Sky Bet Go-Racing-In-Yorkshire Summer Festival Handicap

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Azano²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Jason Watson| T: D O'Meara| OR: 95| C| D

8/1

Won a 7f course listed last autumn. Well below that form in his 5 outings since but a potential class act here if staging a revival.

Form: 108-095

(1)

Cassy O^b¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 84| CD

13/2

C&D winner in June. Creditable fifth of 14 in Carlisle Bell next time but needs to shrug off a poor run at Ayr since.

Form: 962159

(2)

Copper And Five³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Faye McManoman⁽³⁾| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 83| CD

8/1

C&D winner who performed with credit when fourth to the reopposing Cassy O over C&D last month. No reason why he won't give his running again.

Form: 3-66454

(4)

Encourageable⁵⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: P J McDonald| T: James Horton| OR: 86

6/4

AW novice winner in April. Not up to a Sandown listed the following month but the fact he was pitched in at that level suggests he's quite well regarded and a mark in the mid-80s may not prove beyond him.

Form: 216

(3)

Gorak³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Barry McHugh| T: R A Fahey| OR: 80| D

2/1

Progressive form at 2, winning a 1m Ayr novice in the autumn. Never involved in a 7.5f Chester handicap on his reappearance 9 months later but that was a warm race and he may strip fitter for the run.

Form: 721-0

Forecasts

Encourageable (6/4), Gorak (2/1), Cassy O (13/2), Azano (8/1), Copper And Five (8/1)

ENCOURAGEABLE found a listed event too hot to handle last time but had looked useful when winning an AW novice prior to that and can resume his progression now moving into handicap company. Azano has failed to fire in 3 starts this year but is back on a good mark if a return to the venue where he won a listed race last October sparks him back to life.