14:55 York

Saturday 21 May 2022

All13:4014:2014:5515:3016:0716:4217:15

William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap

Off time: 14:57 | Winning time: 59.53s

(10)

Copper Knight^t⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-11| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 101| CD

12/1

6-time C&D winner. 8/1, below form eighth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (good) 9 days ago. Dangerous to dismiss for all he doesn't appear to have returned in form.

Form: 0201-78

(1)

Jawwaal⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Connor Beasley| T: M Dods| OR: 97| D

8/1

14/1, tenth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (good) 9 days ago, not knocked about. Well capable of making an impact in races of this nature, but drawn on the flank this time.

Form: 15446-0

(6)

Night On Earth^h¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Harry Davies⁽⁷⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 95| D

12/1

Latest win at Lingfield in April. Third of 5 in minor event (14/1) at Chester (5.1f, good) 15 days ago. Pacey sort with a promising claimer on board, so could make his presence felt.

Form: 311333

(3)

Alligator Alley⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Jason Watson| T: D O'Meara| OR: 94| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Respectable fourth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (good, 6/1) 9 days ago. Well treated on past exploits and makes plenty of appeal having just his third outing for David O'Meara.

Form: 2003/34

(13)

Sunday Sovereign^t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Rob Hornby| T: T D Easterby| OR: 94| D

16/1

3¾ lengths fifth of 7 to Look Out Louis in handicap (5/1) at Chester (5.1f, good to soft) 16 days ago, merely closing up late. Second in this last year and one to take seriously.

Form: 1026-85

(14)

Zargun⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: Jonathan Fisher⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 93| D

16/1

Bit below form sixth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (good, 20/1) 9 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 21070-6

(2)

Look Out Louis^p¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Jason Hart| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 89| D

9/2

2 wins from 4 runs this year. Career best when winning 7-runner handicap (2/1) at Chester (5.1f, good to soft) 16 days ago, just holding on. Should go well again.

Form: 32-1321

(11)

Illusionist¹⁹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Barry McHugh| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 88| CD

33/1

C&D winner. 17/2, sixth of 8 in handicap at Nottingham (5f, good to soft). Off 6 months. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 890106-

(9)

Lipsink^v¹⁶⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Grace McEntee⁽³⁾| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 87| D

66/1

Last of 13 in handicap at Southwell (5f, 12/1). Off 165 days. Hard to make any sort of case for in a competitive event.

Form: 016200-

(4)

Ey Up It's Maggie^p²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Kieran Schofield⁽⁵⁾| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR: 86| D

7/1

Respectable fourth of 8 in handicap (9/2) at Ripon (5f, good) 28 days ago. Likeable sort who should give another good account of herself.

Form: 431-434

(8)

Sir Titus⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: T Eaves| T: M Dods| OR: 85| D

6/1

First run since leaving Bryan Smart when second of 4 in handicap (5/2) at Redcar (5f, good to soft) on return 5 days ago. Should strip fitter and interesting here.

Form: 11692-2

(5)

Showalong¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Joanna Mason| T: T D Easterby| OR: 82| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Twelfth of 14 in handicap at Hamilton (5f, good to firm, 5/1) 13 days ago. No great surprise if he bounces back to form returning to York.

Form: 970-020

Non-Runners

(12)

Atalis Bay²¹

Weight: 9-12| Age: 4

T: R M H Cowell J: N Callan

(7)

Venturous¹⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 9

T: T D Barron J: Ray Dawson

Forecasts

Look Out Louis (9/2), Alligator Alley (5/1), Sir Titus (6/1), Ey Up It's Maggie (7/1), Jawwaal (8/1), Atalis Bay (8/1), Showalong (10/1), Night On Earth (12/1), Copper Knight (12/1), Sunday Sovereign (16/1), Zargun (16/1), Venturous (28/1), Illusionist (33/1), Lipsink (66/1)

ALLIGATOR ALLEY is potentially well treated and showed he retains plenty of ability when fourth over C&D last week. On just his third outing for David O'Meara he gets the nod ahead of Sir Titus, who is also unexposed for his current stable. Night On Earth also makes some appeal in a wide-open sprint.