16:00 Thirsk

Friday 4 September 2020

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RacingTV Hambleton Cup Handicap

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 3m 4.73s

(7)

Zoffee¹⁷⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Megan Nicholls⁽³⁾| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 85

5/1

Showed fairly useful form over hurdles last winter, winning at Doncaster before pulling up in Fred Winter at Cheltenham Festival. Fairly useful on the Flat, respectable on last Flat outing.

Form: 5/62127-

(1)

The Navigator¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs Dianne Sayer| OR: 82| C| D

14/1

Had been shaping up well and came good in emphatic fashion at Catterick in August. Failed to fire there last time but heavy ground presumably to blame.

Form: 333318

(9)

Akamanto¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Sean Kirrane⁽⁵⁾| T: R M Smith| OR: 80

16/1

Good ½-length second of 6 to Zeeband in handicap at Ripon (14f, good to soft, 9/1) 19 days ago, though went with little fluency.

Form: 0/3-0442

(4)

Multellie⁵⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-6| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 77

15/2

Confirmed return to form when sixth of 10 in handicap at Hamilton (13.1f, good to soft) 54 days ago, though remains vulnerable to less-exposed sorts.

Form: 515-626

(6)

Felix Mendelssohn³¹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-4| J: Jason Hart| T: W Coltherd| OR: 75

200/1

Modest chaser, currently out of sorts. Useful handicapper on Flat in 2017 but looks best watched making a belated return to this sphere.

Form: 343080/

(3)

Euro Implosion¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: P Mulrennan| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 72

7/1

6/1, creditable 3 lengths third of 6 to Zeeband in handicap at Ripon (14f, good to soft) 19 days ago, suffering a bit of interference.

Form: 70-3933

(2)

Zeeband¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: E J Walsh| T: R Varian| OR: 80| D

9/4

Improved again to make a successful start in handicaps at Ripon (14f, good to soft) 19 days ago, by ½ length from Akamanto. Open to further improvement.

Form: 531

(5)

Ispahan⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: P Cosgrave| T: D M Simcock| OR: 77

5/2

Promising type. 8/1, third of 8 in minor event at Doncaster (11.9f, good to firm) 41 days ago, keeping on. Open to further improvement now handicapping, and looks to have been handed a lenient mark.

Form: 63

Non-Runners

(8)

Squelch²²

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: Rae Guest J: D Tudhope

Forecasts

Zeeband (9/4), Ispahan (5/2), Zoffee (5/1), Squelch (6/1), Euro Implosion (7/1), Multellie (15/2), The Navigator (14/1), Akamanto (16/1), Felix Mendelssohn (200/1)

3-y-os ISPAHAN and Zeeband easily stand out. The former shaped well in a race run in a good time at Doncaster in July and looks to have been handed a lenient opening mark judged on that, so he's narrowly preferred with this longer trip in his favour. Squelch has done little wrong this year and can fill the places.

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