20:40 Doncaster

Thursday 4 August 2022

All17:4018:1018:4019:1019:4020:1020:40

William Hill Lengthen Your Odds Racing League Race Seven (Handicap)

Off time: 20:42 | Winning time: 2m 9.73s

(4)

Good Birthday^v²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: S M Levey| T: A M Balding| OR: 90| CD

4/1

Unreliable sort. C&D winner. 50/1, creditable twelfth of 22 in handicap at York (10.2f, good to firm) 26 days ago. Others make more appeal for win purposes.

Form: 3-63340

(3)

Silver Gunn^h³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: K Shoemark| T: M Botti| OR: 88| D

14/1

Latest win at Windsor in May. 5/1, creditable third of 6 in handicap at Windsor (10f, good to firm) 38 days ago. Others look better treated.

Form: 97-4143

(2)

Jean Baptiste^p²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: O McSweeney⁽⁵⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 87| D

15/2

2 wins from 5 runs this year. 5/2, career best when winning 7-runner handicap at Hamilton (9.2f, good to firm) 21 days ago, unchallenged. Likely to give another good account in the hat-trick bid.

Form: 5-02411

(10)

Bollin Joan^p¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 87| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Creditable fifth of 9 in handicap at Ayr (10f, good to soft, 15/2) 10 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 554735

(12)

Spirit Of The Bay²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: A Kirby| T: C G Cox| OR: 85

15/2

8/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at Ascot (8f, firm) 26 days ago, not ideally placed and shaping as if still in form. Likely to be thereabouts if things drop right.

Form: 1-42257

(9)

Matchless³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: P Hanagan| T: I Furtado| OR: 85| CD

13/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in April. Creditable third of 7 in handicap at Ripon (9.8f, good to firm, 6/1) 31 days ago. Reliable sort who is likely to put up another solid showing.

Form: 411433

(11)

Fountain Cross³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: G Lee| T: A King| OR: 84

33/1

9/2, creditable fourth of 9 in novice hurdle at Stratford (16.3f, good) 37 days ago, unable to sustain effort. One to consider back on the Flat.

Form: 0-22119

(7)

Wind Your Neck In⁹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: C Lee| T: P D Evans| OR: 88| D

9/1

11/1, last of 7 in handicap at Chester (12.3f, good to soft). Off 91 days. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 3211-77

(8)

Annandale⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: K Stott| T: J S Goldie| OR: 79| D

15/2

33/1, seventeenth of 18 in handicap at Newcastle (16.2f) 40 days ago. Significantly back down in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 440400

(6)

Gordon's Jet³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| OR: 78

25/1

Thrice-raced winner on Flat. Fairly useful winner at 20f over hurdles. Sixth of 9 in minor event at this course (11.9f, good, 18/1) 34 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Must improve.

Form: 916

(1)

Sagauteur¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Jason Watson| T: D O'Meara| OR: 78| D

40/1

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win at York in June. 12/1, tenth of 11 in handicap at York (11.8f, good to firm) 12 days ago, not ideally placed.

Form: 3-31160

(5)

Pledge Of Honour¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: Nicola Currie| T: D K Ivory| OR: 73| D

11/2

3 wins from 8 runs this year. 11/8, won 7-runner handicap at Sandown (10f, good) 15 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 611321

Forecasts

Good Birthday (4/1), Pledge Of Honour (11/2), Matchless (13/2), Spirit Of The Bay (15/2), Jean Baptiste (15/2), Annandale (15/2), Wind Your Neck In (9/1), Bollin Joan (10/1), Silver Gunn (14/1), Gordon's Jet (25/1), Fountain Cross (33/1), Sagauteur (40/1)

PLEDGE OF HONOUR is 3 from his last 5 and overcame some trouble in running to score at Sandown recently, so he can add further success in the likely event of a well-run race. The likeable Matchless should be thereabouts and Spirit of The Bay has a race in her when things pan out ideally.