15:45 Doncaster

Sunday 27 March 2022

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SBK Handicap

Off time: 15:46 | Winning time: 2m 8.93s

(14)

Parachute¹⁹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Tom Marquand| T: E Walker| OR: 89| D

15/2

6/1, creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at Newbury (12f), needing stronger gallop. Off 6 months but he can make presence felt.

Form: 313604-

(10)

Anythingtoday^p³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: B A Curtis| T: G Boughey| OR: 87| D

17/2

9/1, last of 5 in handicap at Lingfield (10f) 30 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 100-955

(5)

Love Is Golden¹⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 86

12/1

Only eighth of 9 in handicap (11/1) at Newmarket (12f, good). Off 149 days but sort to bounce back.

Form: 124208-

(7)

Howzer Black^h³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 85| D

25/1

Three wins from 18 runs last year but below form fourth of 10 in handicap at Sakhir (9.9f) 37 days ago. Not ruled out at these weights if back on song.

Form: 696-004

(4)

Year Of The Dragon^v³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Marco Ghiani| T: W J Knight| OR: 84

8/1

5/1 and visored for 1st time, creditable third of 6 in handicap at Newcastle (8f) 31 days ago. Back up in trip and not taken lightly.

Form: 3257-33

(2)

Annandale²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: P Mulrennan| T: J S Goldie| OR: 84| D

11/2

First run since leaving Mark Johnston when creditable third of 6 in handicap (9/2) at Newcastle (12.4f) 24 days ago. Can give another good account.

Form: 72019-3

(8)

Highwaygrey¹⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 84| CD

18/1

C&D winner. 13/2, fair fifth of 7 in handicap at Newcastle (10.2f). Off 152 days but he's worth considering.

Form: 773525-

(12)

Lunar Jet¹⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: Cieren Fallon| T: M Mullineaux| OR: 84| D

40/1

Very good fifth of 23 in handicap (125/1) at this course (11.9f, soft), nearest finish. Off 141 days. Back to a potentially lenient mark. Solid claims.

Form: 447895-

(3)

Lexington Knight^p¹⁸⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: S De Sousa| T: R Hannon| OR: 80

3/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable second of 6 in handicap at Newmarket (12f). Not ruled out despite being off 6 months.

Form: 105352-

(13)

Hathlool³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Jason Watson| T: M Appleby| OR: 78| D

6/1

Two wins from 6 runs last year and he posted a career best when landing 6-runner handicap at Newcastle (10.2f, 11/8) 34 days ago. Weighted to go close again.

Form: 2141-41

(11)

Matchless¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: I Furtado| OR: 78

14/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2020, but respectable fourth of 11 in handicap (14/1) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 15 days ago. Can give another good account.

Form: 77-0444

(9)

Gustav Holst¹⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen| T: R Hannon| OR: 76

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable second of 7 in minor event (6/1) at Chelmsford City (10f). Off 155 days and others are better treated at these weights.

Form: 23472-

Non-Runners

(1)

First Impression⁴¹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 5

T: J & S Quinn J: Jason Hart

(6)

Eagle Court¹⁶⁹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: T Ward J: David Probert

Forecasts

Lexington Knight (3/1), Annandale (11/2), Hathlool (6/1), Parachute (15/2), Year Of The Dragon (8/1), Anythingtoday (17/2), Gustav Holst (10/1), Love Is Golden (12/1), Eagle Court (12/1), Matchless (14/1), First Impression (14/1), Highwaygrey (18/1), Howzer Black (25/1), Lunar Jet (40/1)

A case can be made for lots of these, but the most persuasive one is for HATHLOOL who comes here on the back of a career-best success at Newcastle and is weighted to go in again despite a 3 lb rise. Lunar Jet is also weighted to have a say, with Year of The Dragon high on the shortlist too.