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13:40 York

Thursday 13 May 2021

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Off time: 13:42 | Winning time: 58.77s

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(17)

Sunday Sovereign^t1²⁶⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: P Mulrennan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 100| D

50/1

Won twice for Paddy Twomey at 2 yrs, but struggled on return/debut for Roger Varian last June and on first run for this yard/handicap bow over C&D in August (subsequently gelded). Tongue strap added.

Form: 4118/78-

(14)

Count D'Orsay⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 99| D

11/2

Soft-ground winner at Haydock last year. Well held in Musselburgh handicap won by Jabbarockie on return in April, but got much closer to that rival at Chester last week and he's high on the shortlist.

Form: 1252-02

(3)

Venturous⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: Connor Beasley| T: T D Barron| OR: 97| D

10/1

Decisive winner at Doncaster in October and since won 4 times on the AW, most recently off 6 lb higher at Wolverhampton in March. Poorly drawn when behind two of these at Chester recently.

Form: 141565

(11)

Jawwaal²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: M Dods| OR: 95| BF| D

11/1

Made perfect start to 2020 when recording back-to-back wins at Doncaster and Ascot. Reappearance run this time round at Beverley was needed and, likely to be sharper now, he's not discounted.

Form: 9/1100-7

(4)

Mulzim²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: M Murphy| OR: 94| D

22/1

Prolific on the AW, winner of 7 of his 16 starts on artificial surfaces. Not disgraced back on turf at Newbury last time, but looks weighed up to the hilt at present.

Form: 1-41116

(1)

Rayong⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: S De Sousa| T: K R Burke| OR: 93| D

22/1

Back on the scoresheet off this mark at Pontefract last summer, but has found things tougher since and reappearance spin at Wolverhampton was a tad disappointing.

Form: 18065-4

(7)

Huraiz¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: S C Williams| OR: 92

50/1

Posted a couple of solid efforts in 6f AW handicaps at the beginning of the year, but has failed to fire the last twice, including back on turf starting out for this yard at Newmarket 12 days ago.

Form: 96-3267

(8)

Muscika^v¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-11| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 90| CD

10/1

The Knavesmire proved a happy hunting ground last year, winning twice and second once from 4 visits to York in 2020. Below par at Ripon recently, but couldn't rule out back at this venue.

Form: 017-846

(5)

Indian Sounds²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Ben Robinson| T: P T Midgley| OR: 89| D

50/1

Multiple winner of 5f handicaps on good/good to firm last season. Should come on for Pontefract reappearance, but will need to find some improvement if he's to regain the winning thread here.

Form: 11215-5

(16)

Kind Review⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: T Eaves| T: Miss Tracy Waggott| OR: 87| D

25/1

In terrific form on the AW this year, notching third success of 2021 when accounting for 7 rivals at Newcastle (5f) last time. This career-high mark may well prove his undoing back on turf, though.

Form: 5-31211

(15)

Dave Dexter²¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: B A Curtis| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 86| D

28/1

Chepstow winner last term and respectable third in first-time blinkers/tongue strap (omitted here) on final run of 2020. However, he's rather hit-and-miss and is opposable on debut for new yard.

Form: 9/01503-

(10)

Mondammej^h⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 86| D

7/1

Proved a different proposition when scoring on turf debut at Pontefract (5f), but back to his recalcitrant ways at the start when behind a few of these at Chester last week. Others preferred.

Form: 2-38216

(6)

Illusionist^b³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 86| D

7/1

Drew a blank last season, but two of his better efforts came over this C&D, latterly finishing well when third of 20 to Muscika in October. Should come on for Newmarket return and he merits respect.

Form: 28030-8

(9)

Copper Knight^t⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 8-6| J: J P Sullivan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 85| CD

11/2

Possibly not the force of old, but showed plenty of spark when third in Chester handicap won by Jabbarockie last week. Winner of this race off 15 lb higher in 2019 and he needs considering.

Form: 7689-73

(18)

Autumn Flight⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-5| J: Hollie Doyle| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 84| BF| D

14/1

Four-time winner for Tim Easterby and has resumed in good order for new yard this season, back-to-back 5f winner at Chelmsford in April and runner-up over that C&D 7 days ago. In with a shout.

Form: 54-1122

(13)

Glory Fighter¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-5| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 84| D

28/1

Signed off last season on a high, landing a 9-runner handicap at Musselburgh (5f, heavy), comfortably. Recent spin at Ayr will have blown away the cobwebs, but this demands a clear career-best.

Form: 19701-4

(12)

Mid Winster¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: David Egan| T: P T Midgley| OR: 82| BF| D

10/1

Off the mark at second attempt for this yard at Ayr in September. Underwent a wind op during the winter and thereabouts all 3 starts since returning to action in March, but this looks tough.

Form: 159-342

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(2)

Queen's Order²⁹

Weight: 8-11| Age: 4

T: K A Ryan J: D Tudhope

Forecasts

Copper Knight (11/2), Count D'Orsay (11/2), Mondammej (7/1), Illusionist (7/1), Mid Winster (10/1), Venturous (10/1), Muscika (10/1), Jawwaal (11/1), Autumn Flight (14/1), Queen's Order (14/1), Mulzim (22/1), Rayong (22/1), Kind Review (25/1), Glory Fighter (28/1), Dave Dexter (28/1), Sunday Sovereign (50/1), Indian Sounds (50/1), Huraiz (50/1)

The vote goes to COUNT D'ORSAY, who got a whole lot closer to the in-form Jabbarockie than on his reappearance when second to that rival at Chester last week, despite a slow start and taking a strong hold. Stablemate Copper Knight was third in that handicap and should be on the premises once more but Illusionist, who put in good shifts twice here in 2020, and Jawwaal are feared most.