14:15 Doncaster

Friday 26 April 2019

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Sky Sports Racing Virgin 535 Handicap

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 1m 28.01s

(4)

Valley of Fire^p²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: D Allan| T: J L Eyre| OR: 70| D

13/2

Sent off at 50-1 when respectable seventh of 19 over C&D last month. Takes a drop in class and is 2lb lower which gives him each-way claims.

Form: 509/9-87

(10)

Redarna¹⁹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: G Lee| T: Mrs Dianne Sayer| OR: 69| D

12/1

Reserves his best form for Ayr, where he has been successful four times, including on final two starts last season. Career-high mark to overcome.

Form: 154811-

(7)

The Stalking Moon²¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: A Mullen| T: Adrian Nicholls| OR: 68| D

40/1

Ninth of 10 on only start for John Mackie at Newcastle when last seen in September. Probably best watched on first run for current trainer.

Form: 16409/9-

(1)

Tukhoom¹²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: T Eaves| T: M Herrington| OR: 68

8/1

Plenty of good placed efforts last season, including over C&D. Ran well to be second after a lay-off last summer and is only 1lb higher so has decent claims.

Form: 333367-

(11)

Atalanta's Boy^h¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin⁽⁷⁾| T: D Menuisier| OR: 67

11/2

Back from a break and a gelding operation when fair fourth of 13 in a recent novice event at Redcar. Makes his handicap debut and is an interesting contender.

Form: 93-4

(15)

Dasheen^p²¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Shane Gray| T: K Tutty| OR: 67| D

28/1

Down the field on final four starts last year, but earlier win at Beverley off a 2lb higher mark gives him claims. Seemed to need last year's seasonal reappearance.

Form: 518000-

(9)

Art Echo^p,t²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: B A Curtis| T: J Mackie| OR: 65| CD

10/1

Back from a break when seventh of eight at Leicester earlier this month. Should be sharper this time and has been dropped 5lb.

Form: 20700-7

(16)

Royal Connoisseur¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: Sebastian Woods⁽⁵⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 63

25/1

Wolverhampton winner over 6f last summer, but has not scored since. Has stamina to prove over this longer trip.

Form: 8228-80

(17)

Hammer Gun^v³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: P Mathers| T: D Shaw| OR: 62| D

8/1

Nine wins from 40 starts on the AW, but is 0-10 on turf. That record speaks for itself so others make much more appeal.

Form: 661158

(6)

Fighting Temeraire¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: M Dwyer| T: D K Ivory| OR: 61| D

4/1

Not at his best for a long time, but has plummeted down the weights to a dangerous mark. Signs of a revival on latest outing, so not one to dismiss lightly.

Form: 00/7-805

(14)

Somewhere Secret^p¹⁰⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Laura Coughlan⁽⁷⁾| T: M Mullineaux| OR: 60| C

12/1

On a long, losing run. Only win was achieved over 5f in 2017 so he has all sorts of questions to answer and is not hard to oppose.

Form: 06526-9

(8)

Rebel State^p¹⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Owen Payton⁽⁷⁾| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 59

16/1

Ayr winner over 1m last May and plenty of creditable efforts in defeat since that success. Has been dropped 3lb since fair run on the AW last time and is not without hope.

Form: 742875-

(13)

Abushamah¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 8-8| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 57| D

10/1

Fair efforts on last two runs at Wolverhampton, but he finds it difficult to get his head in front these days despite a falling handicap mark. Readily opposed.

Form: 7520-48

(12)

Brigand¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: K T O'Neill| T: J Butler| OR: 56

80/1

Completely out of sorts in recent races. Hard to make any sort of case for despite being given every chance by the handicapper.

Form: 0000-00

Non-Runners

(5)

Miss Sheridan¹⁹³

Weight: 9-7| Age: 5

T: M & D Easterby J: Nathan Evans

(3)

Kentuckyconnection⁹⁴

Weight: 9-0| Age: 6

T: B Smart J: Harry Russell

(2)

Maximum Power⁵¹

Weight: 8-12| Age: 4

T: Tim Pinfield J: Theodore Ladd

Forecasts

Fighting Temeraire (4/1), Atalanta's Boy (11/2), Valley of Fire (13/2), Hammer Gun (8/1), Tukhoom (8/1), Abushamah (10/1), Art Echo (10/1), Somewhere Secret (12/1), Redarna (12/1), Miss Sheridan (14/1), Maximum Power (14/1), Kentuckyconnection (14/1), Rebel State (16/1), Royal Connoisseur (25/1), Dasheen (28/1), The Stalking Moon (40/1), Brigand (80/1)

Many of these have similar profiles so it may pay to take a chance with handicap debutant ATALANTA'S BOY, who has shown ability and is far less exposed than his rivals. A host of dangers are headed by Miss Sheridan, Tukhoom, Fighting Temeraire and Rebel State.