SEVENTH RACE | 5.25

THE SKY BET BUILDABET HANDICAP STAKES (CLASS 5) (DIV I)

for four yrs old and upwards ¨ Total prize fund £8000 Owners Prize Money. 1st £3303, 2nd £1652, 3rd £826, 4th £413, 5th £206. (Penalty Value £4187.20)

7f 218y

Race Description This is a seven furlong 218 yard handicap race for four-year-olds and upwards which have been rated from 56 to 75. Like all handicaps on today’s card this means that should a horse rated 75 take part they would be required to carry 5lb more than a rival rated 70.

Leading course trainer (17-22): T Easterby (37 wins from 471 runners, 8%) runs DEVILWALA

Trainer-in-form (last 14 days): Mr M T Walford (7 wins from 23 runners, 30%) runs EL BELLO no horse age st-lb draw

Weightwatcher: COPPER AND FIVE won off a handicap mark of 83, his rating is now down 14lb to 69.

Longest Traveller: SHAMEKH trained by J Ferguson, Newmarket, 185 miles.

1

MOBASHR (USA) (17) 6603-60D

2

5

5 9-11 (1)

Br B g Mshawish (USA) - Refreshing Alistair Rawlinson J

O The Horse Watchers 4 Michael Appleby, Oakham T

B Candy Meadows LLC Trade Access Panels Ltd S

TIMEFORMVIEW Failed to build on reappearance when last of 8 in handicap at Kempton (7f) 17 days ago Still early days for these connections but has work to do with hood back on. TFR###!! BHA77

SHAMEKH (GB) (19) 0331-5

4 9-10 (3)

Br Ch g New Bay - Ever Love (BRZ) Tom Eaves J

O J Taylor, A Taylor, C Osborne & Partner James Ferguson, Newmarket T

B Ever Love Partnership James Ferguson Racing S

TIMEFORMVIEW Landed the odds in 7f maiden at Leicester in July on his final run for Saeed Bin Suroor Perhaps unsuited by softer conditions when when fifth of 6 in handicap (11/2) atWindsor (10f,soft) 19 days ago Not fully ruled out back dack down in trip TFR###!! BHA76

COSMOS RAJ (GB) (14) 4540-60D

5 9-9 (5)

Br B g Iffraaj - Cosmos Pink Jason Watson J

O Mr Stuart Graham & Mr Nick Crummack David O’Meara, Upper Helmsley T

B Juddmonte Farms (East) Ltd Gain Equine Nutrition S

TIMEFORMVIEW Ran no sort of race when last of 7 in handicap at Doncaster (7f, heavy) 14 days ago. Back to a potentially lenient mark but has good deal to prove after poor show last time TFR##!!! BHA75

HE’SA GENTLEMAN (IRE) (10) 1530-00D

4 9-8 (12)

Br Gr g Dark Angel (IRE) - Cut No Ice (IRE) Paul Hanagan J

O Owen Rothwell Studholme Hugo Palmer, Malpas T

B Yeomanstown Stud NAF S

TIMEFORMVIEW Supported in market but ran below form on return at Chelmsford and fared no better when failing to beat a rival at Chester last week.Blinkers now go on but he’s hard to fancy on recent showings. TFR##!!! BHA74

CLIFFCAKE (IRE) (48) 14400-0CD

6

5 9-8 (7)

Br B h Canford Cliffs (IRE) - Cake (IRE) Lewis Edmunds J

O Mr S. R. Bowring Roy Bowring, Edwinstowe T

B Mr D. J. Anderson

TIMEFORMVIEW Won 6 of his first 10 starts for this yard.Went with little fluency when eleventh of 12 in handicap at Doncaster (7f,heavy) 48 days ago but ground rates as plausible excuse that day and he’s down to handy mark. TFR###!! BHA74

DEVILWALA (IRE) (14) 2100-00D

7

5 9-6 (9)

Br B g Kodiac - Najraan Jason Hart J

O Mr M. J. Macleod Tim Easterby, Malton T

B Tally-Ho Stud Baker Finch Interiors, Leods Contracts Limited S

TIMEFORM VIEW Won at Chester in second half of 2022 but down the field all 4 outings since, including on reappearance over C&D (heavy) 14 days ago TFR##!!! BHA72

EL BELLO (GB) (221) 160000-

4 9-6 (8)

