14:00 Ripon

Tuesday 1 September 2020

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attheraces.com City Of Ripon Handicap

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 2m 5.67s

(5)

Gulf Of Poets¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: G Lee| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 79| D

16/1

14/1, not disgraced when eighth of 15 in handicap at Hamilton (9f, good to soft) 19 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Capable of doing something from this mark but losing run now up to 15.

Form: 80-6748

(8)

Mikmak^p³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: J Garritty| T: T D Easterby| OR: 78| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Yet to fire this term but is now 4 lb below his last winning mark. Needs keeping an eye on in the betting back from a short break.

Form: 460-890

(2)

Olympic Conqueror²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Barry McHugh| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 77| D

10/3

Dual Kempton winner this year. Respectable seventh of 13 in handicap at Chester (10f, good) 22 days ago, no extra late on after caught wide. Not discounted.

Form: 58-1157

(4)

El Picador²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: F Norton| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 73| D

5/1

Shaped well when fifth of 9 in handicap at Beverley (10f, firm) 20 days ago, denied a run over 1f out and finishing with running left. Up in trip. Needs considering.

Form: 95-5335

(3)

Smeaton³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 72

5/1

Back-to-back wins at Hamilton this summer but no more than a respectable sixth of 10 in handicap at Redcar (10f, soft) on Saturday.

Form: 311826

(7)

Daafr¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 71

16/1

3 wins from 10 runs this year. Latest win at Haydock in August. Good second of 11 in handicap (16/1) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 11 days ago.

Form: 096172

(6)

Termonator¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 64

10/1

33/1, creditable fifth of 15 in handicap at Hamilton (9f, good to soft) on reappearance 19 days ago. May strip fitter with that behind him and

Form: 12374-5

(1)

Delph Crescent¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-5| J: S De Sousa| T: R A Fahey| OR: 63| D

11/4

Eleven runs since last win in 2019. 9/1, shaped as if back in form when seventh of 14 in handicap at Catterick (12f, good to soft) 15 days ago, ridden too aggressively. Shortlist material.

Form: 857667

Forecasts

Delph Crescent (11/4), Olympic Conqueror (10/3), Smeaton (5/1), El Picador (5/1), Mikmak (10/1), Termonator (10/1), Gulf Of Poets (16/1), Daafr (16/1)

Silvestre De Sousa is an interesting booking for DELPH CRESCENT who is well handicapped and shaped as if back in better form when going off too hard in an amateur riders' event at Catterick last time. El Picador looks to be building up to something and heads the dangers along with Antony Brittain's Daafr.