16:20 Pontefract

Thursday 24 September 2020

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Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 1m 5.63s

(2)

Abate²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Barry McHugh| T: Adrian Nicholls| OR: 80| D

5/2

Latest win at York in July. 17/2, creditable sixth of 13 in handicap at Thirsk (5f, good to soft) 20 days ago.

Form: 241706

(3)

East Street Revue^b²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 76| D

10/1

Won 16-runner handicap (18/1) at Beverley (5f, good to soft) 28 days ago, suited by strong pace. Only raised 2 lb so likely to remain competitive.

Form: 4-40381

(1)

James Watt²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: K Stott| T: P T Midgley| OR: 73| D

3/1

Twenty one runs since last win in 2018. 20/1, bit below form eighth of 20 in handicap at Thirsk (6f, good to soft) 20 days ago, unable to sustain effort.

Form: 845738

(4)

Mews House¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: J Fanning| T: D H Brown| OR: 73| CD

7/1

Two AW wins at start of year and scored over C&D in July. 11/2, eleventh of 12 in handicap at Musselburgh (5f, good) 18 days ago, weakening when badly hampered final 1f.

Form: 138040

(7)

Musharrif^t⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 8-10| J: P Hanagan| T: D Carroll| OR: 71| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2019. Shaped better than result when fourth of 11 in handicap at Beverley (5f, good) 8 days ago, keeping on when short of room late on. Enters calculations.

Form: 443664

(9)

Lezardrieux⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: William Cox⁽³⁾| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 68| C| D

4/1

In good form, winning 6f apprentice handicap here 7 days ago, always holding on. Escapes a penalty so obvious chance again.

Form: 339421

Non-Runners

(6)

Saluti¹²

Weight: 9-10| Age: 6

T: P T Midgley J: G Lee

(8)

Princess Power¹⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: N Tinkler J: Tyler Heard

(5)

Free Love¹⁷

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: M Appleby J: Theodore Ladd

(10)

Young Tiger²⁴

Weight: 8-12| Age: 7

T: T P Tate J: J P Sullivan

Forecasts

Abate (5/2), James Watt (3/1), Lezardrieux (4/1), Saluti (9/2), Musharrif (6/1), Mews House (7/1), Young Tiger (7/1), East Street Revue (10/1), Free Love (12/1), Princess Power (12/1)

LEZARDRIEUX goes unpenalised for last week's course apprentice success so Grant Tuer's 3-y-o may be up to notching a third win of a productive campaign. Saluti will find this easier than the Portland and should go well for a yard seeking a third successive win in this race. Musharrif is feasibly handicapped and also merits respect with Paul Hanagan taking over from a 7 lb claimer.