13:30 Haydock

Saturday 3 July 2021

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Each Way Extra At bet365 Handicap

Off time: 13:30 | Winning time: 1m 31.87s

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(8)

Young Fire^v¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 96| CD

15/2

C&D winner shaping up well, 1¼ lengths third of 5 to Cruyff Turn at Redcar last time. Likely to pop up again soon.

Form: 045633

(3)

Cruyff Turn¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 95| D

6/1

Reaping the rewards of more prominent tactics being deployed, following up his Leicester success (good form) at Redcar a fortnight ago, showing a good attitude. Can go well again.

Form: 7-61811

(5)

Turn On The Charm²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Rossa Ryan| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 93

11/4

Nottingham reappearance form is red-hot and he did his bit for it with victory in 4-runner affair at Lingfield next time. Not so good in stronger race at Doncaster since, though.

Form: 114-414

(11)

Gabrial The Wire²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 90| D

14/1

Slipped in the weights and bounced back to his best rather out of the blue to win useful 7f York handicap last month under this rider. Should still be competitive after 3 lb rise.

Form: 7009-81

(1)

Gifted Ruler²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: R Kingscote| T: Tom Dascombe| OR: 90| C

10/1

Half-brother to mighty sprinter Kachy and won over 6f here at 2 yrs. Easy to back having been gelded after a year off and well held on return at York 3 weeks ago. Bit to prove all of a sudden.

Form: 414/92-0

(6)

Zip^p⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Ray Dawson⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 89| CD

13/2

C&D winner this time last year and returned with victory at Newcastle. Good fourth in Victoria Cup next time and ran respectably back at Newcastle last weekend. Wouldn't dismiss under good claimer.

Form: 61-1456

(2)

King's Knight²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: K Shoemark| T: C Hills| OR: 89| D

7/2

Low-mileage colt who scored at Lingfield in April before hitting the frame at Goodwood (behind Tintoretto) and Chester. Excuses at Sandown latest and could go well back down in trip.

Form: 25-1247

(9)

Bravado¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: B A Curtis| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 96| D

9/1

Much improved after a gelding operation when winning 4-runner Ayr handicap 11 days ago, drawing clear final 1f. Could be dangerous from the front now taking on the older horses.

Form: 486201

(7)

Albadri^h⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Robert Tart| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam| OR: 94

50/1

Useful effort when winning 1m Southwell handicap in January but has struggled since (raced in Saudi Arabia in February), well held in hood after 4 months off at Newmarket last week. Bit to prove.

Form: 96-1969

Non-Runners

(10)

Kimifive⁹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 6

T: J Tuite J: Rhys Clutterbuck

(4)

Tintoretto⁶³

Weight: 9-6| Age: 6

T: T Ward J: David Probert

Forecasts

Turn On The Charm (11/4), King's Knight (7/2), Cruyff Turn (6/1), Zip (13/2), Kimifive (7/1), Young Fire (15/2), Tintoretto (8/1), Bravado (9/1), Gifted Ruler (10/1), Gabrial The Wire (14/1), Albadri (50/1)

A losing run of 21 should set alarm bells ringing but KIMIFIVE is simply unlucky to have such a modest strike rate. He usually does little wrong in defeat, and having been narrowly beaten in this in 2019, gets the vote to belatedly resume winning ways with a good 5 lb claimer booked. Cruyff Turn looks sure to go well again from the front, with 3-y-o Bravado another to consider.