20:50 Nottingham

Wednesday 19 June 2024

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Grassroots Finals Day 2nd October Handicap

Off time: 20:51 | Winning time: 3m 4.98s

(7)

Russian Rumour^p¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: Olivia Tubb⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Portman| OR: 67| CD

4/1

C&D winner. 1 win from 2 runs this year. Latest win here in May. 15/2, creditable fourth of 11 in handicap at Bath (14f, good) 12 days ago, slowly away. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 2984-14

(8)

Douglas Dc¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: William Carson| T: A W Carroll| OR: 65

10/1

Fourth of 6 in handicap at Brighton (9.9f, good to firm, 9/1) 16 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 23489-4

(6)

Highland Frolic^t⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: M G Rimell| OR: 64

22/1

14/1, first run since leaving Milton Harris when fourth of 5 in handicap at Doncaster (11.9f, good to soft) 48 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 054/48-4

(3)

Ney^b¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: D Brooke| OR: 63| BF| D

13/2

3 wins from 8 runs this year. Latest win at Ripon in May. Found run of good form coming to a halt when fourth of 8 in handicap at Carlisle (17.2f, good to soft, 13/8) 19 days ago. Type to bounce back.

Form: 133114

(12)

Rock N Roll Pinkie¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Marco Ghiani| T: I Furtado| OR: 63| D

18/5

Bit below form fifth of 10 in handicap (11/1) at this C&D (good) 17 days ago.

Form: 063425

(5)

Young Merlin^p⁴⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 63| D

4/1

Good second of 9 in handicap (9/2) at Salisbury (14.2f, heavy) 45 days ago, nearest finish. Cheekpieces back on. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 0/759-32

(11)

Mrs Meader⁸⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: Sam Feilden⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss J Feilden| OR: 61

22/1

Eleventh of 12 in handicap at Doncaster (10.2f, heavy, 9/1) 88 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 35240-0

(10)

Grain Of Hope^p1⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Edward Greatrex| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 61

28/1

8/1, ninth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Warwick (21f, good to soft) 44 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Fair on the Flat, poor on last Flat outing.

Form: 02852-8

(4)

Sea Master²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: J F Egan| T: J Ward| OR: 60

28/1

Sixth of 9 in handicap at Pontefract (12f, good to soft, 40/1) 26 days ago.

Form: 5/864-06

(1)

Tigerten^p,t⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: Benoit D L Sayette| T: K Frost| OR: 56| BF| D

6/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2023. 11/8, respectable fourth of 13 in handicap at Pontefract (17.1f, good) 9 days ago. Should be on the premises.

Form: 3-06324

(2)

Longuerue¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: S D Bowen⁽⁵⁾| T: R Eddery| OR: 51| C

16/1

Course winner. Seventh of 13 in handicap at Chelmsford City (14f, 66/1) 13 days ago, not ideally placed.

Form: 74-3067

Non-Runners

(9)

Roman Tempest²²

Weight: 8-7| Age: 5

T: S Dow J: Harry Davies

Forecasts

Rock N Roll Pinkie (18/5), Young Merlin (4/1), Russian Rumour (4/1), Tigerten (6/1), Ney (13/2), Douglas Dc (10/1), Longuerue (16/1), Highland Frolic (22/1), Mrs Meader (22/1), Roman Tempest (25/1), Sea Master (28/1), Grain Of Hope (28/1)

YOUNG MERLIN has done well for this yard and the form of his latest second at Salisbury has worked out well, so he gets the vote off a similar mark. Russian Rumour goes well for this rider and remains on a handy mark, so is next best ahead of Tigerten.