15:55 Nottingham

Thursday 24 June 2021

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Farewell And Thank You Steve Jeffries Handicap

Off time: 15:56 | Winning time: 59.62s

(9)

Bezzas Lad¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: David Probert| T: A W Carroll| OR: 64| C

9/2

Course winner. Last of 8 in handicap (7/2) at Chepstow (6.1f, good to firm) 13 days ago. Rejoined former yard after leaving Michael Appleby. Not taken lightly if back on song now.

Form: 31-2448

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(5)

Harrogate²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: P J Dobbs| T: P T Midgley| OR: 63| BF| D

6/1

Latest win at Ripon in May. 9/4, last of 8 in handicap at Ripon (5f, good) 22 days ago, left poorly placed. Can bounce back here.

Form: 522138

(2)

War Whisper²¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-13| J: C Lee| T: Stef Keniry| OR: 63| D

16/1

Twenty four runs since last win in 2018. 40/1, first run since leaving Paul Midgley when thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Newcastle (6f). Difficult ask on comeback.

Form: 556600-

(13)

Haveoneyerself¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: George Wood| T: J Butler| OR: 62| D

20/1

Modest seventh of 9 to Aleef in handicap (11/2) at Lingfield (5f, good) 17 days ago. Needs to get back on track.

Form: 43-6637

(8)

Refuge^t,v¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Rob Hornby| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 59| BF| D

5/1

11/8 and visored for 1st time, fair fourth of 6 in handicap at this course (6.1f, good) 14 days ago. Not proving the easiest to catch right.

Form: 13-2024

(12)

Lucky Beggar²²

Age: 11| Weight: 9-5| J: A Elliott| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 55| D

8/1

Latest win at Thirsk in May. Respectable fourth of 8 in handicap (8/1) at Ripon (5f, good) 22 days ago, nearest finish. Shortlisted.

Form: 746314

(4)

Boudica Bay^b⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Tyler Heard⁽⁵⁾| T: E J Alston| OR: 52| D

10/3

Twelve runs since last win in 2020. 17/2 and blinkered for 1st time, creditable third of 12 in handicap at Thirsk (5f, good to firm) 9 days ago. No forlorn hope.

Form: 9-74633

(3)

Elland Road Boy^b1,t¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: D Allan| T: A West| OR: 57| D

40/1

Last of 13 in handicap at Goodwood (7f, good, 100/1) 18 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time with work to do.

Form: 8-57900

(11)

Tomahawk Ridge^b³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Darragh Keenan| T: J Gallagher| OR: 47| D

18/1

Eighteen runs since last win in 2019 and below-par third of 5 in handicap at Brighton (5.3f, good to soft, 13/2) 31 days ago. Needs to step forward.

Form: 292-693

(10)

Triple Jaye^p⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 45

11/2

20/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, improved form when second of 14 in handicap at Ripon (5f, good to firm) 8 days ago. Still has few miles on the clock, and holds good claims eased 1 lb here.

Form: 378852

Non-Runners

(7)

Aleef¹⁷

Weight: 10-2| Age: 8

T: K Frost J: T E Whelan

(6)

Bellevarde¹⁹

Weight: 9-11| Age: 7

T: R J Price J: Hollie Doyle

(1)

Hot Hot Hot⁶⁵

Weight: 8-10| Age: 4

T: A W Carroll J: David Egan

Forecasts

Boudica Bay (10/3), Bezzas Lad (9/2), Refuge (5/1), Bellevarde (5/1), Triple Jaye (11/2), Aleef (11/2), Harrogate (6/1), Lucky Beggar (8/1), War Whisper (16/1), Tomahawk Ridge (18/1), Haveoneyerself (20/1), Hot Hot Hot (33/1), Elland Road Boy (40/1)

TRIPLE JAYE is less exposed than most of these and fancied to open her account off a favourable mark after posting an improved effort when runner-up off 1 lb higher at Ripon last week. Veteran Lucky Beggar arrives in good nick and is sure to make his presence felt along with recent Lingfield scorer Aleef.