14:45 Thirsk

Saturday 15 May 2021

All12:3013:0013:3514:1014:4515:2015:5516:30

Sporting Life Handicap

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 2  |   7f  |   Soft  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:46  |   Winning time: 1m 28.97s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
(3)
Horse silk
Azanot14
Age: 5|  Weight: 9-7| J: Cam Hardie| T: D O'Meara| OR:  101| D
16/1
Only seventh of 8 in handicap at Goodwood (7f, good) 14 days ago. Very useful at his best but he needs to get back on track.
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2
(8)
Horse silk
Fox Duty Free43
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-4| J: Hollie Doyle| T: R M Beckett| OR:  98| D
7/2
Rattled off a hat-trick at Lingfield in December. 7/1, too free on return when eighth of 10 in conditions event there (8f, AW) 43 days ago. Worth another chance off lenient mark.
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3
(4)
Horse silk
Young Firev15
Age: 6|  Weight: 9-3| J: Shane Gray| T: D O'Meara| OR:  97| D
9/2
15/2, encouraging fifth of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f) 15 days ago, caught further back than ideal. Must enter calculations.
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4
(2)
Horse silk
Another Batt8
Age: 6|  Weight: 8-10| J: Connor Beasley| T: T D Barron| OR:  90| C| D
10/3
Course winner. 25/1, below-form sixth of 10 in handicap at Chester (7.6f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Bit more needed now.
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5
(5)
Horse silk
Queen's Sargent14
Age: 6|  Weight: 8-10| J: Megan Nicholls| T: K A Ryan| OR:  90| CD
6/1
Latest win at Catterick in April. Only tenth of 15 in handicap at this course (8f, good, 16/1) 14 days ago. C&D winner, so could easily bounce back.
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6
(7)
Horse silk
Flying Pursuitt8
Age: 8|  Weight: 8-9| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR:  89| D
17/2
Returned from 6 months off with win in 10-runner handicap at Ripon (6f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Effective over this longer trip. Can give another good account.
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7
(1)
Horse silk
Broken Spearp10
Age: 5|  Weight: 8-7| J: Kieran Schofield(5)| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR:  87| C| D
6/1
Course winner who improved on recent efforts to win 14-runner handicap (25/1) at Chester (7f, soft) 10 days ago. Not discounted if able to back it up.
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8
(6)
Horse silk
Alminoor23
Age: 4|  Weight: 8-5| J: T E Whelan| T: I Furtado| OR:  85| D
12/1
Has been kept busy in 2021 and arrives in decent nick, fifth of 7 in handicap (15/2) at Chelmsford City (8f) 23 days ago, finding test too much. Not taken lightly back in trip.
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Forecasts

Another Batt (10/3), Fox Duty Free (7/2), Young Fire (9/2), Queen's Sargent (6/1), Broken Spear (6/1), Flying Pursuit (17/2), Alminoor (12/1), Azano (16/1)

Verdict

A tightly-knit handicap in which marginal preference is for FOX DUTY FREE who raced too keely after a break when eighth at Lingfield last time and could bounce back here off an attractive mark. Alminoor is feared most now he reverts in trip having not got home over 1m at Chelmsford, with Young Fire another to consider after his encouraging Newcastle fifth.

  1. FOX DUTY FREE (IRE)
  2. ALMINOOR (IRE)
  3. YOUNG FIRE (FR)

Prize Money

1st: £10,260.002nd: £4,816.003rd: £2,409.004th: £1,205.00

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