16:42 York

Saturday 21 May 2022

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Yorkshire Regiment Handicap

Off time: 16:43 | Winning time: 1m 41.15s

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(2)

Blenheim Boy³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: T Hamilton| T: R A Fahey| OR: 90| C| D

13/2

15/2, career best when landing 7-runner handicap at Ripon (8f, heavy) 37 days ago with plenty in hand. Course winner too, so he's well in the mix despite 10 lb rise.

Form: 061-1

(6)

Vaccine²⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Connor Beasley| T: M Dods| OR: 86

14/1

Lightly-raced winner. 7/1, very good second of 9 in nursery at Ayr (8f, good). Off 8 months but can't be discounted for his in-form yard.

Form: 8162-

(1)

Maplewood¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Harry Davies⁽⁷⁾| T: C Appleby| OR: 86| D

9/2

Progressive Oasis Dream gelding who readily landed 9-runner minor event at Windsor (8.1f, good to firm, 6/4) 19 days ago. Has more to offer now going into handicaps, so not ruled out for top yard.

Form: 3-51

(9)

Bullet Force²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Jason Hart| T: K R Burke| OR: 85

9/2

14/1, very good second of 6 in handicap at Newmarket (8f, good) 21 days ago, sticking to task. Enters calculations despite 3 lb rise.

Form: 1337-52

(5)

Far Away Thoughts¹¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Rob Hornby| T: A M Balding| OR: 82| BF| D

10/1

Winner at Lingfield in November. 1/6, second of 3 in minor event at Lingfield (8f, AW), finding less than looked likely. Off 112 days with more needed on his handicap debut.

Form: 1-22

(3)

Golden Voice^t²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: S Donohoe| T: W J Haggas| OR: 79

15/8

Promising sort. Had wind op before comfortably landing the odds in 5-runner maiden at Newcastle (7.1f) 22 days ago. Makes handicap debut off a good mark and looks the one to beat.

Form: 72-1

(8)

True Warfare³³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: T Eaves| T: K A Ryan| OR: 78| BF

33/1

Winner at Southwell in December. 9/4, below-par fifth of 11 in minor event at Redcar (8f, good) 33 days ago. More required now going handicapping.

Form: 1-5

(7)

Yellow Bear^t⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Harrison Shaw| T: D Carroll| OR: 77| D

33/1

Posted career best when winning 13-runner minor event at Thirsk (8f) 42 days ago. No forlorn hope on his handicap debut.

Form: 245-1

(4)

Exminster^p²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: P J McDonald| T: E Bethell| OR: 77| BF

9/1

5/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, good second of 13 in handicap at Haydock (8f, good to firm) 28 days ago. Shortlisted.

Form: 1335-52

(10)

Master Richard¹⁷⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: R Ffrench| T: Mrs A Duffield| OR: 74| D

40/1

Career best when winning 13-runner nursery at Kempton (8f, 15/2) when last seen. Off 178 days and needs to hit the ground running off 7 lb higher mark here.

Form: 449341-

Forecasts

Golden Voice (15/8), Maplewood (9/2), Bullet Force (9/2), Blenheim Boy (13/2), Exminster (9/1), Far Away Thoughts (10/1), Vaccine (14/1), True Warfare (33/1), Yellow Bear (33/1), Master Richard (40/1)

Some untapped potential on show, but GOLDEN VOICE looks to have got in lightly for his handicap debut and is fancied to follow up his ready Newcastle maiden success. Blenheim Boy is feared most on the back of his easy Ripon victory, although it would come as no surprise to see Charlie Appleby's Maplewood take a big step forward on his handicap debut.