15:30 York

Saturday 9 July 2022

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John Smith's Nursery

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 1m 11.32s

(1)

Jm Jungle²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 84

12/1

Winner at Hamilton in May. Similar form in defeat since and he ought to be competitive from this opening mark.

Form: 3144

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(8)

Rock Opera²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 81

7/2

Landed 5f Hamilton maiden on second start. ½-length second of 6 to reopposing Sanks A Million in novice at Chester since, with Jm Jungle back in fourth. Not much to separate that trio on the revised terms.

Form: 412

(4)

Shandy Star¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Sean Davis| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 81| D

15/2

Improved to win 6-runner novice at Pontefract (6f, good) 12 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 0271

(3)

Explicit¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 78| BF| CD

2/1

Hacked up in 15-runner C&D seller (good to firm) last month and better form when second in a novice event at Kempton (6f) 17 days ago. Opening handicap mark looks manageable.

Form: 242112

(6)

Misty Blues²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 78| D

11/1

Left first 2 runs behind when winning 6f Pontefract novice (good) 20 days ago, well on top finish. Could have more to offer in handicaps.

Form: 551

(2)

Miss Jungle Cat^p1¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: C Lee| T: K R Burke| OR: 78

6/1

Musselburgh debut winner. Not up to a Newmarket listed last time but this more realistic. First-time blinkers worn at Newmarket replaced by cheekpieces.

Form: 137

(5)

Just Janet³²

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 74| D

13/2

Blown away by Bradsell over C&D in May but back on the up with 5.5f Wetherby maiden win last month. Potential for better again now moving into nursery company.

Form: 341

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Non-Runners

(7)

Jaxta⁴⁵

Weight: 9-3| Age: 2

T: D O'Meara J: S De Sousa

(9)

Sanks A Million²⁸

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: D Loughnane J: R Kingscote

Forecasts

Explicit (2/1), Rock Opera (7/2), Sanks A Million (9/2), Miss Jungle Cat (6/1), Just Janet (13/2), Shandy Star (15/2), Jaxta (10/1), Misty Blues (11/1), Jm Jungle (12/1)

It's unlikely EXPLICIT will dominate this nusery to quite the same extent as he did the Rous seller over C&D last month but he looks the one to beat off what looks a favourable opening handicap mark. Just Janet and Misty Blues head the dangers in this wide-open affair.