Br Gr g El Kabeir (USA) - Ya Halla (IRE) Jack Garritty J

O Cambridge Racing, West and Evans

Mark Walford, Sheriff Hutton T

B Mickley Stud Cambridge Bloodstock Ltd. S

TIMEFORMVIEW Went wrong way after winning twice onAW early last year and fared no better either outing after joining this yard.Lots to prove after 7 months off TFR##!!! BHA72

8

LITTLE JO (GB) (8) 6-00011CD

9

10

9 9-4 (11)

Br B g Major Cadeaux - Discoed Rowan Scott J

O Mr G P Kennedy Gemma Tutty, Northallerton T

B Sara Hattersley Gemma Tutty Racing S

TIMEFORM VIEW Snapped a losing run in 7-runner handicap at Redcar (1m, good to soft, 11/4) early in the month before following up at short odds in 5-runner event at Nottingham (8.3f,heavy) 8 days ago Leading player TFR####! BHA70

ARRANMORE (GB) (234) 065200-D

6 9-3 (6)

Br B g Oasis Dream - Ceisteach (IRE) Paul Mulrennan J

O Mr D Gallagher & Mr M Lynch Dianne Sayer, Penrith T

B Newsells Park Stud

TIMEFORMVIEW No win since summer 2021,though was runner-up on penultimate outing last year Down the field on his stable debut at Nottingham last time and others are more persuasive TFR##!!! BHA69

COPPERAND FIVE (GB) (17) 0404-04D

11

12

7 9-3 (2)

Br Ch g Paco Boy (IRE) - Peachez Joanna Mason J

O Mrs Sally Doyle and Mrs Ruth Carr Ruth Carr, Stillington T

B Mrs S. Doyle & Highclere Stud Xre Construction Training Ltd, NIRVANA SPA & LEISURE LTD S

TIMEFORMVIEWThirteen runssince last win in 2021.Creditable fourth of7 in handicap (13/2) at Pontefract (8f,good to soft)

17 days ago Drops in grade here and merits consideration from much-reduced mark. TFR##### BHA69

MENELAUS (IRE) (49) 43006-0 4 8-13 (10)

Br Br g Galileo Gold - Empress Rock (IRE) Connor Beasley J

O Brian Padgett & Southbank Racing Michael & David Easterby, Sheriff Hutton T

B McCracken Farms Stittenham Farms S

TIMEFORMVIEWYettogethisheadinfrontbutcapableofdoingsojudgedonseveralpiecesofform,notleastwhenaclose-upthird of 14 on handicap debut over a mile atAyr last season.Should have come on for his Doncaster return. TFR###!! BHA65

SPARKLE IN HIS EYE (GB) (290) 616144-D 7 8-11 (4)

Br Ch g Sea The Stars (IRE) - Nyarhini Aiden Brookes (5) J

O Mr Samuel Sutton Micky Hammond, Middleham T B Hascombe and Valiant Studs Phillips Sutton Associates Ltd S

TIMEFORMVIEW Five wins from 19 Flat runs,most recently at Musselburgh in June 7/1,fourth of 7 in handicap at Pontefract (8f,good).Off 9 months.Place claims if tuned up for return. TFR###!! BHA63

DECLARED RUNNERS 12

2022: FROG AND TOAD (IRE) 4 9 7 Jason Watson 13-2 (David O’Meara) 15 ran Blinkers worn first time by No. 4. Hood worn by No. 1. Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn by No. 6, 8, 9. Running for the first time since Wind Surgery No. 9.

Probable S.P’s: 5-2 Little Jo (GB), 15-2 Shamekh (GB), 8-1 Copper And Five (GB), 12-1 Cliffcake (IRE), Sparkle In His Eye (GB), 14-1 Menelaus (IRE), 16-1 Mobashr (USA), Cosmos Raj (GB), He’s A Gentleman (IRE), 22-1 Devilwala (IRE), 25-1 Arranmore (GB), 28-1 El Bello (GB) PLAY

COPPER AND FIVE is more than a stone lower in the weights than this time last season and shaped well with a recent run under his belt at Pontefract last time, so is fancied to score for the first time since September 2021. Little Jo is enjoying an Indian summer at the age of 9 but a 6lb rise for winning a weak contest at Nottingham last week asks for more, whilst Menelaus is entitled to be sharper for his return and should prove competitive from this sort of mark.

TIMEFORM PREDICTION: 1.COPPER AND FIVE 2.LITTLE JO 3.MENELAUS (IRE)