Racing Again 15th July Fillies' Handicap

Off time: 16:31 | Winning time: 1m 23.60s

(3)

Donna Nook^t,v¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 73| D

7/2

4-y-o filly who posted her best effort of the season equipped with a first-time tongue strap when ending a losing run at Ripon (1m) last month, getting on top final 100 yds. Not disgraced having a rare outing shy of 1m at Carlisle since but likely to find a couple too good.

Form: 329414

(6)

Ziggy's Queen^h,t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Ethan Tindall⁽⁵⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 72| D

11/1

Enjoyed a fine all-weather campaign, producing a striking turn of foot (despite a typically awkward head carriage) to get up at Lingfield in February. Hasn't been in the same form in 4 starts since, including in a similar C&D event last month. Hood/tongue tie reapplied.

Form: 217985

(4)

Rogue Citation^t1⁸⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: P J McDonald| T: E Bethell| OR: 72

10/1

Won Southwell novice last October when still looking very green but ran poorly on return/handicap debut back there (7f) in April. Not seen since and a first-time tongue tie is applied.

Form: 31-6

(2)

Velvet Rhythm¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Rowan Scott| T: C Johnston| OR: 72| CD

5/4

Progressive this season with 3 wins from 5 outings, most recently in 7-runner event over C&D (firm) just over 2 weeks ago, showing another string to her bow by coming from the rear. 4 lb rise demands more but there's every chance she'll be up to the task.

Form: 3-11481

(1)

Lady Gormire²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Sean Kirrane| T: M Dods| OR: 68

6/1

Found improvement on yard debut when second of 6 in maiden here in May and ran to a similar level when third of 8 over that C&D the following month. Back up to 7f for her handicap debut and she's very much an unknown quantity.

Form: 28-23

(5)

Only Dream Big^b¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 65| D

11/2

Different proposition switched to front-running tactics when an easy winner over 7f at Redcar last month and showed a good attitude to follow up 3 days later at Musselburgh (1m, good to firm), staying on to lead post after her rider dropped the whip. Can land the hat-trick from 6 lb higher.

Form: 8-45811

Forecasts

Velvet Rhythm (5/4), Donna Nook (7/2), Only Dream Big (11/2), Lady Gormire (6/1), Rogue Citation (10/1), Ziggy's Queen (11/1)

ONLY DREAM BIG has upped her game in recent weeks so Tim Easterby's filly is fancied to make light of a further 6 lb rise to complete the hat-trick. The main threat looks to be Velvet Rhythm, who has won 3 of her 5 starts this season (including 2 C&D victories). Lady Gormire looks open to further progress now handicapping so she completes the shortlist.