16:20 York

Sunday 5 September 2021

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Little Green Rascals Children's Nurseries Handicap

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 3m 40.1s

(5)

Khagan^t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 82

25/1

Winless since his debut, and he came in last of 7 in 2m handicap at Chester 15 days ago, finding test too much. Hard to warm to.

Form: 007737

(8)

Arabian King^t²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: L Morris| T: J Ferguson| OR: 75| D

9/1

Opened his account for 2021 in 2m handicap at Chelmsford City (16f) 21 days ago by length from Doublethetrouble, despite pulling hard. Not discounted on rare turf start despite 3 lb rise.

Form: 6-54331

(10)

Master Milliner²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: H Crouch| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 75| D

13/2

Dual scorer at Goodwood and Salisbury in the spring who got back on track when fourth of 6 in 14f handicap at Ffos Las 24 days ago. Has to be taken seriously eased another 2 lb now.

Form: 1-11674

(9)

Gold Arch^v¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: S W Kelly| T: P D Evans| OR: 75

10/1

Temperamental sort but he's made the frame on all three runs this term, third of 6 in handicap at Yarmouth (11.5f) 12 days ago. Visor back on but others remain more persuasive.

Form: 230-423

(4)

Sophar Sogood²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Tom Marquand| T: J Butler| OR: 69

18/1

Off 8 months and not disgraced on first run since leaving Paul D'Arcy when fifth of 9 to Arabian King in 2m handicap at Chelmsford City 21 days ago. Should build on that now, so shortlisted.

Form: 91323-5

(12)

Gift Of Raaj¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Jason Hart| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 68

9/2

Arrives at the top of his game and on a hat-trick after recent wins at Redcar and Musselburgh (18.1f) 11 days ago. This demands more off 4 lb higher but he must enter calculations.

Form: 0-62411

(6)

Bollin Neil^p¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Ella McCain⁽⁵⁾| T: T D Easterby| OR: 66| D

12/1

Bagged two wins on soft ground at Catterick in May but not on top form at present, last of 7 in 2m handicap at Ripon 13 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 132557

(3)

Doublethetrouble^p²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: L Wadham| OR: 75

15/2

Yet to get his head in front, but he posted good second to Arabian King in 2m handicap at Chelmsford City 21 days ago when fitted with first-time cheekpieces. Ought to be competitive again.

Form: 452532

(7)

Alpine Stroll¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: S De Sousa| T: E De Giles| OR: 75

11/4

Fair maiden handicapper who had more patient tactics adopted when only eighteenth of 22 in handicap here (13.8f) 15 days ago. Sort to bounce back.

Form: 262030

(1)

Nataleena⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: A Mullen| T: B Haslam| OR: 61| D

16/1

Bagged his first win since last summer in 2m handicap at Thirsk 9 days ago, holding on gamely. Another bold showing is on the cards nudged up just 2 lb.

Form: 852541

(11)

Battle Angel³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: K Stott| T: M Walford| OR: 70| BF

14/1

Ex-Irish filly who gained her breakthrough win at Hamilton in July but lost a shoe when last of 5 in handicap there 36 days ago. Worth considering tackling 2m for the first time.

Form: 434215

(2)

Can Can Girl^b1²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Cam Hardie| T: D H Brown| OR: 64

25/1

Temperamental sort but she wasn't seen to best effect when eighth of 12 in 2m handicap at Beverley 24 days ago, suffering poor run in straight. Blinkers reached for now.

Form: 225848

Forecasts

Alpine Stroll (11/4), Gift Of Raaj (9/2), Master Milliner (13/2), Doublethetrouble (15/2), Arabian King (9/1), Gold Arch (10/1), Bollin Neil (12/1), Battle Angel (14/1), Nataleena (16/1), Sophar Sogood (18/1), Can Can Girl (25/1), Khagan (25/1)

MASTER MILLINER bounced back to form at Ffos Las last month and looks weighted to go close racing off a 2 lb lower mark now. Battle Angel didn't enjoy the rub of the green at Hamilton last time and has her first go over this trip so is next on the list ahead of Sophar Sogood, who can be expected to build on his recent Chelmsford fifth after an absence.