Dapper Gee Gee Owners Handicap

4YO plus | Class 6 | 5f 21y | 5 Runners | Allweather

(4)

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: D Shaw| OR: 65

Third in a Doncaster maiden on debut when trained by Richard Hannon and ran to similar level when mid-field at Newbury next time. Offered little on debut for this yard though and has plenty to prove now handicapping after 9 months off.

Form: 378-

(2)

Shalaa Asker^p,t²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: Jack Callan⁽³⁾| T: C Wallis| OR: 65| CD

Three-time this winter and finished second on 3 consecutive starts in March/April. Capitalised on a slipping mark when also scoring in a 7-runner handicap at Lingfield (5f, AW) 24 days ago, always holding on after sealing things with a tidy turn of foot. Should go well with claimer now aboard,

Form: 222661

(1)

Level Up^b¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Billy Loughnane| T: P D Evans| OR: 63| CD

It's now 14 runs since he scored at Chelmsford in October but he's been placed several times since and showed plenty of his customary early speed when second of 4 in handicap at Ffos Las (5f, soft) 11 days ago. Not ruled out.

Form: 223352

(3)

Style King^p1²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: S De Sousa| T: C A Dwyer| OR: 60| BF

Stepped up on reappearance when second over 6f here in April. Seemed lit up by first-time blinkers but still produced a respectable effort when 1¾ lengths fifth of 7 to Shalaa Asker in handicap at Lingfield (5f, all-weather) 24 days ago. Now in a change of headgear (first-time cheekpieces).

Form: 6-92685

(5)

The Fixer⁹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 55| D

On a lengthy losing run and he's finished soundly beaten on each of his last 4 starts. Opposable after 91 days off.

Form: 239-000

Forecasts

Shalaa Asker (7/4), Level Up (2/1), Style King (3/1), The Fixer (10/1), Blue Lancero (14/1)

Jack Callan's claim means SHALAA ASKER is effectively racing from a lower mark here than when successful at Lingfield earlier in the month and he's fancied to follow up. Level Up looks the biggest threat, with Style King taken to complete the 1-2-3.