17:15 Thirsk

Sunday 31 May 2026

Fakenham

Nottingham

Thirsk

Chantilly

Kilbeggan

Listowel

Kenilworth

Borrowdale

Completed
1m 4f 8y
12 runners
GOOD

9 (2)

Valley Of Flowers (Ire)

Age: 8
Weight: 8st 4lbs
Or: 66

Winless since 2023 but has run several good races in defeat since. A switch to front-running tactics (usually held up) backfired at Hamilton last time but she has at least been eased another 2 lb on the back of that. Regular hood missing again.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
03/05/26	Hamilton Park	1m 3f 15y	Good	7/8	Flat
23/04/26	Beverley	1m 4f 23y	Gd/Frm	6/7	Flat
19/09/25	Ayr	1m 5f 26y	Soft	3/13	Flat
06/09/25	Thirsk	1m 4f 8y	Gd/Sft	4/7	Flat
25/07/25	York	2m 56y	Good	4/12	Flat
05/07/25	Carlisle	1m 3f 39y	Heavy	2/12	Flat
14/06/25	Chester	1m 7f 196y	Soft	8/9	Flat
29/05/25	Ripon	1m 4f 10y	Good	10/10	Flat
13/08/24	Nottingham	2m	Good	4/7	Flat
26/07/24	York	2m 56y	Gd/Frm	2/8	Flat
13/07/24	York	2m 56y	Gd/Sft	2/14	Flat
23/06/24	Pontefract	2m 2f 2y	Good	3/7	Flat
16/06/24	Thirsk	1m 6f	Good	7/15	Flat
21/05/24	Nottingham	2m	Good	2/7	Flat
17/11/23	Newcastle	2m 56y	Slow	3/10	Flat
30/10/23	Newcastle	1m 4f 98y	Slow	6/11	Flat
21/10/23	Catterick Bridge	1m 4f 13y	Heavy	3/7	Flat
13/10/23	Newcastle	2m 56y	Slow	1/9	Flat
04/10/23	Catterick Bridge	1m 4f 13y	Soft	1/10	Flat
22/09/23	Ayr	1m 5f 26y	Gd/Sft	1/10	Flat
18/08/23	Thirsk	1m 4f 8y	Gd/Sft	4/15	Flat

2 (7)

Great Bedwyn

Age: 6
Weight: 9st 10lbs
Or: 86

Won at last year's York Dante meeting and ran another cracker at that fixture when second of 17 over 1½m (good to soft) 18 days ago. Should go well again.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
13/05/26	York	1m 3f 188y	Gd/Sft	2/17	Flat
03/04/26	Lingfield Park	1m 2f	Std	8/14	Flat
02/03/26	Kempton Park	1m 3f 219y	Std	2/9	Flat
17/12/25	Lingfield Park	1m 4f	Std	6/7	Flat
29/11/25	Wolverhampton	1m 5f 219y	Slow	5/6	Flat
21/09/25	Southwell	1m 4f 14y	Std	8/11	Flat
06/09/25	Kempton Park	1m 3f 219y	Std	2/11	Flat
21/08/25	Newcastle	1m 4f 98y	Slow	5/13	Flat
09/08/25	Ascot	1m 3f 211y	Gd/Frm	4/10	Flat
31/07/25	Wolverhampton	1m 5f 219y	Std	6/12	Flat
12/07/25	Newmarket (July)	1m 4f	Good	5/7	Flat
05/07/25	Haydock Park	1m 3f 175y	Good	9/14	Flat
07/06/25	Epsom Downs	1m 4f 6y	Gd/Sft	8/14	Flat
14/05/25	York	1m 3f 188y	Good	1/14	Flat
12/11/24	Southwell	1m 6f 21y	Std	2/7	Flat
25/10/24	Newbury	1m 4f	Heavy	9/11	Flat
29/08/24	Southwell	1m 3f 23y	Std	8/12	Flat
21/08/24	York	2m 56y	Gd/Frm	6/16	Flat
03/08/24	Goodwood	1m 6f	Gd/Frm	3/13	Flat
19/07/24	Newbury	1m 4f	Gd/Frm	1/7	Flat
31/05/24	Doncaster	1m 3f 197y	Good	4/9	Flat

8 (12)

