14:35 Ripon

Sunday 16 May 2021

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Affordable Ownership With Titanium Racing Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 14:36 | Winning time: 1m 17.53s

(12)

Footstepstothehart^b1¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 66

7/1

Sixth of 8 in handicap at Pontefract (6f, good, 13/2) 18 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Hard to make a case for on the back of that laboured return, though headgear could help.

Form: 33207-6

(6)

Kats Bob^h⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 64

7/2

Unreliable individual. 33/1, fifth of 14 in handicap at Thirsk (6f, soft) 8 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 782-065

(3)

Canterbury Tales¹⁹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Connor Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 63

12/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 12/1, ninth of 10 in nursery at Newcastle (6f). Off 6 months. Type to do better as a 3yo but this is a big ask on return.

Form: 339-

(7)

Cammy¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: P Mulrennan| T: P A Kirby| OR: 62

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, tenth of 12 in handicap at Thirsk (8f, good) 15 days ago. Down in trip. First run for yard after leaving Phillip Makin. Bit to prove.

Form: 678-0

(11)

Mehmo^p¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Tom Marquand| T: M Appleby| OR: 60

3/1

Unreliable type. Very good second of 14 in handicap at Beverley (5f, good, 17/2) 13 days ago, having to pick way through. Clearly in good order but he's long since been hard to win with

Form: 226552

(8)

Iris Dancer¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: P Mathers| T: R M Smith| OR: 55

6/1

16/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Musselburgh (5f, good) 17 days ago. Limited sort who doesn't appear to have anything in hand of her present mark.

Form: 4256-75

(1)

Tom Mix^p²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: F Norton| T: I Furtado| OR: 54

9/2

Winner at Southwell in February. Good second of 11 in handicap there (7.1f, 4/1) 20 days ago, sticking to task. Solid claims if he can reproduce that form back on turf.

Form: 098-912

(10)

Colinton⁴⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Cam Hardie| T: R Menzies| OR: 52

12/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Tenth of 11 in minor event at Doncaster (7f, good, 500/1) 49 days ago. Could make more impact now handicapping off lowly mark.

Form: 480

(5)

Lockdown Lass²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: Theodore Ladd⁽³⁾| T: G Hanmer| OR: 46

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. First run since leaving Lisa Williamson when tenth of 12 in handicap (40/1) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 26 days ago. Makes turf debut. Easily opposed.

Form: 7080

Non-Runners

(9)

Thornaby Pearl¹⁸

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: Adrian Nicholls J: T Hamilton

(2)

Elegant Ellen¹⁵

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: T D Easterby J: D Allan

(4)

Tamaska²⁰

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: D O'Meara J: D Tudhope

Forecasts

Mehmo (3/1), Tamaska (3/1), Kats Bob (7/2), Tom Mix (9/2), Iris Dancer (6/1), Elegant Ellen (6/1), Footstepstothehart (7/1), Colinton (12/1), Canterbury Tales (12/1), Thornaby Pearl (12/1), Cammy (22/1), Lockdown Lass (25/1)

TAMASKA upped his game to get off the mark at Thirsk recently and, if headgear can eke out a bit more progress, he should be up to going in again in what is arguably a weaker race. The tricky Mehmo warrants a mention after a narrow second at Beverley and Elegant Ellen is the clear pick of the handicap debutants.