14:45 Thirsk

Friday 3 August 2018

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Tomrods Steel Stockholder & Service Centre Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 14:47 | Winning time: 1m 14.21s

(10)

Porrima³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: G Lee| T: B Haslam| OR: 62| D

6/1

Won 6f Lingfield maiden (AW) in March. Held in all three handicap starts. Drops another 2lb and down in grade, so may get more competitive.

Form: 3-21867

(3)

Ghost^h¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: K Stott| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 61| BF| D

9/2

Scored in handicap company at Newcastle in March (6f, AW), when 3lb lower. Ran some decent races in May/June over 6f/7f, in defeat, from similar marks. Disappointed last time, but should be thereabouts if she can bounce back.

Form: 922336

(8)

My Society^p1³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: B A Curtis| T: David Dennis| OR: 60

20/1

Minor promise in three starts so far. Handicap debut here from a mark that looks stiff. Cheekpieces will need to be effective if he is to get more competitive.

Form: 9-67

(6)

Brockey Rise^v²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S De Sousa| T: P D Evans| OR: 58| CD

4/1

Scored over C&D (good) 12-months ago, when 5lb higher. Added another success from this mark at Wolverhampton in February. Has run more decent races since then and although below par last time, he has claims with the champion jockey up.

Form: 425057

(4)

Sir Derrick^b⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: T Hamilton| T: T D Easterby| OR: 53

6/1

Has not yet won the race that he had promised to do in two or three of his earlier starts. Came closest on his penultimate run at Redcar (7f, good to firm) last month, from this mark. Not ruled out, but needs to shake off a poor run last time.

Form: 599020

(2)

Boudica Bay¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: A Elliott| T: E J Alston| OR: 51

9/2

Tried to win it from a long way out at Ripon last time and her 3¼L third in a maiden handicap can probably be marked up a little as a result. 1lb drop won't harm, but probably still needs some improvement to win.

Form: 8-683

(9)

French Silk⁵²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Paula Muir⁽⁵⁾| T: C W Fairhurst| OR: 50

8/1

0-8. Decent effort when third over C&D in April (good to soft), from today's mark. Out of sorts since. Well treated if she can bring her 'A' game and is interesting.

Form: 064-366

(7)

Erastus^p¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: A Mullen| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 49

8/1

0-16, but has run two of his better races here already this season. Has slipped to a handy mark based on those efforts, if he can return to that level of form. Not ruled out.

Form: 223557

(5)

Money For Luck^p1²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Ben Robinson⁽³⁾| T: B Ellison| OR: 45

25/1

Went very close at Catterick (6f, good, in visor) from this mark in June, but way below that level in four subsequent starts. New headgear needs to have a galvanising effect.

Form: 5D6000

Non-Runners

(1)

Liamba²

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: D O'Meara J: C J McGovern

(11)

Florida's King¹⁶

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: A B Joyce J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Liamba (3/1), Brockey Rise (4/1), Boudica Bay (9/2), Ghost (9/2), Sir Derrick (6/1), Porrima (6/1), Erastus (8/1), French Silk (8/1), Florida's King (12/1), My Society (20/1), Money For Luck (25/1)

Moderate stuff here and it might be worth chancing FRENCH SILK, who ran well here in April from today's mark, is not fully exposed and could looks well treated on that previous run here. Erastus has also gone well here and, although he is more exposed, he can't be ruled out. Sir Derrick, Brockey Rise and Ghost are others who could go very well.