazy).

Form: 6158-08

(2)

Bollin Ted¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: P Hanagan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 61| CD

15/8

Runs this course well (4/7 over C&D) and has already struck over C&D this year winning off a 3lb lower mark last time. Looks better than ever at the moment (travels well) and could well defy this career-high mark; stable in form.

Form: 548-021

(5)

Bit Of A Quirke²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: A Mullen| T: M Walford| OR: 60| CD

11/2

His form figures over C&D read 115 and he's slipped back to 3lb below his last winning mark here. Consistent rather than progressive he can't be left out of the equation here and arrives fit from hurdling.

Form: 4845-57

(8)

Bromance^p¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: K T O'Neill| T: P D Niven| OR: 56| CD

25/1

Has won over C&D and that win came when he was having his first try on turf for this yard. Has run exclusively at this track since then but has failed to win again although he probably needed the run last time after a long absence.

Form: 12779-5

(7)

Dream Free^p¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-2| J: P Mathers| T: M Walford| OR: 51

14/1

Has a couple of third places to his name over C&D and one of those came last time out although the drop in trip didn't look to be ideal. Overall record suggests that he's not one to rely on too heavily; looked none too keen in the finish last time.

Form: 767723

Forecasts

Bollin Ted (15/8), Zlatan (7/2), Detachment (7/2), Bit Of A Quirke (11/2), Dream Free (14/1), Aelius (16/1), Bromance (25/1), Ascot Week (28/1)

Quite a few of these have decent form around here with BOLLIN TED sitting at the top of that list from a yard that have won this twice in the past three years and are in good form at the moment; he looks the one to side with. Zlatan looks as though he has a touch of class for this grade but often doesn’t go through with his effort while Detachment will be better suited by a return to this C&D with Jane Elliott doing the steering as she did for his win here. Bit Of A Quirke has shown some decent form around here but he doesn’t look to be progressing at the moment while Aelius needs a truly run race to be seen at his best.