14:30 Yarmouth

Tuesday 24 August 2021

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Cazoo Search Drive Smile Handicap

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 2m 5.51s

(6)

Shyjack^v¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: E J Walsh| T: Mrs C A Dunnett| OR: 57| C

8/1

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap at this course (9.1f, good, 4/1) 19 days ago, slowly away. Needs a couple of these to falter. Shade more needed up 3 lb. Yard also saddles Flower of Thunder.

Form: 258241

(13)

Time Zone¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: T P Queally| T: L Allan| OR: 57

100/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2016. Seventh of 14 in handicap (150/1) at Nottingham (10.2f, good) 11 days ago. Hard to warm to at present.

Form: 0094/87

(9)

Shifting Gold^p⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Sam Feilden⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss J Feilden| OR: 56

50/1

Ninth of 10 in handicap (25/1) at Leicester (11.8f, good) 85 days ago, slowly away. Cheekpieces back on and chance if rediscovering old form.

Form: 4-40509

(14)

Motahassen^t¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: Harrison Shaw| T: D Carroll| OR: 56| D

22/1

12/1, eleventh of 12 in handicap at Ayr (10f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Now 3 lb below last winning mark and will be a threat if on-song.

Form: 105-500

(1)

Headland^b1²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Jonathan Fisher⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 55

80/1

14¾ lengths seventh of 8 to Mystic Dragon in handicap (66/1) at this C&D (good to firm) 20 days ago. Blinkered for 1st time and he clearly has plenty of work to do.

Form: 7-17607

(12)

Mystic Dragon^t²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: George Wood| T: Mrs I G-Leveque| OR: 52| CD

5/2

Improved on recent efforts to win 8-runner handicap (7/2) at this C&D (good to firm) 20 days ago. 5 lb rise doesn't look at all prohibitive and another bold show on the cards.

Form: 446621

(11)

Voi^t¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Laura Pearson⁽³⁾| T: C Allen| OR: 52| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Twenty-nine runs since last win in 2019. 20/1, eighth of 11 in handicap at Windsor (11.4f, good to soft) 16 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 607648

(2)

Seaborough⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: D Shaw| OR: 51

28/1

Unreliable type. One win from 26 Flat runs. 6/1, good second of 11 in handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter (15.8f, good) 58 days ago. Not without hope back in this sphere off a workable mark.

Form: 659/38-7

(8)

Manfadh^t⁷¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: W Buick| T: K Frost| OR: 48

11/1

One win from 21 Flat runs. Respectable third of 16 in handicap at Nottingham (10.2f, good to firm, 11/1) 71 days ago. Each-way player with William Buick in the hot-seat.

Form: 800-643

(3)

Flower Of Thunder¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: K T O'Neill| T: Mrs C A Dunnett| OR: 46

9/2

11/2, respectable fourth of 8 in handicap at Kempton (12f) 13 days ago. Now 0-13, but she has dipped to a basement mark and is capable of playing a leading role in a race of this type.

Form: 525344

(10)

Harbour Project^p¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: L Morris| T: A W Carroll| OR: 45

22/1

Fourth of 9 in handicap (25/1) at Ffos Las (12f, good) 12 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Cheekpieces back on. Others make greater appeal.

Form: 900974

(4)

Lancero^b1³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: N Callan| T: W J Haggas| OR: 51

9/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 66/1, last of 8 in maiden at Pontefract (8f, good) 30 days ago. Up in trip and blinkers enlisted for this handicap debut. In good hands and one to note in the betting.

Form: 008

(5)

Poet's Park²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Josephine Gordon| T: C F Wall| OR: 49

33/1

Last of 15 in handicap at Nottingham (10.2f, good, 20/1) 21 days ago and it's easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 05-0570

(7)

Missed Illusion^b1⁸⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: George Rooke⁽³⁾| T: P W Chapple-Hyam| OR: 45

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 25/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 7 in handicap at this course (11.5f, good to soft) 88 days ago. Blinkered for 1st time.

Form: 990-57

Forecasts

Mystic Dragon (5/2), Flower Of Thunder (9/2), Lancero (9/2), Shyjack (8/1), Voi (10/1), Manfadh (11/1), Harbour Project (22/1), Motahassen (22/1), Seaborough (28/1), Poet's Park (33/1), Shifting Gold (50/1), Missed Illusion (66/1), Headland (80/1), Time Zone (100/1)

It took MYSTIC DRAGON a while to hit the target, but she did so in decisive fashion at the seventeenth attempt over this C&D last time. Providing the ground doesn't deteriorate, she may well be capable of following up off this 5 lb higher mark. Shyjack was rewarded for his consistency when striking here recently, but stablemate Flower of Thunder and Manfadh could be the main dangers.