15:00 Yarmouth

Thursday 1 June 2023

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Off time: 15:02 | Winning time: 2m 27.37s

(4)

Damascus Steel^b³^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 10-3| J: R Havlin| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 62| D

11/10

Blinkered for 1st time, career best when winning 4-runner handicap at Windsor (11.4f, good to firm, 4/9) 3 days ago. Seemingly not the most straightforward but needs taking seriously under a penalty.

Form: 98-2221

(3)

Twilight Guest^v1²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: J F Egan| T: G G Margarson| OR: 60

13/2

9/1, good third of 10 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 21 days ago, running on. Stamina to prove now upped in trip but it was encouraging that he settled better last time and perhaps the addition of a visor will help eke out a little more.

Form: 452-633

(8)

Biscoff Joe¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Tom Marquand| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 60

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fifth of 7 in minor event at Windsor (10f, heavy, 10/1) 17 days ago. Improvement needed now pitched into a handicap but that's not beyond the realms of possibility.

Form: 2485

(9)

Rogue Tornado⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: David Egan| T: Tom Clover| OR: 60

8/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Ninth of 12 in maiden at Nottingham (8.3f, heavy, 16/1) 57 days ago. Significantly up in trip for this handicap debut.

Form: 88-9

(11)

Kilcummin^p1¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Harry Burns⁽³⁾| T: J Parr| OR: 59

33/1

9/2, seventh of 9 in handicap at Beverley (12.1f, good) 16 days ago. Needs to bounce back but will be in with a shout if the first-time cheekpieces have the desired effect.

Form: 54-0537

(5)

Lough Leane¹⁶⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J P Spencer| T: D M Simcock| OR: 58

11/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 13 in minor event (200/1) at Kempton (7f). Off 169 days. Significantly up in trip for this handicap debut and interesting to see what the market has to say.

Form: 800-

(6)

Silks Graphite^t²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Liam Wright⁽⁷⁾| T: Darryll Holland| OR: 57

33/1

20/1, seventh of 11 in handicap at Leicester (10f, good to firm) 2 days ago. Has show his best form at 6f and it's somewhat surprising that he is taking another step up in trip.

Form: 424797

(7)

Trooper Bisdee¹⁹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 56

11/4

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, twelfth of 14 in minor event at Kempton (8f) when last seen in November. Certainly wouldn't be the first from this yard to leave 2-y-o form well behind now faced with a stiffer test/pitched into a handicap. Needs close attention in the betting.

Form: 990-

(2)

Wilpena Pound⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Marco Ghiani| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 50

100/1

50/1, first run since leaving Sir Mark Prescott Bt when eighth of 11 in handicap at Nottingham (10.2f, soft) 40 days ago. Readily passed over.

Form: 0806-68

(12)

Miss Maisiepaige^p⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: R Ffrench| T: Mrs C A Dunnett| OR: 45

250/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 250/1, last of 13 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 7 days ago. Significantly up in trip and she is hard to make a case for.

Form: 00-60

Non-Runners

(10)

La Espanola³⁷

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: D Menuisier J: Non Runner

(1)

Raincloud²

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: Alice Haynes J: Shariq Mohd

Forecasts

Damascus Steel (11/10), Trooper Bisdee (11/4), Twilight Guest (13/2), Rogue Tornado (8/1), Raincloud (10/1), Lough Leane (11/1), La Espanola (16/1), Biscoff Joe (20/1), Kilcummin (33/1), Silks Graphite (33/1), Wilpena Pound (100/1), Miss Maisiepaige (250/1)

The fact that TROOPER BISDEE didn't achieve much in 3 qualifying runs as a juvenile is pretty much irrelevant, given that he hails from a yard whose 3-y-os invariably improve markedly when handicapping over middle-distances. The hint should be taken if the market speaks in his favour. Twilight Guest should be competitive if coping with this step up in trip and recent Windsor winner Damascus Steel has to enter calculations, too.