17:10 Ripon

Thursday 7 June 2018

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Ladies Day 21st June Book Now Handicap

Off time: 17:12 | Winning time: 2m 38.87s

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Majrooh^t²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: D Nolan| T: G Peckham| OR: 71

7/1

Has been running respectably over 1m2f and more recently 1m6f this season. Drops 2lb and also slightly in grade today and has each-way claims.

Form: 062/536

(6)

Regal Mirage²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 71| D

6/4

Scored over this trip (soft) at Pontefract to complete a four-timer last summer. Has been performing at that level again this season, winning at Hamilton last month. 5lb higher here and probably has each-way claims.

Form: 586-015

(2)

Swansway¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Nathan Evans| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 67| BF| D

5/1

2-26, one of those wins being over this trip at Catterick (good to firm) from 2lb lower last year. Well held from this mark last time, but has each-way claims if able to produce his best.

Form: 7-30626

(4)

Wotabreeze^p²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 65| D

8/1

Has won twice over this trip at Catterick, the latter from this mark in September. Conditions are no problem and his form this season has been building towards another success. Claims.

Form: 917-894

(7)

Decima⁷⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Harrison Shaw⁽⁵⁾| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 65

20/1

Sole win was over 1m2f at Beverley (soft) in September, when 5lb lower, but was not far away from 1lb higher than today later in the season. Well held on reappearance, but worth a try up in trip here. Interesting.

Form: 35103-6

(1)

Hussar Ballad¹⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 8-13| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 59| D

20/1

1-21 on turf, that win being way back in 2014. Stays 1m6f and is on a competitive mark, but turf form not as attractive as that on AW.

Form: 0-63405

(5)

Calypso Delegator^v⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-6| J: Lauren Steade⁽⁷⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 52| C

50/1

Sole win was here in a 1m2f seller (good) in August, but has not been able to make much impact from similar marks in handicaps. Has not been red hot in recent runs over hurdles either, so there are a few reasons to take him on.

Form: 460/301-

(9)

Trautmann^p⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: J Fanning| T: R Menzies| OR: 51

13/2

0-12 so far. Has been running respectably from this mark this season, but needs to find some improvement to win from it. That does not look obviously likely to occur today, but he has an each-way squeak again.

Form: 4-63834

(8)

Rockliffe²³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-2| J: A Mullen| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 46

14/1

Sole Flat win was over 1m2f at Bath (good) when 7lb higher in 2015. Pulled up over hurdles last time, but won back-to-back races over timber prior to that and couldn't be written off in a moderate contest here.

Form: 406732-

Non-Runners

(10)

Flower Power²⁴

Weight: 9-0| Age: 7

T: T Coyle & K Wood J: Connor Beasley

Forecasts

Regal Mirage (6/4), Swansway (5/1), Trautmann (13/2), Majrooh (7/1), Wotabreeze (8/1), Rockliffe (14/1), Hussar Ballad (20/1), Decima (20/1), Flower Power (33/1), Calypso Delegator (50/1)

Several of these can go well but will need to raise to bar to win it from their current marks. Those include Majrooh, Regal Mirage, Swansway and Trautmann. However, the most interesting pair in the field are Decima, now upped to this trip, and WOTABREEZE, who is proven over this trip from this mark and may have been building nicely towards a win today.