17:05 Ripon

Tuesday 28 August 2018

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Sky Sports Racing Launching In 2019 Stayers Handicap

Off time: 17:05 | Winning time: 3m 33.70s

(3)

Wishing Well⁹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-4| J: P J McDonald| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 67| CD

8/1

Goes well here and scored over C&D (good to soft) last season, when 2lb higher. Wants good ground or easier to be seen to best effect and is very much entitled to enter calculations now down slightly in grade.

Form: 17-4575

(9)

Fitzwilly¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-3| J: Scott McCullagh⁽⁷⁾| T: M R Channon| OR: 66| CD

9/2

Thorough stayer who is not ground dependent and won this last year from the same mark, though under a 5lb claimer then. Inconsistent, but arrives off the back of a below par effort last time and may well be capable of bouncing back.

Form: 331525

(1)

Imperial Focus¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: P Hanagan| T: S Waugh| OR: 63

5/1

17-race maiden under both codes, though has made the frame 5-12 on the Flat. Has stamina to prove beyond 1m4f and also appears to prefer quicker ground, so plenty to prove.

Form: 070556

(4)

Perusal¹²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Rowan Scott⁽³⁾| T: R E Barr| OR: 50

100/1

Moderate maiden both in this code and in point-to-points. Perhaps more possibilities over this trip, but hard to take her seriously on what we have seen so far.

Form: 876/

(7)

Urban Spirit¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: D Tudhope| T: L A Mullaney| OR: 48

7/4

17-race maiden, though he has been second at both Wetherby (2m, good to firm) and Redcar (1m6f, good to firm) on his last two starts. Up 2lb now and significant rain would be a concern, but entitled to consideration.

Form: 303522

(5)

Mount Cleshar³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: B A Curtis| T: J Butler| OR: 45

4/1

0-9 and has made the frame a couple of times on the AW at up to 1m6f this year. Can't rule that out again now back over this longer trip. Each-way claims. Unraced on ground slower than good on turf.

Form: 0-53634

(8)

Highway Robber^h1,t1⁵⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Paula Muir⁽⁵⁾| T: W Storey| OR: 45

16/1

2-26, his wins being over 1m2f/1m3f (on good/good to soft). Stays 2m½f on AW. Well treated on best form and interesting if new headgear combination proves positive.

Form: 63-7755

(10)

What A Party^p¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Jason Hart| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 45

33/1

2-33, but without success since recording both those wins over 7f four years ago. Stays this far, but will probably find a couple too good.

Form: 434048

(2)

Tropical Bachelor¹⁷

Age: 12| Weight: 8-10| J: P Aspell| T: C Ellam| OR: 45| C

100/1

Dual 1m4f winner here, but those wins came in 2010 and 2014 and he has not won again since the latter, albeit having only had 10 runs in that four-year period. Impossible to fancy on recent evidence.

Form: 2/470-77

Non-Runners

(6)

Up Ten Down Two¹⁰⁸

Weight: 9-10| Age: 9

T: M & D Easterby J: Nathan Evans

Forecasts

Urban Spirit (7/4), Mount Cleshar (4/1), Fitzwilly (9/2), Imperial Focus (5/1), Wishing Well (8/1), Up Ten Down Two (10/1), Highway Robber (16/1), What A Party (33/1), Tropical Bachelor (100/1), Perusal (100/1)

A poor contest to bring down the curtain on the card and it should chiefly concern course and distance winners Wishing Well and FITZWILLY, and the latter is just preferred to repeat his win in this last year. Up Ten Down Two won't want much rain if he is to break his turf duck, and the same applies to Urban Spirit, while Mount Cleshar and What A Party are not ruled out of the money.