16:30 York

Saturday 12 October 2024

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Coral 'We're Here For It' Stayers Handicap

Off time: 16:30 | Winning time: 3m 50.11s

(7)

Emiyn^v²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: P Mulrennan| T: D Carroll| OR: 92

14/1

Likeable sort who ran a cracker equipped with a visor when second in Chester Cup back in May. Unable to adopt customary forcing tactics after blowing start when sixth of 11 in handicap back there (15.9f) 4 weeks ago but the visor goes back on now. Better anticipated.

Form: 20-0236

(10)

Torcello^b¹⁴⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 9-6| J: Jason Hart| T: S Lycett| OR: 87| D

50/1

Made a winning return from 5 months off in small field at Pontefract (12f, heavy) in April prior to a good third at Thirsk later that month. Seemingly amiss when well held at Salisbury (14.2f, heavy) a month later and likely he'll face competition for the lead back from a break.

Form: 645-139

(4)

Arrange⁶⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: D Nolan| T: M Todhunter| OR: 86| D

11/2

Registered back-to-back victories prior to posting an excellent second in this race 12 months ago and come to the boil of late, holding on gamely to resume winning ways at Haydock (16.2f) in August. Player nudged up 3 lb.

Form: 2-94921

(6)

Robert Johnson²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Aiden Brookes⁽³⁾| T: Miss Tracy Waggott| OR: 85| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Bounced back to form when runner-up at Musselburgh (18f) and used that as a springboard to land Cesarewitch trial (18f) at Newmarket 21 days ago, asserting close home. Not dismissed up 4 lb in present groove.

Form: 547021

(1)

Zimmerman^p¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Sean Kirrane| T: T D Easterby| OR: 79| CD

16/1

Capitalised on a reduced mark over C&D in July but ran below form both outings since, well-beaten fourth behind re-opposing Merrijig in handicap (13/2) at Ripon (16f, good to soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 859184

(11)

Surrey Belle^t¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: D Egan| T: H Morrison| OR: 76| D

7/2

Remains pretty low mileage as a stayer and she proved most determined on the front end when adding to her tally in 6-runner handicap at Haydock (14f, heavy) 2 weeks ago. Conditions fine and she's in the mix again from 3 lb higher mark.

Form: 1-3D171

(8)

Merrijig¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: Gina Mangan| T: John Berry| OR: 76| D

11/4

Resumed winning ways at Carlisle (17.2f) in August and, up 3 lb, she was a runaway winner under this pilot at Ripon (2m) 2 weeks ago, leading under 3 out and drawing clear to score by 10 lengths. This tougher but likely good pace will help and respected from revised mark.

Form: 734511

(2)

Yorkindness⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: J Fanning| T: C Johnston| OR: 74| CD

16/1

C&D winner who was prolific in small fields during 2023, bringing up her fifth success of the campaign at Musselburgh (2m) 13 months ago. Winless to date this season but her mark has fallen appreciably and her latest run is easily overlooked. Better showing anticipated.

Form: 432396

(3)

Gibside⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-5| J: Cam Hardie| T: T D Easterby| OR: 72| C

11/1

Showed benefit of reappearance when off the mark for the season at Catterick (13.9f) in June. Model of consistency in defeat subsequently, second of 9 in handicap at Redcar (14f, good to soft) 7 days ago. This test probably at the limit of his stamina, however.

Form: 352332

(5)

Corsican Caper²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-4| J: William Pyle⁽³⁾| T: K Frost| OR: 69| D

14/1

Proved better than ever, back with former trainer, when winning Chester handicap (15.9f) last month and backed that up with creditable fifth of 13 at same course (14.4f, soft) 11 days ago, not helping his cause by blowing the start. This a deeper race but he's evidently still at the top of his game.

Form: 123015

Non-Runners

(9)

Get Shirty⁵²

Weight: 9-7| Age: 8

T: D O'Meara J: D Tudhope

Forecasts

Merrijig (11/4), Surrey Belle (7/2), Robert Johnson (5/1), Arrange (11/2), Gibside (11/1), Corsican Caper (14/1), Emiyn (14/1), Get Shirty (14/1), Zimmerman (16/1), Yorkindness (16/1), Torcello (50/1)

It's not easy to quantify quite what MERRIJIG achieved when accounting for some below-par rivals at Ripon 2 weeks ago but he's still worth crediting with a career-best effort and, with the likelihood of a good pace to aim at, John Berry's charge could be worth chancing to complete the hat-trick from his revised mark. Fellow recent winner Arrange, who finished runner-up in this 12 months ago, is another of interest along with Haydock-scorer Surrey Belle.