15:30 Market Rasen

Friday 21 June 2019

All13:5014:2014:5515:3016:0516:4517:20

Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises Ltd Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:33 | Winning time: 5m 17.20s

Ballyfarsoon^v⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: K Yeoman⁽⁷⁾| T: P Winks| OR: 100

6/1

Made all, and held off the late challenge of River Icon (by ¾L) when making it tenth time lucky over hurdles at Aintree (2m4f, good to soft) last week; very attractively weighted with a rise in the weights imminent.

Form: 236-441

Moidore³³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: Charlie Hammond⁽³⁾| T: C T Pogson| OR: 98| C

9/2

Struck for the third time over hurdles (his first win since 2016) when making all for a 5L win here (2m7f, good) last month; 7lb higher in the weights; dropped in trip, but faces more competition for the lead on this occasion.

Form: 4/955-71

Diamond Rose⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: M D Grant| T: J S Smith| OR: 95| D

6/1

Lightly-raced mare, showed considerable improvement when springing a 40/1 shock at Ludlow (2m5½f, good) last month; 4lb higher today.

Form: 74778-1

Opechee¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Conor Shoemark| T: L Egerton| OR: 94

28/1

Tackles hurdles for the first time since October 2016; that hardly comes as a surprise given his error-riddled rounds of jumping of late; others are far more appealing.

Form: 2-77324

Joly Maker²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Adrian Heskin| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 93

7/1

11-race maiden; formerly trained in Ireland by Enda Bolger; never in the hunt (third) on debut for this trainer at Fontwell (2m2f, good); drops 5lb in the weights and steps up in trip; worth a cautious market check.

Form: 04258-3

Royal Beekeeper^p³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 86| BF

11/4

Back with Team Skelton after a dismal spell for Conor Dore; heavily backed (8/11f) on return from a ten month absence at Sedgefield (2m1f, good) last month - weakened from the second last; stamina under rules?

Form: PP/98P-6

Buck Bravo^b,t²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: S Bowen| T: D A Rees| OR: 85

4/1

Wore first-time blinkers (replaced cheekpieces) when bouncing back to form in a 3m Class 5 handicap at Ffos Las (good) 27 days ago; that was possibly a weak race, but isn't ruled out of contention off a 5lb higher mark.

Form: 193P-P1

Midnight Gem²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: Brendan Powell| T: Mrs S Leech| OR: 74| D

14/1

Sole success in 36 came at Huntingdon (2m4f+, good) in November 2016; well beaten on her last couple of starts; masses to find with today's rival Diamond Rose; highly unlikely winner.

Form: 4457-04

L'Es Fremantle¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Jamie Brace⁽⁷⁾| T: M C Chapman| OR: 73| CD

40/1

Market Rasen regular; captured the headlines when posting a power packed late thrust to spring an 80/1 surprise over fences here in November 2018, but 0-60 combined in his other races tells the real tale; look elsewhere.

Form: 1425-55

Ridgeway Pearl^b1²³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Danny McMenamin⁽⁷⁾| T: M E Sowersby| OR: 68

40/1

Bought cheaply from Tom Lacey (£1,500) and continues to struggle; well beaten in a Cartmel seller (2m6f, soft) latest, and faces a very tough task from outside of the handicap proper; blinkers applied.

Form: 7U79-63

Kilcaragh Boy^t⁴²

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Philip Armson⁽⁷⁾| T: R J Armson| OR: 66

66/1

No win since July 2016 (2m, Roscommon); fell at the fifth over fences here latest; it's difficult to envisage a scenario where he has a positive role to play.

Form: P6527-F

Non-Runners

Arcadian Sea¹⁴

Weight: 11-13| Age: 5

T: Mrs S J Humphrey J: Kevin Jones

Indian Reel⁹⁹

Weight: 10-4| Age: 9

T: C R Dore J: C Brace

Forecasts

Royal Beekeeper (11/4), Buck Bravo (4/1), Moidore (9/2), Diamond Rose (6/1), Ballyfarsoon (6/1), Joly Maker (7/1), Arcadian Sea (8/1), Midnight Gem (14/1), Indian Reel (14/1), Opechee (28/1), L'Es Fremantle (40/1), Ridgeway Pearl (40/1), Kilcaragh Boy (66/1)

A race which lacks depth, so it should pay to focus upon those horses who have shown positive recent form. Arcadian Sea was an eye-catching second on handicap debut over C&D latest, when feasibly given a fraction too much to do by his rider. However, that was an encouraging start to life in handicaps, although he could've done without the subsequent 3lb rise. Diamond Rose, Moidore and Buck Bravo were all last time out winners, although the preferred option is BALLYFARSOON who is able to compete from a lower mark today than when making all to score in a conditional jockeys' handicap at Aintree (2m4f, good to soft) last Friday.