16:20 Pontefract

Sunday 15 August 2021

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Moor Top Farm Shop Hemsworth Handicap

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 3m 52.16s

(1)

Stonific¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-3| J: Sean Kirrane⁽⁵⁾| T: D O'Meara| OR: 76| D

9/1

Fairly useful Flat performer who added Summer Handicap Hurdle (16.5f) to his tally at Market Rasen in July. Only respectable effort back on Flat at Ripon since but he's still competitively handicapped

Form: 5-61548

(5)

Arabescato²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: S De Sousa| T: J Butler| OR: 74| C

15/2

Good AW strike rate and opened turf account here (18f) under this rider in April. Good placed efforts next 2 starts and this rates more suitable than last month's Ascot assignment. Not ruled out.

Form: 161326

(4)

Chocolate Box^p¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: Tom Marquand| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 72

6/1

Losing run stretches back to 2018 but mark reflects that and he ran his best race for some time when a close-up third in Ladies' event at Carlisle (17.2f) 2 weeks ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 238573

(3)

Flint Hill³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: G Lee| T: Ruth Jefferson| OR: 70| CD

2/1

Did enough to land a thin race for the grade over C&D in June but stepped up on that to finish third in a deeper contest at York (16.2f) next time, doing best of those ridden close up. Respected.

Form: 55/6-313

(7)

Teqany^t²³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: D C Costello| T: F O'Brien| OR: 69| D

7/2

Useful handicap hurdler who confirmed previous promise back on the level when scoring at Chepstow (2m) last month, allowed the run of the race but doing it readily. 3 lb rise looks fair and considered

Form: 594/241

(6)

Out Of Breath¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 68

10/1

Arrives here on a roll, showing a determined attitude to land the 5-timer at Musselburgh (13f) last month. Handicapper applies more pressure and this tougher but hard to rule out in present groove.

Form: 911111

(2)

Retrospect²³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: P J McDonald| T: W Muir & C Grassick| OR: 56

11/2

Maiden who has tumbled in the weights and ran one of better races when runner-up behind Teqany at Chepstow (2m) recently. In receipt of plenty of weight all round if he can build on that.

Form: 477772

Forecasts

Flint Hill (2/1), Teqany (7/2), Retrospect (11/2), Chocolate Box (6/1), Arabescato (15/2), Stonific (9/1), Out Of Breath (10/1)

TEQANY developed in to a useful hurdler for his present connections last year and confirmed the promise of his exploits on the level when running out a ready winner at Chepstow (2m) 23 days ago. He's fancied to make another bold bid from 3 lb higher and gets the nod. Flint Hill and the red-hot Out of Breath may emerge as the chief threats.