16:50 York

Saturday 13 July 2024

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John Smith's Stayers' Handicap

Off time: 16:50 | Winning time: 3m 38.58s

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(11)

Bringbackmemories^t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: D Nolan| T: I Jardine| OR: 82| D

20/1

Tasted success twice on the AW earlier this year and plenty of solid efforts, including on turf, of late. Seemed to stay 2m well on first crack at it a fortnight ago and another sound effort looks on the cards.

Form: 316633

(16)

Percy's Word^t²⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 9-10| J: Ben Robinson| T: J Bedi| OR: 81| D

66/1

Ended time with Dan Skelton with a facile success in Newton Abbot selling hurdle in 2022. Missed whole of last year though and fit from a spin over timber, last month's effort at Pontefract wasn't devoid of promise.

Form: 62072/4

(5)

Ted Hastings¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-10| J: B M Coen| T: G Elliott| OR: 81| D

15/2

Prolific hurdler in 2022 but unable to add to tally in either code since. Reappearance at the Curragh will have blown away the cobwebs and he's respected given yard he represents.

Form: 1/700-9

(3)

Zimmerman^p¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Sean Kirrane| T: T D Easterby| OR: 76| D

8/1

Edged ahead late on when cashing in off reduced mark at Haydock (16.2f) last August. In better heart than recent form figures suggest, unsuited by emphasis on speed at Newcastle a fortnight ago.

Form: 33-4859

(15)

Churchella^v¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 75| D

12/1

Recorded a third win of the year when opening her turf account in 10-runner handicap at Doncaster (14.5f) in May. Sound-enough efforts since, held up in a slowly-run race back over 2m at Newmarket latest.

Form: 131464

(10)

Le Rouge Chinois^p¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 73| D

25/1

Cheekpieces back on and showed benefit of recent run when opening his account on turf at Nottingham 16 days ago. Up 3 lb in a deeper race so more needed but he's clearly in good order.

Form: 34-3171

(9)

Letsbefrank²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: P Mulrennan| T: J S Goldie| OR: 71

6/4

Lightly-raced sort who had something to spare when getting off the mark in a 13-runner Hamilton handicap (11f, good to firm) under Amie Waugh. Made light of 6 lb rise when following up over 14f at Thirsk and with 2m not expected to be a problem, he has plenty to recommend him.

Form: 3-68411

(17)

Valley Of Flowers^h²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Joanna Mason| T: J Coward| OR: 70| D

11/1

Progressed well in 2023 and started her 2024 campaign in positive fashion when second behind Trooper Bisdee at Nottingham (2m) in May. Couple of steadily-run races far from ideal since so needs treating as though still in form.

Form: 363-273

(4)

Bulldog Spirit¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: J Fanning| T: R Menzies| OR: 68

14/1

Showed benefit of his reappearance/stable debut effort when second at Hamilton (11f) in May and probably did too much too soon when finishing down the field over that track/trip next time. Stuck to his task pretty well returned to 2m at Chester latest and he's been eased 2 lb since.

Form: 48-7205

(12)

Rock N Roll Pinkie²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Hector Crouch| T: I Furtado| OR: 68

11/1

Well backed and duly displayed improved form when doubling career tally at Nottingham 3 weeks ago. Up 5 lb and this is stronger but likely to give it another good go.

Form: 634251

(6)

Show No Fear^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Cam Hardie| T: R Menzies| OR: 68| D

20/1

Well ridden when dominating 3 rivals at Ayr in May. Pulled up returned to hurdles next time but quickly shrugged that aside when runner-up back on the level at Newcastle.

Form: 2-12612

(13)

Merrijig²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Harry Davies| T: John Berry| OR: 67| BF

16/1

Resumed with 14f win at Chelmsford City in March and got back on track with third of 10 to Expressionless at Nottingham (14f, good). Further behind that rival at Newmarket last time but shapes as though worth another go at 2m.

Form: 1-15734

(7)

King Of Unicorns²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: Rowan Scott| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 64| D

40/1

Bumper winner who hasn't stood much racing on the level, almost certainly needing the run following a year off at Carlisle last month. Has to prove stamina for this far.

Form: 453/53-6

(14)

Daaris^b⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-6| J: P Mathers| T: K Frost| OR: 63

20/1

Placed all 6 starts since returning to the Flat from hurdling, third of 10 in handicap at Nottingham (14f, good to soft) 7 days ago, nearest finish. Blinkers back on and 2m no issue.

Form: 222233

Non-Runners

(1)

Duke Of Verona²⁸

Weight: 9-10| Age: 6

T: Harry Eustace J: R Kingscote

(8)

Tailorman¹⁴

Weight: 8-6| Age: 4

T: Ian Williams J: Saffie Osborne

(2)

Red Force One¹⁶

Weight: 8-4| Age: 9

T: P A Kirby J: Connor Planas

Forecasts

Letsbefrank (6/4), Tailorman (13/2), Ted Hastings (15/2), Zimmerman (8/1), Red Force One (8/1), Duke Of Verona (10/1), Valley Of Flowers (11/1), Rock N Roll Pinkie (11/1), Churchella (12/1), Bulldog Spirit (14/1), Merrijig (16/1), Daaris (20/1), Bringbackmemories (20/1), Show No Fear (20/1), Le Rouge Chinois (25/1), King Of Unicorns (40/1), Percy's Word (66/1)

LETSBEFRANK is making up for lost time as a 4-y-o, looking a handicapper to keep on the right side of when supplementing his Hamilton win at Thirsk last month. This further step up in trip shouldn't be a problem so the hat-trick may well be on the cards. Duke of Verona may have a bigger performance in him for his new yard, with Tailorman completing the shortlist.