Optician

Age: 6
Weight: 8st 12lbs
Or: 74

Not long with this yard and shaped encouragingly when fourth of 9 in handicap at Southwell (11f, 18/1) on reappearance 50 days ago. Possible he can build on that now and respected.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
11/04/26	Southwell	1m 3f 23y	Std	4/9	Flat
23/09/25	Southwell	1m 6f 21y	Std	-/11	Flat
18/04/25	Lingfield Park	1m 7f 169y	Std	11/14	Flat
14/03/25	Wolverhampton	1m 5f 219y	Slow	3/7	Flat
11/02/25	Wolverhampton	1m 5f 219y	Slow	2/6	Flat
31/01/25	Southwell	1m 6f 21y	Std	6/8	Flat
04/01/25	Wolverhampton	1m 5f 219y	Slow	3/7	Flat
20/12/24	Wolverhampton	1m 5f 219y	Slow	1/7	Flat
23/11/24	Wolverhampton	1m 5f 219y	Slow	2/10	Flat
04/11/24	Wolverhampton	1m 4f 51y	Slow	6/8	Flat
07/10/24	Wolverhampton	1m 4f 51y	Slow	5/7	Flat
05/09/24	Lingfield Park	1m 4f	Std	7/9	Flat
09/08/24	Thirsk	1m 4f 8y	Gd/Frm	2/5	Flat
19/07/24	Pontefract	1m 4f 5y	Good	3/7	Flat
01/07/24	Wolverhampton	1m 4f 51y	Std	2/11	Flat
29/03/24	Lingfield Park	1m 4f	Std/Slow	4/16	Flat
12/03/24	Southwell	1m 4f 14y	Std/Fast	2/7	Flat
23/02/24	Wolverhampton	1m 4f 51y	Slow	1/8	Flat
09/02/24	Wolverhampton	1m 4f 51y	Slow	1/12	Flat
20/01/24	Wolverhampton	1m 4f 51y	Slow	1/8	Flat
05/12/23	Wolverhampton	1m 4f 51y	Slow	1/11	Flat

10 (3)

Damascus Steel (Ire)

Age: 6
Weight: 8st 11lbs
Or: 73

Bagged back-to-back handicap wins for Denis Quinn around the turn of the year. Creditable fifth of 15 in handicap at Lingfield (1½m, all-weather) 58 days ago (only run for John Ryan). Turf winner earlier in career.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
03/04/26	Lingfield Park	1m 4f	Std	5/15	Flat
28/02/26	Lingfield Park	1m 4f	Std	3/7	Flat
30/01/26	Wolverhampton	1m 4f 51y	Slow	2/10	Flat
10/01/26	Lingfield Park	1m 4f	Slow	1/8	Flat
29/12/25	Newcastle	1m 4f 98y	Slow	1/9	Flat
18/12/25	Southwell	1m 3f 23y	Std	10/13	Flat
06/12/25	Wolverhampton	1m 4f 51y	Slow	2/11	Flat
03/11/25	Kempton Park	1m 3f 219y	Std	4/13	Flat
25/10/25	Newbury	1m 4f	Heavy	7/12	Flat
25/08/25	Southwell	1m 6f 21y	Std/Slow	8/12	Flat
13/08/25	Kempton Park	1m 3f 219y	Slow	6/13	Flat
12/07/25	Chester	1m 4f 63y	Gd/Frm	8/8	Flat
28/06/25	Newcastle	1m 4f 98y	Slow	2/11	Flat
30/05/25	Brighton	1m 3f 198y	Good	9/9	Flat
15/05/25	Kempton Park	1m 2f 219y	Slow	4/5	Flat
29/04/25	Nottingham	1m 6f	Good	8/8	Flat
15/04/25	Kempton Park	1m 3f 219y	Std	8/12	Flat
03/01/25	Lingfield Park	1m 4f	Std/Slow	7/9	Flat
11/12/24	Kempton Park	1m 7f 218y	Std	9/11	Flat
18/11/24	Southwell	1m 6f 21y	Std	6/7	Flat
30/10/24	Kempton Park	1m 3f 219y	Slow	2/8	Flat

5 (11)

Penzance

Age: 6
Weight: 9st 6lbs
Or: 82

Useful handicapper. On a lengthy losing run but not long with this yard and ran well for second at Lingfield (1½m, all-weather) 19 days ago.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
12/05/26	Lingfield Park	1m 4f	Slow	2/7	Flat
03/04/26	Lingfield Park	1m 2f	Std	11/14	Flat
20/03/26	Wolverhampton	1m 142y	Slow	12/12	Flat
12/03/26	Chelmsford City	1m 2f	Slow	3/6	Flat
11/02/26	Dundalk	1m 2f 150y	Slow	2/4	Flat
10/10/25	Dundalk	1m 4f	Slow	6/8	Flat
31/08/25	Worcester	2m	Good	3/10	Hurdle
14/08/25	Windsor	1m 3f 99y	Firm	7/9	Flat
31/07/25	Wolverhampton	1m 1f 104y	Std	9/13	Flat
26/07/25	Gowran Park	1m 1f 110y	Good	2/3	Flat
26/06/25	Newcastle	1m 2f 42y	Slow	6/11	Flat
26/05/25	Redcar	1m 2f 1y	Gd/Frm	6/10	Flat
09/05/25	Chester	1m 2f 70y	Good	8/9	Flat
03/05/25	Thirsk	7f 218y	Good	5/13	Flat
18/04/25	Newcastle	1m 2f 42y	Std	5/14	Flat
13/03/25	Chelmsford City	1m 2f	Slow	1/10	Flat
28/02/25	Lingfield Park	1m 2f	Slow	4/12	Flat
06/12/24	Newcastle	1m 2f 42y	Slow	6/10	Flat
04/11/24	Kempton Park	1m 3f 219y	Std	3/7	Flat
14/09/24	Doncaster	1m 2f 43y	Good	4/10	Flat
25/07/24	Yarmouth	1m 2f 23y	Good	7/12	Flat

