14:20 Redcar

Friday 23 June 2023

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Join Racing TV Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 1m 24.05s

(8)

Biplane^b¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: P Hanagan| T: J S Wainwright| OR: 64| D

11/2

Latest win at Newcastle in May. Creditable fourth of 8 in handicap (4/1) at Ayr (8f, good to firm) 18 days ago.

Form: 573314

(7)

Okeanos^p,t⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: L Morris| T: I Furtado| OR: 62| BF| D

4/1

Winner at Wolverhampton in April. Respectable second of 8 in handicap at same course (8.6f, 15/8) 55 days ago, unsuited by step up in trip having refused to settle. Makes turf debut. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 725212

(3)

Like A Lion^p²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 61| D

7/2

Fifth of 7 in handicap (18/1) at Ripon (9.8f, good to firm) 22 days ago. Back down in trip. Handicapper given him a chance and he's one to consider with his yard gong a bit better now.

Form: 367635

(1)

Asmund^b¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Zak Wheatley⁽⁵⁾| T: D Carroll| OR: 59| CD

10/3

C&D winner. Last of 8 in handicap (13/2) at Wetherby (7f, good to firm) 17 days ago, missing break. Not the easiest to make a case for.

Form: 15-7008

(5)

Key Look^p²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: D Nolan| T: P T Midgley| OR: 56| D

6/1

Stepped up on reappearance when seventh of 12 in handicap at Doncaster (6f, good to firm, 11/2) 20 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip. Cheekpieces back on. Sound each-way claims.

Form: 3094-07

(2)

Darbucks⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Faye McManoman| T: C N Kellett| OR: 54| D

10/1

Never dangerous seventh of 11 in handicap (7/1) at Pontefract (8f, good to soft) 51 days ago. Back down to a career-low mark.

Form: 3-54407

(9)

Final Frontier^h¹²⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 8-11| J: Cam Hardie| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 50| D

25/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. 12/1, tenth of 13 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f). Needs to bounce back after a 4 month break back on turf.

Form: 332-380

(4)

Ratafia²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: D Fentiman| T: M Herrington| OR: 45

11/1

25/1, went backwards from reappearance when twelfth of 15 in handicap at this C&D (good) 25 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 6/000-40

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(6)

Kats Bob⁴⁷

Weight: 9-9| Age: 5

T: I Jardine J: Callum Rodriguez

Forecasts

Asmund (10/3), Like A Lion (7/2), Okeanos (4/1), Biplane (11/2), Key Look (6/1), Kats Bob (6/1), Darbucks (10/1), Ratafia (11/1), Final Frontier (25/1)

This can go the way of OKEANOS, who was ultimately found out by the longer trip having refused to settle at Wolverhampton just under 8 weeks ago2, but back down in distance and having a first start on turf, Ivan Furtado's 4-y-o can get back to winning ways. Like A Lion has been given a chance by the handicapper so he's put forward as the main threat back at 7f, with Key Look taken to fill out third spot.