15:15 Thirsk

Friday 27 August 2021

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Anderson Barrowcliff Chartered Accountants Handicap

Off time: 15:16 | Winning time: 1m 26.92s

(7)

Cassy O^b⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 83| CD

10/3

C&D winner. Latest win here in August. 10/3, good second of 9 in handicap at Carlisle (7.8f, good to firm) 9 days ago, well positioned. Another bold showing seems likely.

Form: 512012

(3)

Black Caspian³⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: K Stott| T: K A Ryan| OR: 83| D

13/2

Twelfth of 13 in handicap at Doncaster (7f, good to firm, 10/1). Off 11 months. Returns with a bit to prove, but he's still lightly raced.

Form: 0/41440-

(5)

Admirality^p1¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: Rowan Scott| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 82| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Twenty five runs since last win in 2019. Sixth of 8 in handicap at Doncaster (7f, good to firm, 7/1) 13 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Not one to write off.

Form: 625926

(1)

Firmament^p²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 9-8| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 80| D

9/1

Fifteen runs since last win in 2020. Creditable 2½ lengths fourth of 13 to Cassy O in handicap (18/1) at this C&D (good) 26 days ago. Should give another good account.

Form: 004574

(9)

A Boy Named Ivy²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: P Mulrennan| T: M Dods| OR: 84| D

33/1

Latest win at Redcar in April. Last of 5 in handicap (5/1) at Haydock (8.2f, soft) 20 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 74-1055

(10)

Shawaamekh^b,t²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Harrison Shaw| T: D Carroll| OR: 78| CD

11/2

C&D winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2019. 7/1, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at Catterick (6f, good to firm) 2 days ago.

Form: 754304

(4)

True Blue Moon^t¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Ella McCain⁽⁵⁾| T: T D Easterby| OR: 75| D

12/1

10/1, eleventh of 16 in handicap at Ripon (6f, good to firm) 13 days ago, met some trouble. Below last winning mark and likely to bounce back quickly, so makes plenty of appeal.

Form: 594740

(6)

Mutanaaseq¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 73| C

14/1

Course winner. 6/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Pontefract (6f, good) 12 days ago, not knocked about. Not discounted at a track that appears to suit him.

Form: 233625

(11)

Mossbawn¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Connor Beasley| T: T D Barron| OR: 73

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good neck second of 9 to Glengarry in handicap at this course (8f, good to firm, 20/1) 14 days ago, better placed than most. Still relatively unexposed, so warrants respect.

Form: 333-62

(2)

Glengarry^p¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 8-12| J: G Lee| T: D Brooke| OR: 70| C| D

20/1

Unreliable sort. Improved on recent efforts to win 9-runner handicap (22/1) at this course (8f, good to firm) 14 days ago by neck from Mossbawn, overcoming pace bias. Uncertain to back that up.

Form: 157161

(8)

Frankelio^p⁶⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Aiden Brookes⁽⁷⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 69

16/1

Fourth of 6 in handicap (9/2) at Pontefract (8f, good) 60 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Vulnerable.

Form: 300-324

Forecasts

Cassy O (10/3), Mossbawn (9/2), Shawaamekh (11/2), Black Caspian (13/2), Firmament (9/1), Admirality (10/1), True Blue Moon (12/1), Mutanaaseq (14/1), Frankelio (16/1), Glengarry (20/1), A Boy Named Ivy (33/1)

TRUE BLUE MOON seemed unsuited by the track at Ripon last time but had been in reasonable form prior to that, so he's worth a chance to capitalise on a handy mark under a promising apprentice. Several others have something to recommend them, notably Cassy O, a stablemate of the selection who arrives bang in form. The lightly raced Mossbawn is another one to consider.