August 09 / 16.10 Thirsk

16.10

Good To Firm

Laura Barry Memorial Handicap

  • Prize money: £8100
  • 1m 4f 8y
  • Class 3
  • 5 runners
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Laura Barry Memorial Handicap

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

13/8 (Won)

  • Win: £1.84
  • Place: £1.10

Form: 3-1112 D

Last run: 15 days

W: 9st 5lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 85

Form & Verdict
It was late hanging rather than the latest rise or step out of fillies-only company that cost her the four-timer at Sandown latest; some risks attached following that and she's up another 5lb, but she'd finished miles clear with another smart one that day and can have more to offer.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

11th

1

(8)

5th Oct 2024

Soft

1m 4f 0y

Class 2

15:15 Newmarket

Quietness

9st 12lb

J: William Buick

T: Marcus Tregoning

Five wins and a second from her six races since joining Marcus Tregoning, all 1m2f-1m4f handicaps on good or good to firm (withdrawn from recent engagements when it was soft or heavy); the last three wins were in very small fields but there's no doubt she's improving.

6/1

9/2

  • Place: £1.60

Form: 112423 D

Last run: 21 days

W: 8st 10lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 76

Form & Verdict
Prolific winter in 1m4f Tapeta handicaps, and the RPR of last month's Pontefract third wasn't far adrift of his equivalent best on synthetics; more needed to defy this career-high mark in a better race, however.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

10th

8

(12)

31st May 2026

Good

1m 4f 8y

Class 4

17:15 Thirsk

Optician

8st 12lb

J: David Probert

T: Michael Herrington

0-14 on turf (5-19 on AW) but he ran well when he last tackled grass in summer 2024; returned from some time off with promising fourth at Southwell (1m3f, AW) last month and can be in the mix if building on that effort.

12/1

4th

1

(5)

11th Apr 2026

Standard

1m 3f 23y

Class 5

17:15 Southwell (AW)

Optician

9st 9lb

J: Dylan Hogan

T: Michael Herrington

Five-time Wolverhampton winner for Shaun Lycett, all off lower marks; pulled up here last September, having clipped heels on his first run in five months and for this yard, and has been absent since; this trip a bare minimum now.

16/1

10

(6)

23rd Sep 2025

Standard

1m 6f 21y

Class 4

20:00 Southwell (AW)

Optician

8st 13lb

J: Lewis Edmunds

T: Michael Herrington

Five Wolverhampton wins to his name for Shaun Lycett, all during the winter months, and never off a mark this high; has gone well here too but possible he'll need this for his new yard after five months off.

12/1

10/1

Form: 8-5954 D

Last run: 14 days

W: 9st 0lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 80

Form & Verdict
Back on track with last month's staying-on Ascot fourth (1m4f, good to firm), despite which he's been eased another 2lb; last three wins gained from off the pace, and definite prospects if this is run to suit.
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No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

2nd

5

(5)

20th May 2026

Good To Soft

1m 6f 17y

Class 5

19:10 Yarmouth

Saratoga Gold

9st 5lb

J: Callum Hutchinson

T: Kevin Frost

Losing run stretches back to July 2023 but he ended 2025 in good form and his reappearance at Doncaster (1m4f, good to firm) 18 days ago was a positive one; stepping back up in distance is a positive but he could do with the ground drying out.

5/1

3rd

4

(2)

2nd May 2026

Good To Firm

1m 3f 197y

Class 5

19:02 Doncaster

Saratoga Gold

9st 1lb

J: Jack Mitchell

T: Kevin Frost

Serial winner in his younger days but been dry in almost three years; does have a comeback spring victory to his name but all other wins came in the second half of the year and he may need this at his age back from five months off.

7/1

Form: 718157 CD

Last run: 15 days

W: 8st 13lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 79

Form & Verdict
June's fast-ground C&D 0-78 win is one of three scores already this term (two on Polytrack also), but he's not the easiest to predict, dwelling and (latest) refusing to settle on two starts since; others safer.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

1

(9)

3rd Jan 2025

Standard

1m 4f 0y

Class 4

13:15 Lingfield (AW)

True Courage

10st 1lb

J: Joe Bradnam

T: Michael Bell

Ran as though something was amiss four weeks ago but is accustomed to stronger races than this and is now 3lb lower than when placed for Joe Bradnam at Kempton (1m3f) in September; player if back on song.

12/1

9th

1

(9)

3rd Jan 2025

Standard

1m 4f 0y

Class 4

13:15 Lingfield (AW)

True Courage

10st 1lb

J: Joe Bradnam

T: Michael Bell

slowly away, always behind

12/1

8th

2

(1)

5th Dec 2024

Standard To Slow

1m 6f 0y

Class 4

17:40 Chelmsford (AW)

True Courage

9st 12lb

J: Hector Crouch

T: Michael Bell

dwelt start, midfield

10/1

OUR TIP

Form: 802299

Last run: 20 days

W: 9st 9lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 89

Form & Verdict
Some hope in the pedigree for 1m4f, but hasn't lasted home in three previous outings at the trip, markedly so at Ripon latest; back down from class 2 company and on a fine mark, but others more upwardly mobile.
Place /
No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

6th

3

(12)

17th Aug 2025

Standard

1m 4f 14y

Class 4

16:52 Southwell (AW)

Lord Protector

10st 3lb

J: Kaiya Fraser

T: Ruth Carr

Disappointed when last in action and remains on a losing streak but competes off new career-low mark here and will be suited by the trip-and-surface combination; hooded for first time; can't be ruled out.

10/1

7th

1

(2)

2nd Aug 2025

Good

1m 5f 16y

Class 4

19:00 Hamilton

Lord Protector

10st 2lb

J: James Sullivan

T: Ruth Carr

Hasn't won for a while but his turn will come and a tactical race didn't suit when third to Spanish Hustle here recently.

7/1

3rd

1

(1)

18th Jul 2025

Good

1m 4f 15y

Class 4

19:45 Hamilton

Lord Protector

10st 2lb

J: Paul Mulrennan

T: Ruth Carr

No win since taking a Class 2 at Sandown (1m2f) in July 2023; kicked off 2025 with a pleasing AW effort at Newcastle (runner-up from 4lb higher) but unable to build positively on that since; latest 1m4f Ripon third (Haptics sixth) respectable but the wait for another win may go on.

9/2

Non-runners

Defence Of Fort, Paddy The Squire, Good Too

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £3.80
Straight Forecast £3.95
Trifecta £10.90

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Quietness

NEWMARKET:

True Courage

POSTDATA:

Saratoga Gold

TOPSPEED:

Defence Of Fort

RP RATINGS:

Quietness

The Times:

Quietness

Telegraph:

Quietness

Daily Mail:

Quietness

D Express:

Quietness

Daily Mirror:

Quietness

The Sun:

Quietness

Daily Record:

Quietness

The Star:

True Courage

The Guardian:

Saratoga Gold