16:35 Thirsk

Saturday 3 August 2019

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JW 4x4 Northallerton Handicap

Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 2m 38.56s

(8)

Where's Jeff³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Nathan Evans| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 81

4/1

Has improved a lot since stepping up to this sort of trip and comes off the back of a career best when landing valuable handicap at Carlisle in June. Does have form at shorter on this easier ground.

Form: 63-4131

(7)

Benadalid¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: R Ffrench| T: C W Fairhurst| OR: 80| D

8/1

Back to form when landing Doncaster handicap over 1m2f on latest. Does have winning form over this longer trip so has to be respected and won off a higher mark than this last summer.

Form: 403041

(2)

Multellie¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 78| D

14/1

Had a cracking time of things last year but well out of form so far this season. Ground no problem and well treated if bouncing back but it's a big if.

Form: 9-89706

(6)

Dance King^t⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 9-11| J: Danny Redmond⁽⁵⁾| T: T D Easterby| OR: 77| D

16/1

Decent effort on comeback in May when third at Chester but well out of sorts since then and needs to bounce back to be of interest.

Form: 4-38057

(10)

Top Notch Tonto²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-8| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| OR: 74

12/1

One time top class performer but struggling for a while and no better since returning to his old handler so not hard to look elsewhere.

Form: 007780

(4)

Buriram¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: D Tudhope| T: R M Beckett| OR: 82

7/4

Possibly found the longer trip of 1m6f beyond him at Haydock last time and prior to that did too much too soon at Salisbury. Carlisle win was gained on soft and almost certainly has more to come back at optimum distance.

Form: 35-2163

(9)

Trinity Star^v¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: C Lee| T: Karen McLintock| OR: 68

20/1

Tried 1m3f on latest and didn't totally convince he stayed it and even his best form leaves him with a bit to find.

Form: 876254

(5)

Kashagan^b1⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: P Mulrennan| T: A Watson| OR: 78

16/1

Hard to weigh up having won on debut on AW but finished lame when sent to Ireland for a valuable handicap last time. Gelded since and blinkered for the first time. More to come for his bang in-form yard.

Form: 150

(3)

Power Of States²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: P Cosgrave| T: H Palmer| OR: 78

5/1

Stayed well on first go at this trip at Newmarket last month and with few miles on the clock there should be more to come. Acted on soft ground on previous run so warrants respect.

Form: 1-933

(1)

Crimson Skies¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Connor Beasley| T: J J Davies| OR: 65

66/1

Out of sorts in 2019 for this yard over hurdles as well as on the Flat and not hard to look elsewhere.

Form: 64260-8

Forecasts

Buriram (7/4), Where's Jeff (4/1), Power Of States (5/1), Benadalid (8/1), Top Notch Tonto (12/1), Multellie (14/1), Kashagan (16/1), Dance King (16/1), Trinity Star (20/1), Crimson Skies (66/1)

Three-year-olds have taken this four times in the last five years and the classic generation look likely to dominate this years renewal although picking the winner from them isn't easy. It may well be that KASHAGAN is far better than previously shown and it's interesting that connections felt he was good enough to contest a big contest at Down Royal last time. Buriram gets the nod over Power Of States for the runner-up position.