17:10 Ripon

Saturday 23 April 2022

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Affordable Ownership With Titanium Racing Handicap

Off time: 17:11 | Winning time: 1m 0.08s

(9)

Selby's Pride¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: P Mathers| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR: 82| CD

2/1

C&D novice winner at 2. Good reappearance third of 9 in a Thirsk Class 3 handicap. Has the rail draw here and looks sure to make a bold bid.

Form: 95212-3

(1)

Claim The Stars^t¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 78| BF

14/1

Fair maiden. 9/4 and tongue strap on first time, first run since leaving Mark Johnston when below form sixth of 11 in maiden at Pontefract (5f, soft) 12 days ago. Needs to come on for run.

Form: 38220-6

(7)

Firebomb⁹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Gianluca Sanna⁽⁷⁾| T: B Smart| OR: 78| BF| D

9/2

Winner at Southwell in December. 11/8, third of 4 in handicap at Newcastle (5f) the following month. Runner-up sole previous run here. Not discounted.

Form: 25231-3

(3)

Buckshaw Village^t1¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 77

13/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 7 in handicap at Pontefract (6f, heavy, 9/2) on reappearance 18 days ago. Addition of a tongue strap needs to have a positive effect.

Form: 4322-7

(8)

May Blossom^v¹⁸⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Jason Watson| T: D O'Meara| OR: 77| D

10/1

Fair dual winner as a juvenile. Has quite an exposed profile and will need to return with an improved effort to overcome this mark.

Form: 934385-

(5)

Lotus Rose⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: B A Curtis| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 73| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Had worst of draw when ninth of 10 on 6f course reappearance 9 days ago. Could easily leave that run well behind.

Form: 64342-9

(2)

Golden Duke²¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Faye McManoman⁽³⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 71

10/1

Winning nursery debut on AW last August but found out of higher mark on turf in 2 subsequent starts last year.

Form: 763140-

(6)

Jungle Bee^t¹⁹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: J P Sullivan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 68

14/1

Last of 12 in nursery at York (5.5f, soft) when last seen in October but had been runner-up off 2 lb higher at Catterick prior to that. Handicapped to get involved if ready to roll.

Form: 720720-

(4)

Murbih²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 68

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fourth of 6 in handicap (12/1) at Newcastle (5f) 29 days ago. Makes turf debut.

Form: 3564

Forecasts

Selby's Pride (2/1), Firebomb (9/2), Buckshaw Village (13/2), Lotus Rose (7/1), May Blossom (10/1), Golden Duke (10/1), Murbih (11/1), Claim The Stars (14/1), Jungle Bee (14/1)

SELBY'S PRIDE returns to the scene of last year's win and has solid claims from the plum draw on the back of a solid reappearance run in a higher grade at Thirsk. Lotus Rose, another with winning form over C&D, was better than she could show on her reappearance and could easily bounce back now. Firebomb completes the shortlist.