16:15 Thirsk

Tuesday 4 April 2023

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Off time: 16:17 | Winning time: 1m 32.06s

(11)

Positive Force^b,t²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: P Mulrennan| T: R Menzies| OR: 61

13/2

25/1, eighth of 11 in handicap at Southwell (7.1f) 21 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 503-048

(3)

Muddy Lynn²⁰⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: D Swift| T: S Spencer| OR: 60

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Last of 5 in minor event (18/1) at this course (5f, soft). Off 6 months. Significantly up in trip. Work to do on handicap debut.

Form: 535-

(6)

Hoots Toots¹⁹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Joanna Mason| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 58

9/2

Ended last season with back-to-back handicap victories (both 8.1f) at Southwell. Returns on a workable mark and must enter calculations.

Form: 753511-

(5)

Darbucks²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Laura Pearson⁽³⁾| T: C N Kellett| OR: 58| D

11/4

Dual winner (at up to 8f) in 2022 and posted brace of creditable efforts on AW this year, latest when fourth of 9 in handicap (15/2) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 22 days ago. Shortlisted.

Form: 1153-54

(2)

Little Ted^p¹⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: O J Orr| T: T D Easterby| OR: 56| C

8/1

Unreliable type. Course winner. Ninth of 13 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 11/2). Off 144 days. Down in trip. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 352909-

(10)

Makalu²³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 55| C| D

6/1

Course winner. 28/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 8 in handicap at Carlisle (5.8f, good). Off 7 months. Back up in trip.

Form: 690088-

(7)

Ginato¹⁹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Jonny Peate⁽⁵⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 53

14/1

Eighteen runs since last win in 2021. 8/1, sixth of 8 in handicap at Ripon (6f, good). Off 6 months. Not out of things.

Form: 046696-

(4)

Spartakos¹⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: S H James| T: K Scott| OR: 50| D

5/1

Bagged a Catterick minor event (7f) last summer and ended campaign with creditable second of 9 in handicap at same course (6f, heavy). Merits consideration.

Form: 516942-

(1)

Kittybrewster⁹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: T Eaves| T: Suzzanne France| OR: 48

66/1

14/1, below form fifth of 9 in handicap at Newcastle (6f) 90 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 98887-5

(9)

Sir Dotti³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: K T O'Neill| T: A Crook| OR: 45

22/1

Remains a maiden after 27 Flat runs. Eighth of 11 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f, 80/1) 35 days ago. Hard to fancy. 1 lb out of the weights.

Form: 605-608

Non-Runners

(8)

Little Gem⁵⁷

Weight: 8-9| Age: 5

T: M Weatherer J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Darbucks (11/4), Hoots Toots (9/2), Spartakos (5/1), Makalu (6/1), Positive Force (13/2), Little Ted (8/1), Ginato (14/1), Muddy Lynn (16/1), Little Gem (20/1), Sir Dotti (22/1), Kittybrewster (66/1)

Preference is for DARBUCKS, who has run well in both starts this year and is back on his last winning mark. Hoots Toots and Spartakos can also make their presence felt.