16:00 Thirsk

Friday 5 August 2022

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Peter Bell Memorial Handicap

Off time: 16:02 | Winning time: 1m 11.11s

(4)

Spear Fir²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: B A Curtis| T: S Whitaker| OR: 60

15/2

Thrice-raced maiden. Second of 10 in novice event (10/1) at Doncaster (6f, good to firm) 29 days ago, no match for winner. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 742

(9)

Sydney Bay¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Rowan Scott| T: Mrs A Duffield| OR: 60

17/2

Fourth of 6 in handicap (14/1) at Doncaster (6f, firm) 15 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 903-594

(14)

Prayer Matt^b⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: T Eaves| T: T D Easterby| OR: 59| BF

10/1

Fifth of 6 in handicap (2/1) at Ripon (5f, good) 4 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 034435

(13)

Lucky Lucky Lucky^p1⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Faye McManoman⁽³⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 59

9/1

Ninth of 11 in handicap (10/1) at Southwell (6.1f) 7 days ago, hampered. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 887449

(5)

Breach¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Collen Storey| T: J Butler| OR: 59| D

11/1

Winner at Lingfield in July. Last of 8 in handicap (4/1) at Lingfield (7f, AW) 13 days ago, met some trouble.

Form: 600718

(1)

Paddy K^b1,t1⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: P J McDonald| T: J Gallagher| OR: 57

50/1

Eighth of 11 in handicap at Nottingham (6.1f, good, 50/1) 57 days ago. Blinkered for 1st time, tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 280-088

(7)

Brazen Idol³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: P Cosgrave| T: S Pearce| OR: 56| CD

11/8

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Career best when winning 20-runner handicap (11/2) at this C&D (good to firm) 37 days ago, slowly away. Shortlist material.

Form: 0-41421

(10)

Hurt You Never²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Laura Coughlan⁽⁵⁾| T: Adrian Nicholls| OR: 56| D

9/2

2 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win at Doncaster in June. 7/1, creditable third of 10 in handicap at Carlisle (5.8f, good to firm) 29 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 531213

(6)

Hotter In Time⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Mark Winn⁽⁷⁾| T: D O'Meara| OR: 55

66/1

33/1, sixth of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 7 days ago, slowly away. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 356036

(11)

Malham Tarn Cove²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: D C Costello| T: Steph Hollinshead| OR: 55

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 33/1, sixth of 10 in novice event at Doncaster (6f, good to firm) 29 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 746

(2)

Emerald Lady²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Sam Feilden⁽⁷⁾| T: K R Burke| OR: 54

40/1

18/1, fourth of 6 in handicap at Hamilton (6f, good to firm) 22 days ago.

Form: 465-794

(8)

He's So Brazen^p1⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Oliver Stammers⁽³⁾| T: Jessica Macey| OR: 52

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 22¾ lengths ninth of 10 to Hurt You Never in handicap at Doncaster (6f, good to firm, 6/1) 42 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 3489

(12)

Jungley^p1¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: J P Sullivan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 47

28/1

40/1, below form eighth of 13 in minor event at Southwell (8.1f) 16 days ago. Back down in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 677678

Non-Runners

(3)

Lincoln Pride²

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: D O'Meara J: S A Gray

Forecasts

Brazen Idol (11/8), Hurt You Never (9/2), Lincoln Pride (11/2), Spear Fir (15/2), Sydney Bay (17/2), Lucky Lucky Lucky (9/1), Prayer Matt (10/1), Breach (11/1), Malham Tarn Cove (28/1), Jungley (28/1), Emerald Lady (40/1), Paddy K (50/1), He's So Brazen (50/1), Hotter In Time (66/1)

BRAZEN IDOL made amends for his unlucky defeat at Wolverhampton when beating a big field over this C&D 5 weeks ago and remains of interest off 5 lb higher. Hurt You Never arrives at the top of her game and is another to consider along with penalised-winner Lincoln Pride.