17:30 Beverley

Saturday 8 June 2019

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Michael Foster Memorial Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 17:34 | Winning time: 1m 35.57s

(12)

Dabouk³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Cam Hardie| T: D O'Meara| OR: 70

9/1

Kyllachy colt who cost 55,000gns as a juvenile; steady but nothing spectacular so far; improvement is possible for the switch to handicapping; moderate draw in stall 12.

Form: 449

(9)

Ventura Glory^p1¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: P J Dobbs| T: R Hannon| OR: 68| BF

7/1

Eight-race maiden who wears cheekpieces for the first time; stayed on well inside the final furlong when finishing 2L fourth to I Am Magical at Newmarket (1m, good to firm) on her penultimate start; realistic claims.

Form: 55-5047

(2)

Desert Lantern^v1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 68

11/4

Runner up on a couple of occasions as a juvenile, including on debut at Ripon (6f, good to firm); now 10lb lower than when starting off this season and the visor is also applied for the first time.

Form: 327-707

(10)

House Deposit^t²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: T Hamilton| T: D Carroll| OR: 67

7/1

Has raced mainly over 5f-6f, winning twice over the latter trip on soft ground so connections will no doubt be praying for significant overnight rain; finished eighth of 20 to Look Out Louis at Thirsk (6f) 28 days ago.

Form: 4141-98

(6)

Hunterwali³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Phil Dennis| T: M Dods| OR: 64

10/1

Kyllachy filly (inexpensive yearling; £2,000); has had three qualifying runs (all over 7f) in order to achieve an opening handicap mark; handy early when finishing 4L fourth of seven to Material Girl at Thirsk five weeks ago.

Form: 06-4

(8)

Mac Ailey³³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 63

10/1

Firebreak gelding; off the track for 333 days since finishing a slightly improved 8L third of nine to Theatre Of War at Wolverhampton (7f) last July; needs more on handicap debut; stablemate of Seperable.

Form: 673-

(11)

Blazing Dreams^p⁴⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: A Mullen| T: B Haslam| OR: 61| D

8/1

Like so many of the Ben Haslam string thrived for the switch to racing on Tapeta at Newcastle, winning back-to-back races there during April (7f-1m); 3lb above his last winning mark.

Form: 73-3113

(7)

Dream Chick¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Barry McHugh| T: K A Ryan| OR: 58

8/1

Five-race maiden who has shown her best form (earlier in her racing career) over 7f on Tapeta at Newcastle; easing in the weights; not an obvious future winner.

Form: 3-3808

(3)

Donnago²⁶²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Kieran Schofield⁽⁷⁾| T: B Ellison| OR: 56

25/1

Started at big prices on all three of her juvenile starts - twice at this track, including when finishing in midfield over C&D (good) last September; unlikely winner on handicap debut.

Form: 067-

(4)

Separable^p²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 53

12/1

Hasn't shown masses of promise (0-5), and it's inconclusive as to exactly what trip this prominent racer requires with his two starts in handicap company coming over 6f and 1m; stablemate of Mac Alley.

Form: 969-86

(1)

Supreme Dream⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: P Mathers| T: Ollie Pears| OR: 48

12/1

Seven-race maiden; by far her best performance came over this C&D (good) last September when finishing a 150/1 third (beaten 11L) to Mot Juste; exposed as moderate since; stablemate of Northern Footsteps.

Form: 0389-06

(13)

Northern Footsteps^p1⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: Jamie Gormley⁽³⁾| T: Ollie Pears| OR: 45

80/1

Six-race maiden with an official rating of just 34, so competes from well out of the handicap proper; cheekpieces now applied; very unappealing stablemate of Supreme Dream.

Form: 677-669

Non-Runners

(5)

Evie Speed¹⁹

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: Jedd O'Keeffe J: J Garritty

Forecasts

Desert Lantern (11/4), House Deposit (7/1), Ventura Glory (7/1), Evie Speed (7/1), Blazing Dreams (8/1), Dream Chick (8/1), Dabouk (9/1), Hunterwali (10/1), Mac Ailey (10/1), Separable (12/1), Supreme Dream (12/1), Donnago (25/1), Northern Footsteps (80/1)

If this was on Tapeta at Newcastle, the much improved Blazing Dreams would surely rate as difficult to beat. However, with a wide draw (stall 11) and rain forecast on turf, there are enough reasons to be taking on the Ben Haslam-trained runner. Dabouk is a possible improver for David O'Meara now tackling handicaps for the first time, while an easing in the weights coupled with the fitting of a visor could see Mark Johnston's Desert Lantern take a step forward. However, if electing to forgive VENTURA GLORY a poor run at Nottingham, she really ought to prove competitive against these rivals on the strength of her earlier Newmarket fourth (1m) to I Am Magical.