16:30 Catterick

Monday 9 May 2022

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Off time: 16:31 | Winning time: 1m 26.93s

(9)

Diamond Ranger

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: B A Curtis| T: G Boughey

3/1

Cost 26,000 gns as a 3-y-o and is a Kodiac half-brother to useful winner up to 1m Hype. Dam, maiden (stayed 1½m), half-sister to very smart sprinter Kingsgate Native. Newcomer from a good stable. Likely to play a part.

Form:

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(11)

Flame Talon^t¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara

12/1

Better effort in novices 3 months apart when sixth of 8 over C&D 19 days ago. Will need to step up again to seriously trouble Mahanakhon.

Form: 76

(8)

Jumhoor⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Shane Gray| T: D O'Meara

16/1

Twice-raced maiden. 14/1, seventh of 8 in maiden at Doncaster (6f, good) 9 days ago. Danny Tudhope on yard's other runner.

Form: 57

(6)

Kata Heart's²⁰²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Rowan Scott| T: L Bailey

150/1

Down the field in 2 outings around 7f last autumn.

Form: 89-

(1)

Kraken Florida¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Jamie Gormley| T: I Jardine

28/1

25/1, showed a bit when fifth of 14 in maiden at Thirsk (6f, good) on debut 14 days ago, some headway not knocked about. Should have more to offer.

Form: 5

(10)

Mahanakhon⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: G Lee| T: T D Easterby| BF

5/6

Siyouni colt who built on a promising Redcar debut when second at Hamilton (1m, good) 8 dayss ago. Likely capable of better again and sets a decent standard for the rest to aim at.

Form: 32

(4)

Resdev Thunder¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: A Elliott| T: Micky Hammond

200/1

50/1, last of 14 in maiden at Thirsk (6f, good) on debut 14 days ago, missing break. Needs to have come on a lot in short time.

Form: 0

(7)

Sir Robin

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S H James| T: K R Burke

13/2

El Kabeir gelding. Half-brother to several winners, including useful 1m/8.3f winner Express Himself and 2-y-o 7f winner Giga White. Dam 6f winner. Of obvious interest on debut for in-form stable.

Form:

(2)

Ae Fond Kiss²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: T E Whelan| T: E De Giles| OR: 66

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 10 in novice at Bath (1m, good to soft) on reappearance 25 days ago. Improvement will be needed.

Form: 78-5

(5)

Coaxing²⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Jason Hart| T: T D Barron| OR: 62

12/1

Easily best run over sprint trips at 2 when second in 5f nursery at Musselburgh last August. Significantly up in trip. Returns with yard in form but others are still preferred.

Form: 00527-

Non-Runners

(3)

Herbertandflorence¹⁶

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: D C Griffiths J: Phil Dennis

Forecasts

Mahanakhon (5/6), Diamond Ranger (3/1), Sir Robin (13/2), Coaxing (12/1), Flame Talon (12/1), Jumhoor (16/1), Ae Fond Kiss (28/1), Kraken Florida (28/1), Herbertandflorence (66/1), Kata Heart's (150/1), Resdev Thunder (200/1)

MAHANAKHON has shown more than enough to suggest a race like is within his grasp and he should prove hard to beat unless the betting speaks strongly in the favour of newcomers Sir Robin and/or Diamond Ranger.