15:45 Beverley

Thursday 26 April 2018

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Rapid Lad Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 15:47 | Winning time: 2m 8.56s

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(6)

Liquid Gold¹⁸⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 71| CD

7/2

Has a fair chance on her old form having won over C&D in the past and generally runs to form in handicaps. She has a fair absence to overcome but not written off in this company with this mark looking fine.

Form: 226147-

(10)

Detachment¹⁹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: J Fanning| T: J L Eyre| OR: 68

7/1

Gave us a rather mixed bag last season but definitely ended on a low note with a poor performance at Pontefract. Slipped down the weights for those disappointments but has still to win a race.

Form: 256940-

(8)

Framley Garth³³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Paula Muir⁽⁷⁾| T: L A Mullaney| OR: 67| D

9/2

Looks as though he's come on for the change of yard taking advantage of a much-reduced mark at Doncaster last time to win well. Up 7lb for that win but still looks well treated on his old form and can't be ruled out here.

Form: 2350-41

(4)

Swansway³³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Harrison Shaw⁽⁵⁾| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 66

16/1

Better ground is needed for him to show his best after he floundered on heavy at Doncaster last time. Won on much quicker ground at Catterick last season and drying ground would see him having a much better chance here.

Form: 2177-30

(1)

Rita's Man³³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: S De Sousa| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 65| D

4/1

In terms of form it's hard to find much to recommend him as he's only won a seller for his previous yard and shown little for this one. The jockey booking is worth noting though as is any interest in the market.

Form: 3138-75

(12)

Quoteline Direct^h¹²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: F Norton| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 64| D

10/1

Ended last season in good form with a win and runner-up slot on his final two starts and he still looks to have some mileage off this mark. Yard have been in good form of late but he does have a tricky wide draw to overcome.

Form: 246512-

(9)

Metronomic³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: A Mullen| T: P D Niven| OR: 61| CD

16/1

Has won over C&D but his recent AW starts have been below-par and he'll need to find something akin to the form that saw him win a claimer last November. Mark looks stiff enough though and others make more appeal.

Form: 001-967

(11)

Bollin Ted¹⁸⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 59| CD

9/1

His season finally tailed off but not before he'd won over C&D three times having had plenty of racing. Now returns just 2lb above his last winning mark and if he can produce anything like his previous C&D form he'll be of interest.

Form: 361548-

(5)

Paddy's Rock²⁰⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: Nathan Evans| T: Miss L C Siddall| OR: 59| CD

14/1

Tended to pay for his consistency in his handicap mark the handicapper not keen to cut him any slack despite only winning once in the last three years. This trip also looks a little sharp for him and others are easy to make a case for.

Form: 852243-

(2)

Clarabel³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Faye McManoman⁽⁷⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 56

33/1

Hard to make much of a case for her in this having shown little of late and she remains a maiden and not hard to look elsewhere.

Form: 04/46-9

(3)

John Caesar^p,t¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: Phil Dennis⁽³⁾| T: Rebecca Bastiman| OR: 51| CD

16/1

Has enjoyed himself around here in the past and looked as though he might offer something to work on last time shaping better than the bare result. Runs from out of the handicap but looks capable off this mark if granted a well run race.

Form: 7-85395

(7)

Moccasin^v¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 8-7| J: D Fentiman| T: G A Harker| OR: 45| D

80/1

Still trying to end a long losing run and looked unlikely to end that run when back from a long break last time at Wolverhampton finishing last of 12. Well out of the handicap here and hard to fancy.

Form: 9/0954-0

Forecasts

Liquid Gold (7/2), Rita's Man (4/1), Framley Garth (9/2), Detachment (7/1), Bollin Ted (9/1), Quoteline Direct (10/1), Paddy's Rock (14/1), John Caesar (16/1), Swansway (16/1), Metronomic (16/1), Clarabel (33/1), Moccasin (80/1)

A wide draw won’t be much help to Quoteline Direct who comes from a yard in good form but has that impost plus an absence to deal with. Framley Garth looks to have come back to form of late having changed yards and looks as though he’ll be suited by this track and Swansway is one to keep an eye on in the betting. LIQUID GOLD needs a sound surface to be seen at her best and having already won around here over this trip the drying ground should really help her. John Caesar came back to form last time although not his best but did offer something to work on for the future and he’s another to note in a competitive heat.