14:05 Catterick

Tuesday 29 October 2019

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Sarah Lipsett's 60th Birthday Celebration Handicap

Off time: 14:08 | Winning time: 1m 33.46s

(5)

Breanski²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Owen Payton⁽⁷⁾| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 85| D

5/1

Consistent performer ran with credit in a strong Redcar contest on heavy ground latest. Just 1lb higher than good Doncaster success in August and likely to go close in this grade.

Form: 161046

(3)

Sparklealot^p¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: D C Costello| T: I Furtado| OR: 85| BF| CD

7/2

Beat Parys Mountain when winning over this C&D in August and now 4lb higher. Handles soft ground but needs to bounce back from a poor latest run at York.

Form: 534120

(1)

Tukhoom^v³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: D Nolan| T: D O'Meara| OR: 83| D

8/1

Won a Sandown claiming handicap last month and he has been suited by better ground. Consistent run of form ended on first try on heavy latest and he may be vulnerable again.

Form: 121215

(8)

Casement⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 81| D

9/1

3lb higher than last of two wins this year since joining this stable. Disappointing at Redcar last month and questionable as to whether this surface will suit.

Form: 383210

(7)

Dark Defender^b¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: D Allan| T: Rebecca Bastiman| OR: 80

14/1

Now 3lb lower than last win and while he's suited by some give, he's yet to go well on heavy ground. Dropped in grade and needs to raise his game.

Form: 977600

(4)

Parys Mountain^h,t¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Cam Hardie| T: T D Easterby| OR: 78| CD

12/1

Won this race last year off 2lb lower to give his stable a third success in the last 10 renewals. Twice a winner since but arrives off the back of three poor efforts.

Form: 291069

(6)

Magical Effect^p¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: Jamie Gormley| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 75

9/1

Just 1lb higher than last of four win from 43 starts. Capable of being involved but all wins have come at shorter and this ground combined with the trip may test his stamina.

Form: 330472

(2)

Zip¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Sean Davis⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 72| D

5/2

Sole win came on the AW and without a success from 13 turf starts. Yet his best form on turf has come in testing conditions and he kept on well off a slow pace when third over this C&D last time. A breakthrough turf win shouldn't be far away.

Form: 653953

Forecasts

Zip (5/2), Sparklealot (7/2), Breanski (5/1), Tukhoom (8/1), Magical Effect (9/1), Casement (9/1), Parys Mountain (12/1), Dark Defender (14/1)

ZIP has a good opportunity to open his turf account after knocking on the door of late. He could be ideally suited by a strongly run 7f contest on testing ground and despite the numbers, there's enough pace on paper to provide just that. Breanski handles heavy ground and as a reliable type is likely to offer the stiffest opposition. Sparklealot was disappointing last time but could easily bounce back in a smaller field.