blacktype.bet Ladies Day Handicap

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 1m 53.31s

(1)

Daira Prince^b⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: J Mitchell| T: R Varian| OR: 91

5/4

Progressive handicapper (3 from 8) who appreciated the ease in grade when winning a touch more cosily than the winning margin at Nottingham last month (1m); up 6lb, blinkers retained and holds a solid chance of confirming form with Lamloom.

Form: 21410-1

(7)

Dowayla¹⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: P J McDonald| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 90| BF

13/2

Off the track since January (Meydan), but did end her season in the UK in a rich vein of form with a string of respectable efforts after winning at Bath (1m) in July; has previous Ripon experience.

Form: 12338-0

(2)

Seduce Me^p²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: B A Curtis| T: K R Burke| OR: 85| C| D

6/1

Course winner (6f as a juvenile) and just 2lb above her last winning mark in August 2017; not quite at the same level of form in 2018 (setting herself plenty to do in rear) and not all that alluring on balance.

Form: 346-847

(6)

Mulligatawny^p¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: T Hamilton| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 85| C

9/2

Doesn't win all that often (2 from 24), but likes it here with his sole turf success coming over 1m2f (soft) in July 2017; finished a held 2+L runner up to Sands Chorus in this race in 2017.

Form: 0-00834

(5)

Mikmak⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 79| BF| C

4/1

Just about at his peak when winning here over 1m2f earlier in the month (beat Mooltazem by a neck), but 2lb higher today and this test asks a little more of him with a couple of others looking to be a fraction more progressive.

Form: 029-215

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(4)

Brilliant Vanguard²⁰

Weight: 9-4| Age: 5

T: K A Ryan J: T Eaves

(3)

Lamloom¹³

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: D O'Meara J: D Nolan

Forecasts

Daira Prince (5/4), Lamloom (7/2), Mikmak (4/1), Mulligatawny (9/2), Seduce Me (6/1), Dowayla (13/2), Brilliant Vanguard (7/1)

The majority of the field have previous Ripon experience and that might prove to be the achilles heel for the progressive Roger Varian-trained top-weight DAIRA PRINCE, but equally he'll be the most feared by the other trainers. Raised 6lb for his cosy Nottingham victory, he should confirm form with the runner up Lamloom, with this being the next step up in his education before moving onto loftier future targets.