14:50 Beverley

Tuesday 14 May 2019

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Jim Hibbs 'A Deal Is A Deal' Selling Stakes

Off time: 14:50 | Winning time: 1m 4.71s

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(7)

Scale Force^b1¹⁰³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: William Cox⁽³⁾| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 68| BF| D

5/1

Kept on strongly when taking a 5f Southwell novice by 1¼L in December; runner up on handicap debut next time; blinkers on for the return to turf racing; eased in grade; major player.

Form: 3671-2

(10)

Frank's Law^p¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: J Fanning| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 55

25/1

Orientor gelding; slowly away and always struggling on his recent return to action at Musselburgh (5f); looks to be fairly light on ability.

Form: 868-7

(6)

Kickham Street^p1,h²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 60

6/1

Six-race maiden; made the frame at Newcastle (5f) on his penultimate start; met trouble in the run at Nottingham latest; cheekpieces are now added to his hood for the drop into selling company; chance.

Form: 699-936

(5)

Pearl Of Qatar⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Ben Robinson⁽³⁾| T: B Ellison| OR: 61| CD

4/1

Shock 25/1 C&D winner (5f novice) on debut in May 2018; trained off towards the tail of her juvenile season, and yet to really pick up the baton constructively so far in 2019 either; opposed.

Form: 475-808

(2)

Alicia Darcy¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Barry McHugh| T: J G Given| OR: 66

7/2

Seven-race maiden; well beaten when finishing third at Kempton (6f) in February (represents her strongest form); never involved when producing a tame effort on turf at Doncaster (6f) latest; worrying that she now drops into a seller.

Form: 49-3540

(9)

Atwaar²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Faye McManoman⁽⁵⁾| T: C Smith| OR: 48

33/1

Six-race maiden; has struggled to make her mark in three starts on Fibresand (5f-6f) this winter; plenty to find at these weights.

Form: 790-465

(1)

Caramel Curves⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: T Eaves| T: T D Barron| OR: 53

8/1

Six-race maiden; not the most consistent, but has offered her connections hope that she can find a small race somewhere along the line; runner up in a 6f seller at Thirsk (good) in July 2018.

Form: 99274-0

(3)

Maid From The Mist³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: P J McDonald| T: J Gallagher| OR: 50

9/1

Eight-race maiden; well beaten on both starts so far in 2019, including at odds of 33/1 in a 5f Class 6 handicap at Windsor (good) 36-days ago.

Form: 9730-98

(8)

Parion¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: S P Davis⁽⁵⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 70

7/1

Mayson filly; runner up to an odds-on winner in a 6f fillies' novice at Leicester (good to firm) in June 2018; not so clever in two 6f runs this season (has shown early speed before weakening); drop in trip/ease in grade both favourable.

Form: 2-59

(4)

She'zanarab¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Jamie Gormley⁽³⁾| T: I Jardine| OR: 51

12/1

Eight-race maiden (5f-1m); boasts similar claims to the likes of Slieve Donard and Frank's Law on the evidence of recent Musselburgh form (5f); not really appealing.

Form: 79-6756

Non-Runners

(11)

Slieve Donard³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: N Wilson J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Alicia Darcy (7/2), Pearl Of Qatar (4/1), Scale Force (5/1), Kickham Street (6/1), Parion (7/1), Caramel Curves (8/1), Maid From The Mist (9/1), She'zanarab (12/1), Frank's Law (25/1), Slieve Donard (25/1), Atwaar (33/1)

A very winnable seller in which plenty can be safely discounted. Kickham Street isn't necessarily the best treated by the weights but the application of a hood (also wears cheekpieces today) has led to an upturn in fortunes of sorts. Both Alicia Darcy and Parion have leading claims in this grade on the strength of their better efforts, although neither has entirely convinced more latterly. Therefore, with the ground described as on the soft side of good, we'll opt for the Fibresand winner SCALE FORCE with trainer Gay Kelleway operating a 25% strike-rate (2-8) at this East Yorkshire venue over the past five years.