15:25 Ripon

Thursday 17 June 2021

All13:1513:4514:1514:5015:2516:0016:35

Grantley Hall Handicap

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 1m 10.82s

(12)

Excessable^p,t⁵⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 65| C| D

12/1

Latest win at Southwell in February. Seventh of 8 in handicap (17/2) at Catterick (6f, good) 57 days ago. Course winner so could bounce back.

Form: 122447

(3)

Ustath⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Ben Sanderson⁽³⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 65| D

16/1

Latest win at Thirsk in April. 15/2, fifteenth of 18 in handicap at Thirsk (6f, soft) 40 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 738130

(15)

Joshua R¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Connor Beasley| T: T D Barron| OR: 64

8/1

Arrives below par, only sixth of 8 in handicap at this course (5f, good, 15/2) 15 days ago. Needs to get back on track.

Form: 080-976

(7)

Brazen Bolt²⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Connor Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 61| BF

18/1

Respectable third of 10 in handicap (11/8) at Wolverhampton (7.2f). Off 8 months. Can make presence felt in search of his first win despite 3 lb rise.

Form: 8/60423-

(1)

Gullane One^p,t¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Ella McCain⁽⁵⁾| T: T D Easterby| OR: 59| CD

3/1

C&D winner and good fourth of 12 in handicap (12/1) at Pontefract (6f, good to firm) 10 days ago. Firmly in the mix.

Form: 0777-94

(4)

Hurstwood²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Harry Russell⁽⁵⁾| T: P D Niven| OR: 59| D

16/1

Yet to strike form this term, only sixth of 9 in handicap at Musselburgh (7.2f, soft, 14/1) 23 days ago. Has bit to prove now.

Form: 330-606

(14)

Burtonwood¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 8-12| J: Rowan Scott| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 56| CD

25/1

C&D winner. Thirteenth of 15 in handicap at Thirsk (6f, good to firm, 80/1) 14 days ago. Merits consideration if shrugging off latest run.

Form: 8206-70

(8)

Hard Solution^v⁸^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Sean Kirrane⁽⁵⁾| T: D O'Meara| OR: 50| CD

5/1

15/2, improved on recent efforts to land 14-runner handicap at Hamilton (6f, firm) 8 days ago. Carries 5 lb penalty but this C&D winner is high on the shortlist in his hat-trick bid.

Form: 706411

(2)

Mo Henry^v²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 8-8| J: Dylan Hogan⁽³⁾| T: A Keatley| OR: 52| BF| D

25/1

Thirty two runs since last win in 2017. 11/4, below form sixth of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 24 days ago so others more persuasive.

Form: 503526

(13)

Billy Dylan^h³³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-4| J: P Mathers| T: Suzzanne France| OR: 48| C

9/1

Course winner but it's now twenty two runs since last win in 2018. Below form seventh of 18 in handicap (40/1) at Thirsk (6f, heavy) 33 days ago and easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 305-797

(6)

Quercus³³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-2| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs A Duffield| OR: 45

16/1

Yet to register a victory, and only twelfth of 18 in handicap at Thirsk (6f, heavy, 28/1) 33 days ago. Has lots to prove.

Form: 0605-50

(9)

Point Of Woods²³³

66/1

C&D winner but now fourteen runs since last win in 2019 and only eighth of 10 in handicap at Catterick (6f, heavy). Off 7 months with work to do.

Form: 029558-

(5)

Decision Maker¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 8-2| J: Kieran Schofield⁽⁵⁾| T: S R Bowring| OR: 45| D

11/2

Respectable fifth of 14 in handicap at Catterick (7f, good to firm, 10/1) 13 days ago, never nearer. Can give another good account.

Form: 07-2015

(10)

Cazeva Princess²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-2| J: Cam Hardie| T: M Appleby| OR: 45

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ninth of 13 in handicap at Chelmsford City (7f, 80/1) 28 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 8970-9

Non-Runners

(11)

Lucky Beggar¹⁵

Weight: 8-11| Age: 11

T: D C Griffiths J: A Elliott

Forecasts

Gullane One (3/1), Hard Solution (5/1), Decision Maker (11/2), Lucky Beggar (15/2), Joshua R (8/1), Billy Dylan (9/1), Excessable (12/1), Hurstwood (16/1), Ustath (16/1), Quercus (16/1), Brazen Bolt (18/1), Mo Henry (25/1), Burtonwood (25/1), Point Of Woods (66/1), Cazeva Princess (100/1)

C&D victor HARD SOLUTION arrives on a roll and is fancied to defy a 5 lb penalty and complete a quick hat-trick for his in-form handler. Fellow C&D scorer Gullane One looks to be coming to the boil again judged on his Pontefract fourth and is feared most ahead of Lucky Beggar and Excessable who can fight it out for minor honours.