15:28 Beverley

Monday 1 May 2023

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In The Box With Martin Spencer Handicap

Off time: 15:31 | Winning time: 1m 36.27s

(5)

Ludo's Landing¹⁶⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: J Fanning| T: C Johnston| OR: 77| D

11/2

Looks more exposed than some of these after a 9-race juvenile campaign but this is the first time he's contested a Class 5 handicap (has been gelded).

Form: 513844-

(1)

Sunny Orange²⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Sean Kirrane⁽³⁾| T: T D Easterby| OR: 75

22/1

Debut winner last spring but went the wrong way subsequently. First run for yard after leaving Ralph Beckett. Best watched unless the betting suggests otherwise.

Form: 13896-

(9)

Vince Le Prince^t²⁰⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 75| D

9/1

Successful debut in 7f Redcar novice last July but failed to build on it, finishing well held in nurseries on final 2 runs last year. Needs to get his career back on track after a break/gelding op.

Form: 16000-

(6)

Reginald Charles^h1²⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: P Mulrennan| T: B Smart| OR: 74

11/2

Fair maiden. Ended 2022 with a respectable fourth in a 7f Haydock nursery. Gelded after. Hooded first time on his reappearance.

Form: 38304-

(3)

Wurkin Ninetofive¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 67

5/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Third of 10 in novice at Catterick (7f, heavy) on reappearance 19 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Opening mark demands improvement but he is unexposed.

Form: 54-3

(4)

River Usk¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 67

9/4

9/2, good second of 9 in handicap at Catterick (6f, heavy) on reappearance 19 days ago. Back up in trip. Leading claims from an unchanged mark.

Form: 89523-2

(2)

Slingsbytoo¹⁹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Joanna Mason| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 67

10/1

Fair form in 3 qualifying runs at 2 but down the field in a 1m Pontefract nursery on his final start.

Form: 5330-

(8)

Tondeuse^p1¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: C Lee| T: K R Burke| OR: 64

22/1

Blinkered first time, below form when remote second of 6 in claimer at Leicester (6f, heavy) 17 days ago. Back up in trip. Cheekpieces the headgear of choice this time.

Form: 3-82462

(7)

Tilt At Windmills¹⁰⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: S H James| T: K R Burke| OR: 64

9/1

Third in novices at Newcastle (6f) and Wolverhampton (7f) last December. Well held at Southwell in Janury but retains potential now handicapping after a break.

Form: 33-7

Forecasts

River Usk (9/4), Wurkin Ninetofive (5/1), Ludo's Landing (11/2), Reginald Charles (11/2), Tilt At Windmills (9/1), Vince Le Prince (9/1), Slingsbytoo (10/1), Sunny Orange (22/1), Tondeuse (22/1)

RIVER USK made a promising return to action at Catterick last month and can go one better off the same mark. Tilt At Windmills and Wurkin Ninetofive are possible improvers now moving into handicap company and head the dangers.