20:30 Beverley

Tuesday 18 June 2019

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Daisy Appeal Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 20:31 | Winning time: 2m 8.63s

(4)

Glacier Fox²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: J P Sullivan| T: T P Tate| OR: 66| CD

7/2

Just 1lb higher than when making all to score by ½L in a Class 5 handicap over C&D (good to firm) in April; slightly below that level of form in two subsequent starts.

Form: 52-3155

(1)

False Id^b¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Laura Coughlan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Loughnane| OR: 64| D

9/2

Won back-to-back April Class 6 handicaps (Wolverhampton and Leicester) for tonight's rider Laura Coughlan; difficult to be positive about his three subsequent starts, including on bottomless ground at Haydock (1m2f) 11 days ago.

Form: 511679

(6)

Zihaam^p²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Ben Sanderson⁽⁵⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 62| C

3/1

Goes well at this track and is now 5lb lower than when finishing fourth of 11 to Archive over C&D (good to firm) in April; handles softer ground and could well figure prominently in the final reckoning.

Form: 568-486

(7)

Dutch Artist¹⁹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: Faye McManoman⁽⁵⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 55

12/1

Infrequent winner (1-29 on the Flat); often finds himself on the back foot from the start; taken out of a planned engagement at Carlisle on June 11th (heavy ground) and is set to make his first start for 190 days.

Form: 000526-

(5)

Wedding Breakfast⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: D Allan| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 53

33/1

Showed some early promise for former trainer Hugo Palmer, but has struggled badly since joining Stella Barclay; an unlikely solution to a weak race despite the steady and prolonged drop down the handicap.

Form: 290/09-7

(10)

Inflexiball¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-6| J: J Quinn| T: J Mackie| OR: 49| D

14/1

Without a win since the summer of 2017, when taking back-to-back soft ground 1m2f handicaps at Doncaster and Leicester; 9lb below her last winning mark, but with precious few positives to take from three starts in 2019 (hurdles, AW, turf).

Form: 4550-07

(8)

Metronomic¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-4| J: Cam Hardie| T: P D Niven| OR: 47| CD

10/1

12lb lower than when winning a 1m2f Class 5 handicap at Ripon (good) in April 2018; beaten just under 6L when hitting the frame behind the subsequent easy winner Jackhammer at Carlisle (1m1f, heavy) last month; boasts C&D winning form.

Form: 9506-73

(3)

Bigbadboy¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-2| J: A Mullen| T: C A Mulhall| OR: 45| C| D

11/2

Lightly-raced since late 2017, and has fallen back to a very low handicap mark (45); his sole turf win came over the extended mile here (good) in August 2017 when beating Graceful Act by an ever-widening 6L; there's far worse options.

Form: 346/0-90

(2)

Jennies Gem²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-2| J: Jamie Gormley⁽³⁾| T: Ollie Pears| OR: 45

12/1

15-race maiden; has shown precious little since finishing a nose second to I Am Dandy in a 7f Class 7 handicap at Newcastle in December; stamina in doubt; others much preferred.

Form: 720-079

(9)

John Caesar^p²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 8-2| J: P Mathers| T: Rebecca Bastiman| OR: 45| CD

25/1

Always tends to give his very best at Beverley, a track which is the scene of both career wins (1m-1m2f). However, he hasn't fared all that well so far in 2019, and is difficult to consider as a realistic threat from out of the handicap proper.

Form: 60-0689

Forecasts

Zihaam (3/1), Glacier Fox (7/2), False Id (9/2), Bigbadboy (11/2), Metronomic (10/1), Jennies Gem (12/1), Dutch Artist (12/1), Inflexiball (14/1), John Caesar (25/1), Wedding Breakfast (33/1)

Division 1 of a Class 6 1m2f handicap which is certain to make precious little appeal to the majority of punters with a plethora of high class action taking place elsewhere across the week (Royal Ascot). However, there'll be a winner and that could feasibly be the well handicapped METRONOMIC who took a step back in the right direction behind a subsequent winner (Jackhammer) at Carlisle. Of the remainder, and in the following order, the course winners Zihaam, Glacier Fox and Bigbadboy also merit some form of inspection.