20:35 Doncaster

Saturday 17 July 2021

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Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 535 Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 20:35 | Winning time: 59.44s

(5)

Buniann¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: O McSweeney⁽³⁾| T: P T Midgley| OR: 69| D

7/2

Latest win at Newcastle in March. Creditable sixth of 10 in handicap at Beverley (5f, good, 16/1) 14 days ago, nearest finish.

Form: 136266

(3)

Eeh Bah Gum^p²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: Callum Hutchinson| T: T D Easterby| OR: 68| D

5/1

Eighteen runs since last win in 2018. Sixth of 8 in handicap at Ayr (5f, good to firm, 11/4) 25 days ago. Losing run a concern but he is more than capable of making presence felt at this 0-70 level.

Form: 9-75436

(4)

Passional^t²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Lorenzo Atzori⁽⁵⁾| T: S C Williams| OR: 68| D

5/1

Notched 4 AW wins for this yard over the winter and has shown she's effective on turf with runner-up efforts at Newmarket and Yarmouth last month. Considered.

Form: 125722

(7)

Harrogate²³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Zak Wheatley| T: P T Midgley| OR: 62| D

5/1

Latest win at Ripon in May. 6/1, respectable third of 10 in handicap at Nottingham (5f, good to firm) 23 days ago.

Form: 221383

(1)

Mehmo^b³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Frederick Larson⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 61| BF

6/1

Unreliable type. Remains a maiden after 18 Flat runs. Last of 5 in handicap at Yarmouth (5.2f, good to firm, 11/2) 3 days ago. Blinkers back on.

Form: 524295

(2)

Lucky Beggar⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 8-13| J: Mollie Phillips| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 54| D

16/5

Latest win at Thirsk in May. 15/2, creditable third of 14 in handicap at Beverley (5f, good to soft) 4 days ago.

Form: 314653

Non-Runners

(8)

Powerallied²¹

Weight: 9-12| Age: 8

T: R A Fahey J: Charlie O'Dwyer

(6)

Ustath¹⁴

Weight: 9-10| Age: 5

T: R Fell & S Murray J: Bradley Harris

(9)

Dandy's Max¹⁹

Weight: 8-10| Age: 3

T: Mrs Stella Barclay J: Jonny Peate

Forecasts

Lucky Beggar (16/5), Buniann (7/2), Powerallied (4/1), Eeh Bah Gum (5/1), Passional (5/1), Harrogate (5/1), Mehmo (6/1), Ustath (13/2), Dandy's Max (10/1)

The speedy USTATH should have little difficulty with the drop back to 5f and is narrowly preferred to Eeh Bah Gum, who is on a losing run but this is the first time for a good few years that he's dipped to 0-70 level. Passional is also shortlisted.