6 (1)

Letsbefrank (Ire)

Age: 6
Weight: 9st 2lbs
Or: 78

Bagged £100,000 bonus for 3 wins in this series in 2024 and on course for another after successes at Musselburgh (12.5f, good) and Hamilton (11f, good to firm) this spring. A 5 lb rise seems unlikely to prevent another bold bid.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
17/05/26	Hamilton Park	1m 3f 15y	Gd/Frm	1/10	Flat
26/04/26	Musselburgh	1m 4f 104y	Good	1/9	Flat
22/09/25	Hamilton Park	1m 4f 15y	Gd/Sft	5/6	Flat
13/09/25	Musselburgh	2m 2f 28y	Gd/Sft	7/9	Flat
10/08/25	Haydock Park	2m 46y	Gd/Frm	5/5	Flat
12/07/25	York	2m 56y	Gd/Frm	4/10	Flat
28/06/25	Newcastle	2m 56y	Slow	10/19	Flat
15/06/25	Hamilton Park	1m 5f 16y	Gd/Sft	7/11	Flat
28/05/25	Hamilton Park	1m 5f 16y	Good	11/13	Flat
16/05/25	Hamilton Park	1m 4f 15y	Gd/Frm	4/7	Flat
22/04/25	Thirsk	1m 4f 8y	Good	7/10	Flat
13/04/25	Musselburgh	1m 4f 104y	Good	12/13	Flat
18/08/24	Pontefract	2m 1f 27y	Good	1/4	Flat
04/08/24	Haydock Park	2m 45y	Gd/Frm	2/9	Flat
13/07/24	York	2m 56y	Gd/Sft	3/14	Flat
16/06/24	Thirsk	1m 6f	Good	1/15	Flat
02/06/24	Hamilton Park	1m 3f 15y	Gd/Frm	1/14	Flat
03/05/24	Musselburgh	1m 4f 104y	Good	4/7	Flat
20/02/24	Newcastle	1m 5y	Slow	8/10	Flat
04/02/24	Newcastle	1m 5y	Slow	6/11	Flat
01/10/23	Epsom Downs	1m 2f 17y	Gd/Frm	3/6	Flat

7 (6)

Fast Fred

Age: 6
Weight: 9st 1lbs
Or: 77

Proved better than ever when scoring at Musselburgh (12.5f) in April and confirmed that improvement when denied on the post by Letsbefrank there a fortnight later. Well behind the same rival at Hamilton since, although he did meet a bit of trouble.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
17/05/26	Hamilton Park	1m 3f 15y	Gd/Frm	8/10	Flat
26/04/26	Musselburgh	1m 4f 104y	Good	2/9	Flat
12/04/26	Musselburgh	1m 4f 104y	Good	1/14	Flat
12/03/26	Newcastle	1m 4f 98y	Std	2/8	Flat
20/09/25	Chester	1m 6f 87y	Heavy	6/13	Flat
21/08/25	Newcastle	2m 56y	Slow	6/14	Flat
08/08/25	Haydock Park	1m 6f	Gd/Frm	9/9	Flat
25/07/25	York	2m 56y	Good	3/12	Flat
05/07/25	Carlisle	1m 3f 39y	Heavy	1/12	Flat
25/06/25	Carlisle	1m 3f 39y	Soft	2/9	Flat
16/06/25	Carlisle	1m 6f 32y	Gd/Sft	3/11	Flat
06/06/25	Thirsk	1m 4f 8y	Good	2/6	Flat
28/05/25	Hamilton Park	1m 5f 16y	Good	4/13	Flat
17/05/25	Doncaster	1m 3f 197y	Firm	5/6	Flat
01/03/25	Southwell	1m 6f 21y	Std	4/9	Flat
15/02/25	Newcastle	1m 4f 98y	Slow	2/10	Flat
24/01/25	Southwell	1m 3f 23y	Std	4/8	Flat
10/12/24	Southwell	1m 4f 14y	Std	3/10	Flat
22/11/24	Newcastle	1m 4f 98y	Slow	1/12	Flat
07/11/24	Southwell	1m 4f 14y	Std	1/9	Flat
28/10/24	Redcar	1m 2f 1y	Heavy	1/14	Flat

