16:45 Carlisle

Friday 31 May 2019

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Racing TV In Glorious HD Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 2m 2.38s

(12)

Im Dapper Too³²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-6| J: S H James| T: J J Davies| OR: 58| CD

7/2

A three-time course winner (twice over C&D) who appreciates plenty of 'dig' underfoot; sits on a very handy mark, so it would be foolish to leave him off any shortlist despite a barren run of form.

Form: 3279-77

(8)

Majeste²^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: David Probert| T: Rebecca Bastiman| OR: 57| D

5/2

Produced with a winning challenge between horses at Hamilton (1m1f, soft) on Wednesday; will incur a 5lb penalty if asked to turn out quickly 48 hours on from that victory.

Form: 050-631

(2)

Milan Reef²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Jason Hart| T: D Loughnane| OR: 55| BF

11/10

Infrequent winner, but there's no disputing that she's a much stronger horse on soft ground; didn't finish far behind Majeste (fourth) after racing prominently early on at Hamilton (1m1f, soft) on Wednesday.

Form: 2000-64

(6)

Symbolic Star^p⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: Connor Murtagh⁽⁵⁾| T: F P Murtagh| OR: 53

40/1

A five-time winner on Tapeta (mainly over 1m at Newcastle); badly out of form over hurdles and hard to argue a logical case for his chances in a field full of in-form horses.

Form: 000890-

(5)

Duba Plains¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: G Lee| T: Kenny Johnson| OR: 48

40/1

20-race maiden who has made his way onto Kenny Johnson following spells with Mick Channon and Victor Thompson (over hurdles); can't realistically be the solution.

Form: 80520-7

(3)

Dominannie¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-8| J: Phil Dennis| T: R E Barr| OR: 46

8/1

23-race maiden; 3lb lower than when finishing 4½L fifth to La Sioux at Redcar (1m, good to firm) 11 days ago.

Form: 2590-55

(1)

Just Heather⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Barry McHugh| T: J S Wainwright| OR: 45

28/1

25-race maiden, so has had more than enough chances to break her duck; not an obvious candidate to trouble the judge for win or place purposes.

Form: 086708

(7)

Dutch Melody¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Victor Santos⁽⁷⁾| T: L Egerton| OR: 45

25/1

11-race maiden; 100/1 when finishing 5L sixth to La Sioux (Dominannie fifth) at Redcar (1m, good to firm) 11 days ago.

Form: 0-70796

(9)

Tom's Anna²⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 8-7| J: A Elliott| T: S Regan| OR: 45

50/1

Without a 'win' since being awarded a race at Catterick in May 2013 (then with Tim Easterby); in very poor form towards the end of 2018; readily overlooked from outside of the handicap proper.

Form: 60000-0

Non-Runners

(11)

Banksy's Art¹

Weight: 9-12| Age: 4

T: M R Channon J: Scott McCullagh

(4)

Granite City Doc¹⁴

Weight: 9-10| Age: 6

T: Mrs L B Normile J: Paula Muir

(10)

Camile²⁰

Weight: 9-10| Age: 6

T: I Jardine J: Jamie Gormley

Forecasts

Milan Reef (11/10), Banksy's Art (7/4), Majeste (5/2), Camile (5/2), Im Dapper Too (7/2), Dominannie (8/1), Granite City Doc (8/1), Dutch Melody (25/1), Just Heather (28/1), Duba Plains (40/1), Symbolic Star (40/1), Tom's Anna (50/1)

A race of two halves, as it's incredibly difficult to be confident of supporting anything on the racecard below Milan Reef. However, it's also difficult to put up a selection until the result of Thursday's 8.50pm Carlisle contest is known with last week's Chepstow winner Banksy's Art set to reappear under a 5lb penalty. Furthermore, Majeste was a determined winner at Hamilton Park on Wednesday and would be much respected under similar conditions if asked to turn out quickly. With a whole range of imponderables at the time of writing, a very small each-way play is suggested on the soft ground course specialist IM DAPPER TWO.