16:55 Ripon

Sunday 21 May 2023

All14:2514:5515:2515:5516:2516:5517:25

Racing Welfare Mental Health Awareness Week Handicap

Off time: 16:56 | Winning time: 2m 5.15s

(8)

Tele Red¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Andrew Breslin⁽³⁾| T: K R Burke| OR: 69| BF| D

7/1

Dual winner over this sort of trip last term and arrives on back of respectable fifth of 8 in handicap (4/1) at Thirsk (8f, heavy) 15 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 2120-05

(2)

Light Up Our Stars^h⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: D Swift| T: S Dixon| OR: 68| D

11/2

Returned to form when third of 6 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 41 days ago. 2 lb below last winning mark and will be dangerous if building on that.

Form: 654-763

(5)

Showmedemoney^t¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Jason Hart| T: I Jardine| OR: 68

11/2

Back to winning ways at Newcastle (8f) in February but not really built on that and is tried over a longer trip now.

Form: 415933

(4)

Dougies Dream^p¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Faye McManoman| T: N Tinkler| OR: 66

17/2

Resumed winning ways at Newcastle (8f) in March and ran to a similar level when creditable third of 6 in handicap at same course (10.2f) 13 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Not out of things.

Form: 0-84103

(7)

Ghost Rider¹⁹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 66

8/1

Not scored for some time and has been below form in a trio of outings for current connections. Returns from 6-month absence.

Form: 358976-

(9)

Sameem²²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 8-11| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 57| CD

28/1

Not successful since 2019 and largely disappointed last season. Been cut plenty of slack by the handicapper but likely best watched back from 7 months off here.

Form: 534250-

(11)

Little Ted^p¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 55| CD

10/3

Not the most reliable but seems to reserve his best for this course (won here in 2021 and 2022) and has dropped to a handy mark. Warrants respect.

Form: 2909-36

(10)

Irv¹¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-9| J: Aiden Brookes⁽⁵⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 55| BF| D

7/1

Ended lengthy losing run at Beverley (9.9f) last summer but form tailed off towards the end of the year and not seen since disappointing effort at Newcastle in January.

Form: 32064-5

(1)

Young Winston^h³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Cam Hardie| T: J Mackie| OR: 52| C

7/1

Sole success came at this course in 2021 and has come close a couple of times on AW this year. Fairly treated, back on turf, and can make presence felt.

Form: 4-53864

Non-Runners

(6)

Toophan⁸⁰

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: D J S Ffrench Davis J: David Egan

(3)

Isle of Wolves¹⁸

Weight: 9-3| Age: 7

T: H Bethell J: B A Curtis

Forecasts

Little Ted (10/3), Isle of Wolves (7/2), Showmedemoney (11/2), Light Up Our Stars (11/2), Tele Red (7/1), Irv (7/1), Young Winston (7/1), Ghost Rider (8/1), Dougies Dream (17/2), Toophan (10/1), Sameem (28/1)

TELE RED is only 3 lb above his last winning mark and acquitted himself well over a shorter trip at Thirsk earlier this month. He gets the nod. Isle of Wolves and Little Ted head the list of dangers.