16:00 Beverley

Wednesday 14 August 2019

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Wykeland/Flemingate Handicap

Off time: 16:01 | Winning time: 2m 5.69s

(6)

Placebo Effect¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Cam Hardie| T: Ollie Pears| OR: 68

6/1

Beaten 3½L when finishing third to Billy Roberts over C&D (good to firm) last month and boasts a respectable overall record (839422963) at this track; last win came in a 1m claimer on the AW at Newcastle.

Form: 294633

(7)

Showboating^p¹³

Age: 11| Weight: 9-9| J: D C Costello| T: J Balding| OR: 65

28/1

Veteran; winner of 13 of his 128 career starts; raced sparingly on turf over the past few months and not overly competitive; will be of more interest once returned to Fibresand - winner over 1m at Southwell on New Year's Day.

Form: 269704

(5)

Spirit Of Lund²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Jamie Gormley| T: I Jardine| OR: 71

10/1

3lb lower than when finishing second to Shawaaheq over 7½f here (good) in June; disappointing at Musselburgh latest and remains a maiden (0-8); tough task.

Form: 3-50229

(2)

Dutch Coed⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Rowan Scott⁽³⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 62| CD

9/2

Finished strongly to score over C&D (good) in June, swiftly following up over a slightly shorter trip at Carlisle and Hamilton; higher in the weights now and below-par latest, but with C&D form figures of 2,1 rates as dangerous to dismiss.

Form: 071114

(1)

Fantastic Ms Fox¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: T Hamilton| T: R A Fahey| OR: 63

7/1

Runner-up over 1m4f (gd/soft) on her last visit to Beverley and struck on her very next start at Redcar (1m6f, good to firm); tackled competitive races since; a prominent racer who may lack the speed for a battle with Langholm.

Form: 621344

(4)

Langholm^t¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: P Hanagan| T: D Carroll| OR: 63| CD

9/4

Unbeaten in two starts on the Westwood, making all of the running when winning a pair of Class 6 C&D handicaps in June/July; is ground versatile; 6lb above his last winning mark in a stronger race; place claims.

Form: 082114

(8)

Melgate Majeure⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: J P Sullivan| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 58| D

5/2

Spotted closing at the finish when fourth to Langholm over C&D (good to firm) in July; was very well supported when making it 3-3 on Tapeta at Newcastle (1m2f) last week (apprentices' handicap); holds an obvious chance off the same mark.

Form: 311-441

Non-Runners

(3)

Briardale²⁵

Weight: 10-1| Age: 7

T: J D Bethell J: D Tudhope

(9)

Go Fox²⁰

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: Tom Clover J: B A Curtis

(10)

Lucy's Law¹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 5

T: T P Tate J: T Eaves

Forecasts

Langholm (9/4), Melgate Majeure (5/2), Go Fox (4/1), Dutch Coed (9/2), Placebo Effect (6/1), Fantastic Ms Fox (7/1), Briardale (8/1), Spirit Of Lund (10/1), Lucy's Law (12/1), Showboating (28/1)

MELGATE MAJEURE was all the rage in the market when making it a perfect 3 from 3 on Tapeta at Newcastle last week and escapes a penalty for that success (apprentices' handicap). He returns to Beverley bidding to follow up after previously catching the eye in defeat (fourth) to the reopposing Langholm. The Declan Carroll-trained three-year-old has cut out all of the hard yards in twice scoring over C&D (unbeaten) in recent months. Of the remainder, Dutch Coed clearly also appreciates the Westwood and merits a degree of respect, while the top-weight Briardale is more than capable of disposing of these opponents when fully on song.