14:45 Ripon

Thursday 20 June 2019

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Topsport Equisand Handicap

Off time: 14:46 | Winning time: 1m 0.26s

(7)

Dancing Rave⁹^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 64| D

5/4

Appreciates some cut underfoot; back to winning ways at Thirsk (6f, soft) last week when sticking on stoutly (despite hanging) to beat Bedtime Bella by ¾L; competes under a 6lb penalty.

Form: 42-0941

(6)

Timetodock^b⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 64| BF

3/1

3lb higher than when making all and ploughing through the mud at Carlisle (6f, heavy) on his penultimate start; finished fifth, behind today's rival Dancing Rave at Thirsk latest.

Form: 0-73315

(3)

Ginvincible¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Barry McHugh| T: J G Given| OR: 62

10/1

Exposed 12-race maiden; came out best of an essentially moderate bunch when beaten 6L by the 1/4f Moss Gill in a 5f Doncaster novice (good to firm) 19 days ago.

Form: 0653-42

(2)

Montalvan^p1²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: C Lee| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 56

12/1

Eight-race maiden who has yet to pick up the baton since joining Roger Fell (also saddles Dancing Mountain); easing in the weights, cheekpieces are added.

Form: 775-097

(5)

Dancing Mountain¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: B A Curtis| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 55| D

6/1

Irish nursery winner for Johnny Murtagh (September 2018); 0-5 for Roger Fell (also saddles Montaivan); best effort for this trainer came when runner up at Musselburgh (5f); excuses when a never nearer fourth to today's rival The Defiant latest.

Form: 0-50264

(1)

Muhallab²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Laura Coughlan⁽⁷⁾| T: Adrian Nicholls| OR: 54

8/1

Has shown traces of ability on the AW at Newcastle, namely when finishing 3L third to Sandret (6f) in February; over-raced (and weakened) on turf at Redcar 23 days ago.

Form: 53405

Non-Runners

(4)

The Defiant¹⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: P T Midgley J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Dancing Rave (5/4), The Defiant (2/1), Timetodock (3/1), Dancing Mountain (6/1), Muhallab (8/1), Ginvincible (10/1), Montalvan (12/1)

The Defiant merits plenty of respect seeking a hat-trick but we'll opt to wait and see how he handles today's softer ground, especially with Dancing Mountain expected to get closer than at Thirsk a fortnight ago. Therefore, for small stakes the David O'Meara-trained DANCING RAVE gets the marginal nod. She stuck on stoutly for pressure when winning at Thirsk, and under a 6lb penalty is certain to appreciate similar underfoot conditions.