17:35 Haydock

Friday 28 May 2021

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Plank Lane Amateur Jockeys' Handicap

Off time: 17:36 | Winning time: 2m 37.06s

(9)

Garrison Commander¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Miss Serena Brotherton| T: Katy Price| OR: 68

11/2

Ended his time with Denis Hogan with good fourth of 23 in handicap at Leopardstown (12f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Player if in similar form now setting out for new stable.

Form: 1405-04

(7)

Elhafei¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: B Roberts⁽⁵⁾| T: J Mackie| OR: 68| D

9/2

Snapped a losing run when seeing off 9 rivals on soft at Catterick (1½m) 18 days ago, helped by the leaders stopping in front. Doesn't have the obvious profile of one likely to follow up.

Form: 756501

(2)

Hooflepuff^b¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Mr Matt Brown⁽⁵⁾| T: B Ellison| OR: 67| D

15/2

AW winner last year and also second off 3 lb higher on turf at Newmarket last summer. Probably needed recent Doncaster reappearance 13 days ago and respected with headgear back on.

Form: 29040-7

(12)

Dance King^p¹³

Age: 11| Weight: 10-10| J: Mrs Emily Roberts| T: T D Easterby| OR: 66| D

9/2

At the veteran stage now but Doncaster reappearance second shows he's still very capable from a mark in the mid-60s. High on the shortlist with ground conditions to suit.

Form: 17402-2

(6)

Ascot Day^p¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: Miss Jessica Llewellyn⁽⁵⁾| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 65| D

17/2

Arrives fit from hurdling and was competitive off similar marks on the Flat last summer. Likely to get involved.

Form: 6/92657-

(4)

Motaraabet³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: Miss Alice Coleman⁽⁷⁾| T: L Morgan| OR: 61

14/1

Hard to get excited by his jumps efforts for this yard and similar comments apply to his 2 runs back on the Flat this spring.

Form: 7434/50

(5)

Jack D'Or³²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-3| J: M Robinson⁽⁵⁾| T: Olly Williams| OR: 59

40/1

Unreliable type who was won just once from 22 starts. Tailed off on Southwell's fibresand on last month's yard debut. Owner, 53, having his first ride under Rules since 1995.

Form: 694607

(8)

Thorntoun Care^p¹⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Miss Amy Collier⁽⁵⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 56| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2019 but he did go very close on Ayr reappearance (13fd, good) 17 days ago. Contender if showing up in similar form.

Form: 56705-2

(3)

Dream Point^h³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Miss Violet Barton⁽⁷⁾| T: L Morgan| OR: 52

13/2

Third on AW at Chelmsford in January on her first outing for this stable but has failed to build on it since, finishing mid-division under Violet Barton in a similar event at Doncaster last month.

Form: 50-3598

Non-Runners

(11)

Running Cloud²⁵

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: A Wintle J: Miss Megan Jordan

(1)

King's Proctor²²

Weight: 10-6| Age: 6

T: M F Harris J: Mr Simon Walker

(10)

Bad Rabbit¹⁷

Weight: 9-13| Age: 4

T: R Menzies J: Miss Becky Smith

Forecasts

Elhafei (9/2), Dance King (9/2), Thorntoun Care (5/1), Garrison Commander (11/2), Dream Point (13/2), Hooflepuff (15/2), Running Cloud (8/1), Ascot Day (17/2), King's Proctor (12/1), Motaraabet (14/1), Bad Rabbit (16/1), Jack D'Or (40/1)

DANCE KING is 11 now but still has a race like this in him based on his good runner-up effort on his Doncaster reappearance. Thorntoun Care is another who is getting on a bit but this former C&D scorer's Ayr reappearance second shows he's still capable of his reduced mark. Garrison Commander should also play a part if reproducing the form he showed on his final outing in Ireland.