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17:15 Doncaster

March Handicap (Class D)

  • 22 Runners
  • Distance: 7f
  • Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 28.53s
  • 22 Ran
1(16)
Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap
6/1
  • Form 341-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-7

chased leader far side, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong

2(14)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW sleeves, quartered cap
25/1
  • Form 633-21D
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-6

raced far side, mid-division, pushed along halfway, ridden and one pace final furlong

3(2)
Silk - BROWN and RED (halved), sleeves reversed, RED cap

El Coto

150
14/1
  • Form 333143-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-5

raced far side, prominent, ridden 2f out, led over 1f out, soon headed, ran on final furlong to lead again post

4(17)
Silk - White, Royal Blue stars, Yellow sleeves and cap
  • Form 01-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-4

raced stand side, tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, headed post

5(7)
Silk - Emerald Green, Purple striped sleeves
  • Form 262301-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-4

raced far side, held up mid-division, pushed along halfway, soon outpaced

6(20)
Silk - Yellow, large Emerald Green spots and star on cap
  • Form 62-6
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-10

raced stand side, tracked leader, effort over 2f out, every chance final furlong, no extra close home

7(18)
Silk - Black and Red stripes, White sleeves, Red armlets and cap
12/1
  • Form 21-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-10

raced stand side, led, headed over 1f out, no extra final furlong

8(6)
Silk - YELLOW, WHITE hoop and armlets, WHITE and YELLOW check cap
  • Form 350131
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-9

raced far side, mid-division, pushed along halfway, one pace final furlong

9(1)
Silk - Pink, Black epaulets, Pink sleeves, Black stars, Black cap
  • Form 0040-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-8

raced far side, towards rear, never dangerous

10(19)
Silk - Purple, Grey seams, Purple sleeves and cap
  • Form 346-6
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-8

raced stand side, chased leaders, pushed along halfway, effort over 2f out, soon weakened

11(22)
Silk - Royal blue, white hoops, white sleeves, royal blue diamonds, royal blue cap

Libre

141
33/1
  • Form 502220-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-7

raced stand side, towards rear, ridden halfway, never dangerous

12(11)
Silk - Red, White stripe and armlets, Black cap
  • Form 12314-0
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-7

stumbled start, raced far side, took keen hold to go prominent halfway, soon outpaced

13(12)
Silk - Black, Pink stripe and star on cap
  • Form 0340-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-6

raced far side, towards rear, never dangerous

14(10)
Silk - Light Blue and Maroon stripes, Light Blue sleeves, Maroon armlets
33/1
  • Form 002-32
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-5

raced far side, held up behind leaders, edged right over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong

15(4)
Silk - Yellow, Light Blue hoop and sleeves, Maroon cap
33/1
  • Form 420-361
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-5

raced far side, led, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

16(3)
Silk - Emerald Green and Yellow check, White sleeves, Emerald Green and Yellow quartered cap
  • Form 430-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-3

raced far side, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong

17(5)
Silk - YELLOW, WHITE star, WHITE cap, YELLOW star
12/1
  • Form 332041-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-2

raced far side, never better than mid-division

18(9)
Silk - Purple, Light Green epaulets
25/1
  • Form 56500-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-1

raced far side, towards rear, never dangerous

19(8)
Silk - Light Blue and White (quartered), striped sleeves and cap
20/1
  • Form 4624-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-1

raced far side, mid-division, effort over 2f out, soon weakened

20(13)
Silk - Lilac, Rose quartered cap
20/1
  • Form 460030-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-0

raced far side, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong

21(15)
Silk - Mauve and White (quartered), White sleeves
7/1
  • Form 21
  • Age 3
  • Weight 7-12

raced far side, mid-divison, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out

22(21)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, PINK chevrons, ROYAL BLUE cap
66/1
  • Form 23-1500
  • Age 3
  • Weight 7-12

raced stand side, towards rear, never dangerous

In depth

Verdict

It often pays to back handicap top-weights in early season three-year-old contests and we will side with Aljazeera. Ben Hanbury's filly managed to break her maiden tag at Newmarket after contesting two hot maidens previously. El Coto makes some appeal from the Bryan McMahon stable. The handler regularly makes tilts at the Doncaster ring and punters should take the hint that the horse hasn't had the unkindest cut of all over the close season. Pigeon Point is respected from the Richard Hannon stable. She had took a while to come to hand last term but didn't do a lot wrong when scoring at Newmarket. Her record at Doncaster is not great though and more will be needed now that the handicapper has had his chance. Bigalothegigalo hails from an in-from yard but this represents a tougher assignment from the modest two-year-olds he took on in Northern maidens.