16:45 Ripon

Thursday 22 June 2023

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Kirby Thomas Final Furlong Handicap

Off time: 16:46 | Winning time: 2m 2.62s

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(9)

Cosmos Raj^p⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Mark Winn⁽⁵⁾| T: D O'Meara| OR: 70| CD

11/1

C&D winner. Tenth of 14 in handicap (8/1) at Southwell (1m) 9 days ago. Back up in trip. Bounce back needed.

Form: 0-67940

(11)

Sandret⁶³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: A Mullen| T: B Haslam| OR: 68| D

28/1

17/2, ninth of 12 in handicap at this course (1m, soft) 63 days ago. Up in trip. Short break needs to have done him some good.

Form: 0515-69

(4)

Nefyn Dawn¹²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Harry Russell⁽³⁾| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 68WS

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden on Flat. 25/1, fourth of 6 in novice at Newcastle (1¼m), not knocked about. Off 120 days/has had a wind op. Makes handicap debut. Worth a betting check.

Form: 724

(8)

Sir Jock Bennett¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: F Norton| T: C Johnston| OR: 77| D

5/1

Career best when winning 4-runner handicap (11/1) at Haydock (1¼m, good to firm) 13 days ago. That was a weak race but it'd be dangerous to rule out further progress given his stable's excellent form at present.

Form: 6037-81

(1)

Flame Spirit¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Dylan Hogan| T: J Tate| OR: 76

14/1

Winner at Wolverhampton in May. 10/1, bit below form fifth of 9 in handicap at this course (1m, good to firm) 15 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 533515

(6)

Western Beat^v1¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: S A Gray| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 62| D

25/1

Latest win at Newcastle in January. Seventh of 9 in handicap at Beverley (1¼m, good to firm, 20/1) 12 days ago, not clear run. Visor on first time.

Form: 46-1497

(7)

Falcon Nine⁷⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: D Allan| T: Sir Michael Stoute| OR: 74

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fourth of 7 in handicap (5/2) at Newcastle (1m) on reappearance 70 days ago. Up in trip. Remains capable of better now stepping up to 1¼m.

Form: 475-4

(10)

Blueflagflyinghigh³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: J Garritty| T: M L W Bell| OR: 72

6/1

11/2, respectable fifth of 12 in handicap at Beverley (1¼m, good) 37 days ago. Likely to be thereabouts.

Form: 687-325

(5)

Rievaulx Raver^p¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: S H James| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 72| C

3/1

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap (11/2) at this course (1mf, good to firm) 15 days ago, well ridden from the front. Back up in trip. Ought to remain competitive up 3 lb.

Form: 6-35331

(3)

Maffeo Barberini¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Ryan Sexton⁽³⁾| T: K Frost| OR: 60

12/1

11/1, respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at Nottingham (1¼m, good to firm) 18 days ago. Others are more obvious.

Form: 310-065

(2)

Nakano²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: B A Curtis| T: H Palmer| OR: 72

13/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 5/1, sixth of 8 in handicap at Redcar (1¼m, good to firm) 23 days ago, unable to recover after being hampered 2f out. Remains capable of better.

Form: 45-46

Forecasts

Rievaulx Raver (3/1), Falcon Nine (4/1), Sir Jock Bennett (5/1), Blueflagflyinghigh (6/1), Nakano (13/2), Cosmos Raj (11/1), Maffeo Barberini (12/1), Flame Spirit (14/1), Western Beat (25/1), Sandret (28/1), Nefyn Dawn (28/1)

Another chance is given to FALCON NINE as he continues to look well treated on the form he showed in an AW maiden last November and the step up to 1¼m should suit on pedigree. Nakano didn't enjoy the rub of the green on her Redcar handicap debut last month and is second choice ahead of Haydock scorer Sir Jock Bennett.