16:55 Thirsk

Saturday 30 July 2022

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William Hill Pick Your Places Handicap

Off time: 16:55 | Winning time: 1m 29.18s

(6)

Il Bandito²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: P J McDonald| T: James Horton| OR: 89| D

9/2

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win at York in May. Sixteenth of 18 in handicap (14/1) at Newmarket (7f, good to firm) 21 days ago. Expected to be bang there back down in class.

Form: 5-31130

(10)

Woven²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Phil Dennis| T: M Dods| OR: 85| D

13/2

One win from 29 Flat runs. Twenty runs since last win in 2020. 14/1, ninth of 12 in handicap at Haydock (7.2f, good) 28 days ago. Proving more hit and miss this year than last.

Form: 2-22049

(9)

Wobwobwob³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: J P Spencer| T: A Keatley| OR: 83| C| D

4/1

Course winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2021. Creditable third of 9 in handicap (9/1) at Haydock (7f, good) 30 days ago. His turn isn't far away.

Form: 66-4843

(5)

Broken Spear^p⁸⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Kieran Schofield⁽⁵⁾| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR: 83| C| D

22/1

Course winner. Bit below form fourth of 11 in handicap (11/2) at Chester (7f, soft) 87 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 1-65794

(13)

Homer Stokes¹⁷⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Ben Robinson| T: T D Barron| OR: 78| D

40/1

Eighth of 10 in handicap (16/1) at Kempton (8f). Off 174 days. First run for yard after leaving David Barron.

Form: 471-538

(1)

Open Mind^p⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: D Tudhope| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 84

3/1

Winner at Chelmsford City in April. Visored for 1st time, good third of 10 in handicap at Newmarket (7f, good, 11/2) 42 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Sure to be winning again before long.

Form: 35-1223

(2)

Danzan^p⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: Sean Kirrane⁽³⁾| T: T D Easterby| OR: 77

5/1

Forty two runs since last win in 2018. 11/2, good second of 11 in handicap at York (7f, good to firm) 8 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Should remain competitive.

Form: 044532

(4)

Gumdrop⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: J Garritty| T: R A Fahey| OR: 76

12/1

12/1, below form thirteenth of 21 in handicap at York (6f, good to firm) 49 days ago. Not the easiest to assess at present.

Form: 5136/50

(11)

Corvair^p,t³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 76| D

50/1

Untrustworthy individual. 22/1, fourth of 5 in handicap at Yarmouth (7f, good) 36 days ago, slowly away. First run for yard after leaving Robert Cowell. Something to find on form.

Form: 688754

(8)

Golden Apollo^p,t¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: T Hamilton| T: T D Easterby| OR: 74| D

12/1

Unreliable type. Latest win at Haydock in July. 7/2, creditable third of 7 in handicap at Ayr (7.2f, good to firm) 12 days ago, not seen to best effect stepping back up in trip and might well have finished second had he got room a touch sooner.

Form: 645103

Non-Runners

(3)

Another Batt⁷⁰

Weight: 10-1| Age: 7

T: T D Barron J: Lewis Edmunds

(7)

Spangled Mac⁹

Weight: 9-13| Age: 3

T: G Boughey J: Connor Planas

(12)

Zip²⁸

Weight: 9-9| Age: 6

T: R A Fahey J: O J Orr

Forecasts

Open Mind (3/1), Wobwobwob (4/1), Il Bandito (9/2), Spangled Mac (9/2), Danzan (5/1), Woven (13/2), Another Batt (8/1), Gumdrop (12/1), Golden Apollo (12/1), Zip (12/1), Broken Spear (22/1), Homer Stokes (40/1), Corvair (50/1)

IL BANDITO found the Bunbury Cup at Newmarket too competitive 3 weeks ago but his Pontefract third the time before has been franked several times, so he's probably better judged on that form now returned to a lower level. Open Mind and Spangled Mac head the dangers in a competitive event.