18:35 Ripon

Wednesday 1 June 2022

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Weatherbys Personalised Gifts Handicap

Off time: 18:35 | Winning time: 1m 10.3s

(4)

Mr Lupton²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-9| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 95| D

20/1

Smart at his best but not so good of late, including well held on 6f York reappearance 3 weeks ago. Bounce back needed.

Form: 00008-0

(7)

City Walk¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: P Cosgrave| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 92| D

5/2

Better than ever when readily seeing off 8 rivals on Chelmsford's AW 18 days ago. 6 lb rise doesn't look too severe on the face of things and he could take a bit of stopping if showing up in the same form.

Form: 2/54-031

(3)

Tinto¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Connor Beasley| T: M Dods| OR: 90| D

13/2

Only his second out for this stable when winning 12-runner Thirsk handicap (good to firm) 18 days ago. Likely to remain very competitive after a 3 lb rise.

Form: 9380-61

(8)

Fortamour²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: A Mullen| T: B Haslam| OR: 90| CD

3/1

Goes in search of a C&D hat-trick after wins on heavy and good to firm in recent months. Raised another 5 lb but clearly likes it here and has to be on the shortlist.

Form: 72-7511

(5)

Intrinsic Bond¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: D Swift| T: Miss Tracy Waggott| OR: 87| D

8/1

4/1, below form 5½ lengths seventh of 12 to Tinto in handicap at Thirsk (6f, good to firm) 18 days ago, finding little. Needs to deliver more at the business end.

Form: 85-7547

(6)

Huddle Up^e/s¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: J Fanning| T: T D Barron| OR: 81| D

11/1

Winner over 5f at Navan (soft) last October. Shaped as if needing the run when seventh of 9 on Thirsk reappearance/yard debut 18 days ago. May make more of an impact this time.

Form: 64/031-7

(1)

Mark's Choice²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: O McSweeney⁽⁵⁾| T: S England| OR: 81| CD

15/2

Four-time C&D winner. Better efforts this term when respectable 2¾ lengths fourth of 8 to Fortamour in handicap at this C&D (good to firm) 26 days ago, slowly away. Not discounted.

Form: 1201-84

(10)

Bossipop^b²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 8-6| J: Cam Hardie| T: T D Easterby| OR: 78| CD

14/1

Four-time C&D winner. Seventeen runs since last win in 2021. Last of 7 in Chester Class 2 last month but had finished runner-up at Musselburgh prior to that. This front-runner is nicely drawn against the rail.

Form: 200-027

(2)

Flying Pursuit^t²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 8-4| J: J P Sullivan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 75| CD

33/1

Four-time C&D winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2021. 8¾ lengths last of 8 to Fortamour on C&D reappearance (good to firm, 33/1) 26 days ago. Will need to have come on a fair bit for the outing.

Form: 00000-8

Non-Runners

(9)

Tipperary Tiger⁷

Weight: 8-8| Age: 4

T: K R Burke J: Pierre-Louis Jamin

Forecasts

City Walk (5/2), Fortamour (3/1), Tinto (13/2), Mark's Choice (15/2), Intrinsic Bond (8/1), Tipperary Tiger (8/1), Huddle Up (11/1), Bossipop (14/1), Mr Lupton (20/1), Flying Pursuit (33/1)

A competitive handicap. CITY WALK is still quite lightly raced as sprinters go and was a convincing winner at Chelmsford last time so he may be capable of defying a rise in the weights. Fortamour's excellent C&D record makes him an obvious threat. Bossipop is another who knows where the winning post is over this C&D and it would be no surprise to see Tim Easterby's front-runner make a bold bid from the rail draw.