13:50 York

Saturday 14 June 2025

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Doug Johnstone Memorial. Ubettabelieveit Macmillan Handicap

Off time: 13:50 | Winning time: 1m 21.92s

(7)

Telemark^t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: Liam Wright⁽⁵⁾| T: S & E Crisford| OR: 97| D

22/1

Won twice in 2024 and ran well on form when fourth of 13 in 7f handicap at Chester (good) a fortnight ago. Likely to give another good account.

Form: 0818-74

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(10)

Blue For You^v²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 95| C| D

9/1

Course winner who ran better than last time when seventh of 11 in handicap at Haydock (8.2f, good to firm) 21 days ago. Visor back on. Must raise his game further.

Form: 009-307

(11)

Havana Pusey²²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: N Callan| T: J Gallagher| OR: 93| D

8/1

Ended a losing sequence with victory in 5-runner handicap at Windsor (6f, good) in May and proved better than ever back at 7f when following up at Goodwood last time. This is tougher but clearly arrives in top form.

Form: 0-24011

(13)

Dashing Darcey²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: S De Sousa| T: G A Harker| OR: 92

7/1

Developed into a useful handicapper for Roger Varian in 2024, recording a clear-cut success at Haydock last June. Better than he was able to show on return/debut for new connections (sold for 110,000 gns) in the Lincoln and bounced back to his best when second at Haydock 3 weeks ago. Respected.

Form: 1023-02

(14)

Our Havana⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 92| D

22/1

Recorded a third victory of the year at Musselburgh (7f) in April. Seemingly found out by a 5 lb higher mark in a deeper handicap at Thirsk last time, though.

Form: 161016

(3)

Yanifer¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: O McSweeney⁽³⁾| T: H Bethell| OR: 91| CD

14/1

C&D winner who shaped as if back in form in a first-time hood when seventh of 13 in handicap (14/1) at Chester (7f, good) 14 days ago. Remains 2 lb above last successful mark.

Form: 2158-77

(8)

Glenfinnan^t1⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Connor Beasley| T: M Dods| OR: 91| D

20/1

22/1, not seen to best effect when ninth of 14 in handicap at Doncaster (7f, good to firm) 7 days ago, slowly away. Tongue strap on 1st time and has dipped below last winning mark.

Form: 100-009

(2)

Palmar Bay¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: W Buick| T: R M Beckett| OR: 90| D

6/1

Proved better than ever when winning 15-runner handicap at Chelmsford City (7f, 2/1) 13 days ago. No reason why he shouldn't translate that back to turf.

Form: 0732-31

(15)

Diligent Resdev^v¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Joanna Mason| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 85| BF| CD

6/1

C&D winner who wasn't seen to best effect from a wide draw when third of 8 in handicap at Redcar (6f, good to firm) 19 days ago. Better judged on previous form and he's another who can't be dismissed lightly.

Form: 051-353

(12)

Tolstoy¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| OR: 85| BF| CD

11/2

3-time C&D winner. Creditable second of 11 in handicap (7/2) at this C&D (good to firm) 1 day ago, missing break. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 80-0002

(5)

Modern Times¹⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 76

33/1

Useful-looking gelding who again ran well when fourth of 8 in handicap at Newcastle (6f, 12/1), well positioned. Off 142 days. First run for yard after leaving Iain Jardine.

Form: 03092-4

(1)

Humam²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Jason Watson| T: A M Balding| OR: 85| D

11/2

2 wins from 6 runs this year and ran another sound race when sixth of 12 in handicap at Haydock (8.2f, good to firm) 21 days ago, finding test too much. Should remain competitive back down in trip.

Form: 112666

(4)

Green Pursuit^b1³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: Nathan Evans| T: A Keatley| OR: 77

16/1

Gelded/first run since leaving Seb Spencer when good winner of 7-runner handicap at Catterick (6f) in April. Improved further when just touched off at Ripon (6f) before failing to see things out back at this trip in first-time cheekpieces over C&D. Blinkers now the choice of headgear.

Form: 376-128

Non-Runners

(9)

Aalto²⁸⁰

Weight: 9-13| Age: 5

T: Ian Williams J: P Mulrennan

(6)

Little Empire²⁴

Weight: 8-11| Age: 5

T: A McCann J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Humam (11/2), Tolstoy (11/2), Diligent Resdev (6/1), Palmar Bay (6/1), Dashing Darcey (7/1), Havana Pusey (8/1), Blue For You (9/1), Aalto (12/1), Yanifer (14/1), Little Empire (14/1), Green Pursuit (16/1), Glenfinnan (20/1), Telemark (22/1), Our Havana (22/1), Modern Times (33/1)

Last year’s winner TOLSTOY was second here on Friday and could be worth chancing back at this venue (completed a C&D hat-trick in 2024) having been cut further slack by the assessor. Recent Ayr winner Little Empire is not yet fully exposed and needs considering, along with Dashing Darcey, who bounced back to his best on just his second outing for current yard at Haydock last time.