Weatherbys TBA Handicap

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 3m 40.65s

(4)

Jukebox Jive^t¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: D C Costello| T: J A Osborne| OR: 85| BF

8/1

Continues to fall in the weights and sneaks into this Class 4 handicap off a mark of 85; only third of four (beaten 3¼L) when sent off at 5-4f at Ffos Las (2m, good to firm) last month.

Form: 730603

(5)

Echo^b⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: J Garritty| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 74| D

6/1

Won three on the bounce earlier in the year, kicking off the winning sequence on Tapeta at Newcastle (1m4f+); has no issues with this 2m trip; 8lb above his last winning mark.

Form: 111273

(6)

Zihaam^p¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Ben Sanderson⁽⁵⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 67| C

14/1

Won at this track in June (1m2f, good) and again when clinging on to score by a head at Carlisle (1m3f, good to firm) the following month; up the weights with stamina to prove over a new trip.

Form: 615157

(2)

Platform Nineteen^p¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: J P Sullivan| T: M L W Bell| OR: 74| CD

2/7

Has taken his form to a whole new level since introduced to handicapping (211); C&D winner who seeks the hat-trick following a 3¼L Class 6 romp at Nottingham (2m, soft) a fortnight ago; faces a sterner test but a 5lb rise can be considered lenient.

Form: 0-46211

Non-Runners

(1)

Charlie D¹³

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: Tom Dascombe J: Jane Elliott

(3)

Swordbill⁴⁰

Weight: 8-12| Age: 4

T: Ian Williams J: B A Curtis

Forecasts

Platform Nineteen (2/7), Charlie D (3/1), Echo (6/1), Jukebox Jive (8/1), Swordbill (8/1), Zihaam (14/1)

Look no further than the progressive C&D winning three-year-old PLATFORM NINETEEN who is probably a shade unfortunate not to remain unbeaten in 2m handicaps (bumped into the unstoppable Champagne Marengo at Catterick in June). His sights are set a couple of grades higher than at Nottingham (Class 6) a fortnight ago, but a subsequent 5lb rise in the weights shouldn't be enough to stop him landing the hat-trick.