16:31 Leicester

Monday 31 May 2021

All13:1013:4014:1514:5015:2516:0016:31

Tigers Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 16:31 | Winning time: 2m 32.94s

(8)

Intercessor²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Kieran Schofield| T: J Gallagher| OR: 62

12/1

Ninth of 11 in handicap (10/1) at Nottingham (14f, heavy) 23 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 107-959

(6)

Alchemystique^t¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: O McSweeney⁽⁵⁾| T: J Tuite| OR: 61| D

12/1

Winner at Lingfield in May. 8/1, eighth of 10 in handicap at Brighton (11.9f, good to soft) 13 days ago, slowly away. Likely to find a few too good.

Form: 79018

(9)

Stormingin^b²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: Anna Gibson⁽¹⁰⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 61| C

16/1

Temperamental sort. Eighteen runs since last win, which was here back in June 2019. Below form sixth of 10 in handicap at Lingfield (12f, AW, 11/1) 27 days ago and others are more persuasive.

Form: 28-0526

(7)

Steel An Icon¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Rose Dawes⁽¹⁰⁾| T: M R Channon| OR: 60| BF

7/2

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. Fair 13f bumper winner. Good second of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (11.6f, soft, 3/1) 11 days ago, form which entitles her to respect.

Form: 42542

(3)

Master Grey¹³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Ellie Mackenzie| T: B R Millman| OR: 59WS

11/2

Twelve runs since last win in 2019. 50/1, eighth of 12 in novice hurdle at Chepstow (16f, heavy) 131 days ago. Off 131 days and the percentage call is to look elsewhere.

Form: 987264-

(2)

Shifting Gold²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Sam Feilden⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Miss J Feilden| OR: 59| D

25/1

First run since leaving William Knight when thirteenth of 15 in handicap at Nottingham (10.2f, good to soft, 28/1) 24 days ago. Now 7 lb below last winning mark, so couldn't complete discount.

Form: 64-4050

(11)

Gravity Wave^p²⁰⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: Miss Imogen Mathias⁽⁸⁾| T: J L Flint| OR: 55| D

20/1

Eleventh of 13 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f, 40/1). Off 6 months and it's probably best to look elsewhere.

Form: 3/90880-

(5)

Danking¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Miss Georgia King⁽⁸⁾| T: A King| OR: 52

7/2

9/1, respectable eighth of 13 in handicap at Kempton (12f) 12 days ago, left poorly placed. Shaped well on penultimate start at Wolverhampton and chance if able to reproduce that form back on turf.

Form: 7/777-D8

(1)

Jeanette May³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Frederick Larson⁽⁵⁾| T: W Stone| OR: 51| C

7/2

Improved on recent efforts to win 10-runner handicap at this course (10f, good, 4/1) 37 days ago, suited by way race developed. Looks vulnerable off this 5 lb higher mark.

Form: 7-32851

(13)

Glencoe Boy²³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Aiden Brookes⁽⁵⁾| T: D Flood| OR: 45

22/1

Remains a maiden after 17 Flat runs. Fourth of 13 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, soft, 80/1) 23 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 8-00084

Non-Runners

(4)

Flammarion¹²

Weight: 9-7| Age: 5

T: D Pipe J: Luke Catton

(12)

Bristol Missile²³

Weight: 9-0| Age: 7

T: R J Price J: William Humphrey

(10)

Heaton Chapel⁹⁵

Weight: 8-11| Age: 4

T: D J S Ffrench Davis J: Laura Coughlan

Forecasts

Steel An Icon (7/2), Jeanette May (7/2), Danking (7/2), Master Grey (11/2), Bristol Missile (6/1), Intercessor (12/1), Alchemystique (12/1), Flammarion (12/1), Stormingin (16/1), Gravity Wave (20/1), Glencoe Boy (22/1), Shifting Gold (25/1), Heaton Chapel (25/1)

It's worth chancing DANKING, who performed well enough at Wolverhampton on his penultimate start to suggest that a race off this nature will be within reach. He admittedly has a point to prove back on turf, but he's not the only one of these with a question or two to answer. Jeanette May looks vulnerable off this revised mark and bigger threats may be posed by Flammarion and Steel An Icon.