3:40 York Tips

Hankelow is the most expensive purchase in the field and is with a stable that knows how to produce them to win on debut.

Crest Of Fire’s poor FlatStats rating is enough to make me want to take on the market leader here. Hankelow has come in for support but breeder George Kent holds a damning 9% SR (A/E 0.42) with 2yo colts and 7% SR (A/E 0.35) with colts over sprint trips, however COMMANDING OFFICER carries a lofty top + blue FS rating and he showed enough during his 2l defeat on debut to suggest that he’ll come forward for the experience. Teofilo’s 41% SR (A/E 1.36) with fancied 2yo’s is another reason for optimism and 9/2 makes plenty of appeal.

Finished 3rd of 5 in debut run at Haydock last month. So will be looking for some improvements, but going up in class makes life difficult and also going up in trip. But still has a chance.

Shaped promisingly on his racecourse debut over an extended 7f at Haydock at the end of May and did well to finish a close 4th without getting a hard ride. Slightly down in trip for his second start and should be involved.

Shadow Brigade is sired by Acclamation and trained by George Scott. 6/30 with 2-year-olds on turf YTD and is 46/256 juvenile winners in the last 5 years, boasting an 18% win strike rate. A second foal and full brother to Currawood, 2/7 wins RPR 107 (sired by Acclamation), and is out of an unraced dam who is a half-sister to Oh This Is Us (sired by Acclamation), was 17/90 wins and recorded an RPR of 117. Shadow Brigade cost 500,000 gns, so clearly thought to possess a lot of talent and can go well for a yard who have already had six juvenile winners since the start of this year's flat schedule.