4 (5)

Cabrera (Ire)

Age: 5
Weight: 9st 8lbs
Or: 84

Lightly raced in recent years but showed enough to think she retains all her ability when fourth of 7 in handicap at Newcastle (12.5f) on reappearance in March. Cheekpieces back on. Feasibly handicapped.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
21/03/26	Newcastle	1m 4f 98y	Slow	4/7	Flat
26/04/25	Ripon	1m 4f 10y	Gd/Frm	5/7	Flat
05/10/24	Newmarket (Rowley)	1m 4f	Gd/Sft	6/11	Flat
13/09/24	Doncaster	1m 3f 197y	Good	2/7	Flat
17/08/24	Newmarket (July)	1m 6f	Gd/Frm	2/7	Flat
25/07/24	Doncaster	1m 3f 197y	Gd/Frm	1/7	Flat
06/07/24	Carlisle	1m 3f 39y	Good	3/7	Flat
06/06/24	Haydock Park	1m 2f 42y	Good	2/13	Flat
28/04/24	Wetherby	1m 2f	Soft	2/7	Flat
23/03/24	Newcastle	1m 5y	Slow	4/8	Flat

11 (9)

Eroico (Ire)

Age: 4
Weight: 8st 10lbs
Or: 72

Fair form in maidens for Noel Meade in Ireland last year. Below that level when 13 lengths fifth of 9 to Letsbefrank on Musselburgh return for new yard 35 days ago. Needs to leave that run well behind with a hood added now.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
26/04/26	Musselburgh	1m 4f 104y	Good	5/9	Flat
21/10/25	Curragh	1m 4f	Heavy	2/8	Flat
16/10/25	Curragh	1m 4f	Soft	4/12	Flat
27/09/25	Curragh	1m 2f	Soft	4/15	Flat
06/09/25	Navan	1m 30y	Good	5/11	Flat
18/07/24	Leopardstown	7f	Good	11/17	Flat

3 (10)

Serenity Blue

Age: 4
Weight: 9st 9lbs
Or: 85

Recorded back-to-back 1¼m novice victories at the start of last summer. Creditable return to action when third over 1½m at Kempton reappearance but went backwards from that when well held at Ascot since, albeit in a very hot race.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
09/05/26	Ascot	1m 3f 211y	Gd/Frm	10/14	Flat
06/04/26	Kempton Park	1m 3f 219y	Std	3/9	Flat
20/09/25	Newbury	1m 2f	Soft	9/11	Flat
31/07/25	Goodwood	1m 1f 197y	Good	16/18	Flat
20/06/25	Redcar	1m 2f 1y	Firm	1/9	Flat
20/05/25	Nottingham	1m 2f 50y	Good	1/8	Flat
26/04/25	Leicester	1m 2f	Gd/Frm	5/10	Flat

1 (8)

Brielle

Age: 4
Weight: 9st 10lbs
Or: 86

Dual winner at up to 1¼m last year. Still relatively low mileage for a good stable and no surprise were she to progress again this season. Wears a first-time tongue strap.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
08/11/25	Doncaster	1m 2f 43y	Heavy	15/18	Flat
08/10/25	Nottingham	1m 6f	Soft	4/9	Flat
18/09/25	Ayr	1m 2f	Gd/Sft	1/6	Flat
09/09/25	Leicester	1m 2f	Firm	3/6	Flat
22/08/25	York	1m 2f 56y	Gd/Frm	6/13	Flat
17/07/25	Hamilton Park	1m 68y	Gd/Frm	1/7	Flat
17/06/25	Thirsk	1m 4f 8y	Gd/Frm	2/6	Flat
23/05/25	Haydock Park	7f 212y	Gd/Frm	3/5	Flat

Timeform Verdict

If GREAT BEDWYN is in the same form as when second at the York Dante meeting he may be able to go one better and deny Letsbefrank a £100,000 bonus for 3 wins in this series. Optician made quite an encouraging return to action at Southwell last month and also makes the shortlist.

Betting Forecast

50/1 Spanish Hustle, 14/1 Valley Of Flowers (Ire), 9/2 Great Bedwyn, 18/1 Optician, 16/1 Damascus Steel (Ire), 13/2 Penzance, 3/1 Letsbefrank (Ire), 10/1 Fast Fred, 20/1 Cabrera (Ire), 33/1 Eroico (Ire), 16/1 Serenity Blue, 20/1 Brielle