17:30 Thirsk

Friday 6 June 2025

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Next Meeting 17th June Featuring Royal Ascot Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 17:30 | Winning time: 1m 9.68s

(9)

Beaujolais Nouveau¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: B Haslam| OR: 74

11/4

6/1, fourth of 7 in handicap at Ripon (6f, good to firm) 19 days ago, badly hampered. Perhaps a shade too high in the weights for now.

Form: 5221-34

(4)

Ann Terry²²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 73| D

14/1

Lightly-raced winner. 11/4, career best when winning 3-runner novice at Leicester (6f, heavy), pushed out. Off 7 months ahead of this handicap debut and further progress will be needed.

Form: 35421-

(8)

Chuti Manika³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J Fanning| T: C Johnston| OR: 72| BF

15/2

Last of 8 in handicap at Doncaster (6f, good to firm, 5/2) 34 days ago. Just touched off prior to that at Ripon and possibilities based on that evidence.

Form: 3633-28

(3)

Miss Hathaway²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 72| D

14/1

Winner at Pontefract in April. 50/1, thirteenth of 14 in handicap at York (7f, good) 23 days ago. Likely to be found wanting once more.

Form: 3044-10

(2)

Monetize¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Harrison Shaw| T: B Smart| OR: 71

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 16/1, good second of 6 in novice at Ripon (6f, good to firm) 19 days ago. Others make more appeal from a win point of view.

Form: 336-02

(5)

Arabian Cobra^v⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: D Tudhope| T: H Palmer| OR: 67

11/8

22/1, excellent second of 14 in handicap at Hamilton (6f, good) 9 days ago, clear of rest. He's a step ahead of the handicapper off the same mark (due to go up 5 lb) and should prove hard to beat.

Form: 27-4302

(1)

Blue Seeker⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Aiden Brookes⁽³⁾| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 65WS

40/1

Creditable third of 6 in handicap (4/1) at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 41 days ago. Significantly back down in trip on debut for new yard and minor place money is probably the best possible scenario.

Form: 356333

(6)

Laurens Dream³²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Billy Garritty| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 63| D

16/1

Sixth of 7 in handicap (28/1) at Beverley (7.4f, good to firm) 32 days ago and she's likely to struggle here, too.

Form: 357-566

(7)

Azuinthejungle¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Rowan Scott| T: N Tinkler| OR: 61| BF

7/1

11/8, below form third of 8 in handicap at Redcar (5f, good to firm) 18 days ago. Return to this trip looks a good move and he's a strong each-way candidate.

Form: 55-2203

Forecasts

Arabian Cobra (11/8), Beaujolais Nouveau (11/4), Azuinthejungle (7/1), Chuti Manika (15/2), Miss Hathaway (14/1), Ann Terry (14/1), Laurens Dream (16/1), Monetize (28/1), Blue Seeker (40/1)

ARABIAN COBRA remains a maiden following 13 attempts, but he is taken to put that right here on the back of a cracking recent effort at Hamilton where he was just touched off. The combination of the return to turf, this trip and the refitted visor seemingly proved to be the tonic that he needed, and he will take plenty of stopping off the same mark here if in anything like the same form. Azuinthejungle gets the nod for forecast purposes ahead of Chuti Manika.