14:10 Yarmouth

Thursday 5 August 2021

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Off time: 14:11 | Winning time: 1m 39.47s

(11)

Herculean^p1¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Callum Shepherd| T: D Shaw| OR: 57

40/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2018. 200/1, last of 9 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f) 16 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Up against it.

Form: 000809

(4)

Scoffsman^h²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: E J Walsh| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 56| CD

17/2

Unreliable individual. C&D winner. 22/1, first run since leaving Kevin Frost when creditable sixth of 13 in handicap at Nottingham (8.3f, good to firm) 20 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 904R/5-6

(7)

Boy In The Bar^t,v¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 9-7| J: W Buick| T: Ian Williams| OR: 55

9/2

Posted best effort this year, in first-time tongue strap, when second of 13 in handicap at Newcastle (8f) 12 days ago. Just 1 lb higher now and enters calculations.

Form: 7-98902

(9)

Purple Power⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: P Cosgrave| T: M Quinn| OR: 55

9/1

Seventh of 12 in handicap (16/1) at this course (7f, good to firm) 9 days ago. Still looking for first success.

Form: 94-0887

(6)

Lucayan⁹^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J Mitchell| T: J Parr| OR: 52| CD

15/8

Much improved when winning 16-runner handicap over C&D (good to firm, 28/1) 9 days ago, keeping on well. 6 lb penalty to carry now but could be more to come yet.

Form: 0-071

(1)

Mikasa¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Tom Marquand| T: Rae Guest| OR: 57

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fourth of 5 in handicap (9/2) at Chepstow (7.1f, firm) 13 days ago. Improvement required.

Form: 4964

(10)

Aletoile⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: S De Sousa| T: C A Dwyer| OR: 55| BF

15/2

7/2, thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Windsor (11.4f, good to firm) 40 days ago, ridden too aggressively. First run for yard after leaving Mark Johnston. Can make presence felt.

Form: 350720

(3)

Favoured Destiny⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A West| OR: 46

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 11/1, sixth of 11 in handicap at Brighton (7f, good to soft) 44 days ago. Hard to recommend.

Form: 07056

(5)

Gently Spoken¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Louis Steward| T: S Dixon| OR: 45

5/1

Pulled clear of rest when good second of 11 in handicap at Beverley (7.4f, good to firm) 17 days ago. One of the likelier contenders. 1 lb out of the weights.

Form: 604392

(12)

It's A Sin⁶⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: D Shaw| OR: 45

200/1

Last of 13 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft, 150/1) 69 days ago. Easy enough to look elsewhere. 1 lb out of the weights.

Form: 068-690

(8)

Piranhadrama⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: William Humphrey⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss J Feilden| OR: 45

33/1

Creditable 4¾ lengths sixth of 16 to Lucayan in handicap at this C&D (good to firm) 9 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter. 1 lb out of the weights.

Form: 799046

Non-Runners

(2)

Maykir⁴⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 5

T: J R Jenkins J: Joey Haynes

Forecasts

Lucayan (15/8), Boy In The Bar (9/2), Gently Spoken (5/1), Aletoile (15/2), Scoffsman (17/2), Purple Power (9/1), Mikasa (16/1), Favoured Destiny (20/1), Maykir (20/1), Piranhadrama (33/1), Herculean (40/1), It's A Sin (200/1)

LUCAYAN won in good style on her handicap debut over C&D last week and is fancied to follow up in the opener. Boy In The Bar and Gently Spoken should also go well.