STRONG HAND & YORK RACES

YORK 1.45 GREEN MANALISHI 1 pt E/W @ 33/1 Lads, Bet365, VC, Sky ... PEAK DISTRICT 1 pt @ 14/1 Lads, BsQ

At the May meeting here the high numbers held the upper hand in the sprint yet River Falcon ran a very good race from the 1 box to finish 3rd behind Peak District (2nd) and 4lb overweight.
From 20 runs at York River Falcon has 3 wins and 5 places to his credit and is sure to run well but has again got an outside draw.
Kevin Ryan has a strong hand and the 2 who are better weighted are Peak District, who has a history of hanging to the right so drawn one off the rails he should get the lead he likes.
He went off far too fast last time under Daryll Holland and Amy Ryan well suited to his running style and is slightly better at the weights and draw than R.F.
With Amy still able to claim 5lb it keeps him nearer the foot of the weights to carry 8St - 7lb and is feasibly handicapped against his last time out conqueror Hamish McGonagall.
Aegean Dancer also looks well in from that event and has a good 9lb pull with Foll Hollow from their encounter at Beverley for a 3/4 length deficit so it wouldn't surprise to see him run well, but Royston French hasn't ridden a winner in his last 38 rides here which is a bit disconcerting.
The interesting one for me is Kevin Ryan's other runner Green Manalishi who is surely overpriced @ 33/1 and looks a bit of a forgotten horse.
He appears to have a liking for Chester but won the Dubai Duty Free on 2 consecutive Years both off higher than today and handles most ground.
He had River Falcon just behind in the last of them when conceding 5lb and gets an 8lb swing in his favour today which makes him look on a real good mark off 92.
His only previous run here was in the Nunthorpe in 2007 when racing off 13lb higher, beaten 7 lengths from the outside 1 stall.
He was taking on horses rated in the mid 110's with stablemate Wee Dud around 4 lengths in front, but who is 11lb worse from that event with him today.
Once rated as high as the top weight and getting up to 10lb from the field he has to have a strong chance of going close.

PEAK DISTRICT 1 pt @ 14/1
GREEN MANALSHI 1 pt E/W @ 33/1

minus 3 points

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