16:30 Nottingham

Tuesday 15 August 2023

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Weatherbys Hamilton Handicap

Off time: 16:31 | Winning time: 1m 13.54s

(2)

Johnny James^t1³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: L Morris| T: M Appleby| OR: 85| D

16/1

Backed at long odds when making a winning start in a 6f Catterick maiden in early June and followed up under a penalty at Southwell 11 days later. Reported to have made a noise when disappointing on 7f Haydock handicap debut since and now sports a tongue tie.

Form: 119

(6)

Spirit Of Applause¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Sean Kirrane⁽³⁾| T: T D Easterby| OR: 85| D

9/4

Latest win at Haydock in May. Shaped as if still in good form when fifth of 10 in handicap at Newmarket (6f, good, 17/2) 17 days ago.

Form: 812925

(1)

Pinafore^p1²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: James Doyle| T: W J Haggas| OR: 84| BF| D

7/2

Latest win at Ripon in May. 15/8, not seen to best effect when last of 5 in handicap at Lingfield (6f, good) 28 days ago, not ideally placed. Cheekpieces on first time.

Form: 21-4145

(9)

Mountain Warrior¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: E Bethell| OR: 82| D

9/1

Won a 6f novice at Southwell in April. Good second on 6f Hamilton handicap debut in May and possibly worth forgiving his recent Doncaster run on heavy ground. Merits consideration.

Form: 45-127

(8)

Billyjoh²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Rossa Ryan| T: M Appleby| OR: 79| D

11/2

7/1, won 12-runner maiden at Doncaster (6f, good to firm) on debut in July. Stepped up on that form when third of 9 at Ripon (6f) since. Unexposed now moving into handicap company.

Form: 13

(4)

Kessaar Power⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J F Egan| T: K P De Foy| OR: 79| D

10/1

Won 6f handicaps at Chelmsford and Yarmouth this spring. Good second at Lingfield (6f, AW) in June but found run of good form coming to a halt at Windsor last time. Freshened up since.

Form: 4-11627

(5)

Northern Spirit^p¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| OR: 77| BF| CD

4/1

Third win of the year when seeing off 6 rivals over C&D last month. Creditable second of 11 in handicap at Yarmouth (6f, good to soft) 19 days ago and the form has been boosted. Big player.

Form: 213412

Non-Runners

(3)

Havana Pusey³²

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: J Gallagher J: Rhys Clutterbuck

(7)

Pocket The Packet¹⁷

Weight: 8-9| Age: 3

T: N Tinkler J: Lewis Edmunds

Forecasts

Spirit Of Applause (9/4), Pinafore (7/2), Northern Spirit (4/1), Billyjoh (11/2), Havana Pusey (7/1), Mountain Warrior (9/1), Kessaar Power (10/1), Johnny James (16/1), Pocket The Packet (20/1)

NORTHERN SPIRT has had the form of his latest Yarmouth second boosted and can show he's still on a good mark. Mountain Warrior had testing ground as an excuse for his poor run last time and can bounce back and provide the chief threat ahead of Pinafore.