Daily Mirror - 17.08.2019

DAILY MIRROR SATURDAY 17.08.2019

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NEWSBOY’S ITV SELECTIONS

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BY DAVE MITCHELL
THE Great St Wilfrid
Handicap (3.15, Ripon) has
plenty of trends to follow.
The key ones in the big
sprint are perhaps:
■ 12 of the last 17 winners
carried 8st 12lb or more
■ Only 3 winners in that
period won last time out
■ 13 winners in same time
scale were aged 4 or older

Stax worth a spin

■ Only 5 favourites have

won since 1990.

It’s worth taking two that

fit the bill against the field

but do include Staxton

from the 2017 winning

trainer Tim Easterby.

BELATED BREATH 2pts

place.

STAXTON 2pts win.

LAHORE can give Phil Makin

the biggest win of his

burgeoning training career

by beating 19 opponents for

the William Hill Great St

Wilfrid Handicap (3.15) at

Ripon this afternoon.

Makin, forced by injury to

retire from the saddle in March,

has made a bright start to his

new calling – and Lahore has

made a contribution after a

course-and-distance score 12

days ago.

Having taken three runs to

find his feet since leaving Clive

Cox, the son of Elusive Quality

had a length to spare over

Muscika and should give

another good account after

going up just 3lb in the weights.

Earlier on the Ripon card, the

Great St Wilfrid consolation, the

William Hill Silver Trophy

(2.05), is just as trappy as

the big one, but ROYAL

BRAVE is capable of a

bold show at

rewarding odds.

Newbury’s Group 3

Unibet Geoffrey Freer

(2.25) is a good opportunity for

SEXTANT to land his fourth win

of the campaign, at the expense

of the favourite Morando.

The Queen’s son of Sea The

Stars has made great strides as

a four-year-old, collecting two

big-money handicaps at Ascot

and one at Windsor.

Sextant steps up in grade after

the latest of them, at the

royal racecourse last

month, but can extend

his golden run.

After a fine second

in the Group 2

Superlative Stakes at

Newmarket on the second

run of his life, JUAN ELCANO

should take advantage of a drop

in class for the Listed Denford

Stakes (1.50).

After striking at Haydock Park

on his racecourse bow, the Kevin

Ryan-trained son of Frankel

went under by a length to

Mystery Power on the final day

of the July Festival, and there is

plenty more to come.

After a course-and-distance

second on his latest outing, Ed

Walker’s (left) GEORGE WILLIAM

looks attractively weighted to go

one better in the Unibet

Handicap (3.00).

At Newmarket, LETHAL

ANGEL is due a change of luck in

the Unibet Grey Horse Handicap

(2.45) after making the podium

in each of his six attempts this

season.

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We’ll be Makin merry after the Great St Wilfrid at Ripon

Sprint handicapper

Lahore can prove a

landmark winner at

Ripon for his new

trainer Phil

Makin

CAPITAL

CHANCE