13:10 Redcar

Tuesday 2 November 2021

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Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal Selling Stakes

Off time: 13:12 | Winning time: 1m 40.93s

(1)

Palazzo^v²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: G Lee| T: B Smart| OR: 57| D

7/1

Modest gelding. 20/1, respectable seventh of 14 in handicap at Newcastle (8f) 25 days ago.

Form: 650627

(3)

Emraan^b1¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Tom Marquand| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 65| D

7/2

Fairly useful at best but continues out of sorts, twelfth of 14 in handicap at Newcastle (8f, 33/1) 18 days ago. Sold from Ian Williams 4,000 gns later in October. Blinkered for 1st time.

Form: 585570

(5)

King Of Tonga⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Mark Winn⁽⁷⁾| T: D O'Meara| OR: 64| C

6/5

Fair gelding. Course winner. Twenty three runs since last win in 2019. 6/1, creditable second of 13 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW) 5 days ago, clear of rest. Shortlist material.

Form: 534532

(7)

Sassoon^v⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: A Mullen| T: B Haslam| OR: 54| C

9/1

Fair handicapper at best but yet to beat a rival this year. 100/1, last of 12 in handicap at Catterick (7f, good to firm) 69 days ago.

Form: 90-0000

(6)

Barrister Blaster¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Zak Wheatley⁽⁷⁾| T: A Berry| OR: 52

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Sixth of 7 in novice event at Newcastle (7.1f, 125/1) 18 days ago.

Form: 656

(8)

Desert History^h⁴⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Connor Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: Adrian Nicholls| OR: 65

9/1

Fair gelding. First run since leaving James Tate when seventh of 8 in handicap (33/1) at Pontefract (6f, good) 47 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Hood back on. Not taken lightly.

Form: 3-93557

(2)

Al Gaiya^t⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Hannah Fraser⁽⁷⁾| T: Brian O'Rourke| OR: 54

8/1

Fair filly. Ninth of 12 in handicap at Leicester (10f, good to firm, 33/1) 56 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 706369

Non-Runners

(4)

Written Broadcast¹⁴

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: Harvey Bastiman J: Non Runner

Forecasts

King Of Tonga (6/5), Emraan (7/2), Palazzo (7/1), Al Gaiya (8/1), Sassoon (9/1), Desert History (9/1), Written Broadcast (14/1), Barrister Blaster (150/1)

KING OF TONGA is on a long losing run but this looks a decent opportunity dropped to a seller and he can usually be relied upon to give his running. Desert History shaped better than the bare result starting out for this yard at Pontefract and rates a big threat on his best form. Al Gaiya and Emraan look best of the others.