19:30 Thirsk

Friday 16 August 2019

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Cliff Stud Rearing Winners Handicap

Off time: 19:32 | Winning time: 1m 48.46s

(9)

Spiorad^t⁶^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 79| D

11/8

Impressive 5L winner of a 1m handicap at Redcar (good) in a first time tongue tie (retained) recently. First start since wind surgery on that occasion and holds strong claims under a 5lb penalty.

Form: 37-4131

(4)

Florenza³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: T Eaves| T: C W Fairhurst| OR: 81| CD

28/1

C&D winner has been disappointing in the main since winning over 7f at Doncaster (good) in April. Races off a 1lb lower mark here and market support would be notable.

Form: 510947

(3)

Confrontational¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: A Mullen| T: J Candlish| OR: 77| D

16/1

Put a disappointing effort over 1m behind him when finishing 3L fourth over an extended 1m2f at Chester (good-to-soft) earlier this month. Worth a check in the market dropping in trip.

Form: 329484

(2)

Alfa McGuire^p1³²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: G Lee| T: Phillip Makin| OR: 76| D

22/1

Winning for the third time when victorious by a nose on good ground over this trip at Ayr a month ago. Raised 3lb for that victory and is fitted with cheekpieces for the first time.

Form: 947771

(7)

Start Time¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: K Stott| T: P T Midgley| OR: 74| C| D

6/1

Winner of a soft ground 7f handicap at Ayr at the end of last month. Races off a 4lb higher mark here and interesting having won his only previous start over this distance.

Form: 7-88091

(12)

Al Erayg^p⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Jason Hart| T: T D Easterby| OR: 74| D

3/1

Wore cheekpieces (retained) for the first time when finishing a neck second in a heavy ground 1m handicap at Haydock last weekend. Races off the same mark here and would appreciate any overnight rain.

Form: 508652

(11)

Elusive Heights²⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: B A Curtis| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 73| D

16/1

Ran well to finish third in a 1m handicap on the AW at Newcastle in November. Probably best watched on first start since finishing fifth over the same C&D the following month.

Form: 454735-

(6)

Parole^t¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: Rachel Richardson| T: T D Easterby| OR: 69

50/1

Beaten 1¾L when third in a 1m2f handicap at Ayr (good) in June last year. Returning from well over a year off the track when seventh over an extended 1m2f at Chester (good-to-soft) recently. Others make more appeal.

Form: 6/0813-7

(1)

Zip¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Sean Davis⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 72

16/1

Placed twice on heavy ground at Haydock in June including in a four runner 1m handicap. Held in two starts since but was a winner off this mark on the AW in January.

Form: 102265

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 5p in the pound

Non-Runners

(13)

Saisons D'Or²⁵

Weight: 10-1| Age: 4

T: Jedd O'Keeffe J: J Garritty

(5)

Stringybark Creek¹⁵

Weight: 10-0| Age: 5

T: D Loughnane J: Laura Coughlan

(8)

Algaffaal²⁰

Weight: 9-10| Age: 4

T: B Ellison J: Ben Robinson

(10)

Donnelly's Rainbow¹⁴

Weight: 8-11| Age: 6

T: Rebecca Bastiman J: Phil Dennis

Forecasts

Spiorad (11/8), Al Erayg (3/1), Start Time (6/1), Saisons D'Or (10/1), Stringybark Creek (12/1), Donnelly's Rainbow (12/1), Zip (16/1), Confrontational (16/1), Elusive Heights (16/1), Algaffaal (16/1), Alfa McGuire (22/1), Florenza (28/1), Parole (50/1)

SPIORAD impressed in winning last time out on his first start since wind surgery and he can defy top weight to register a third win in his last four starts in this competitive looking handicap. The selection can get the better of Donnelly's Rainbow who receives weight from all of his rivals while third place can go to Al Erayg who finished runner-up on his most recent start.