JW4X4 Northallerton Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

Still an entire; unexposed 5yo whose only defeat came in a good novice at Newmarket and he comfortably accounted for three rivals on the step up to 1m4f at Wolverhampton in May 2023; has been absent for nearly two years but market confidence ahead of this handicap debut would heighten interest.

Won two 1m4f turf handicaps last year before his form tapered away; not on a bad mark should he recapture his best form.

Effective at this trip but stays further and signed off last season with form figures of 212 in 1m6f/2m handicaps; might be one for another day.

Hit the ground running in handicaps, winning his first five at about 1m4f on varying surfaces; perhaps high in the weights now as when second at Southwell in October only four ran, but he has been gelded since.

Opened account at the fifth attempt when the 8l winner of a 1m4f soft-ground novice at Ripon in September; the ground was heavy when a well-held third on handicap debut at Newbury next time; still lightly raced and remains of interest off this sort of mark.