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17:10 Folkestone

Saffie Joseph & Sons Handicap (Class E) (Class E)

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 1f 149y
  • Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 11.74s
  • 12 Ran
1(10)
Silk - Light Blue, Maroon stripe, Maroon sleeves, Light Blue armlets, Maroon cap
  • Form 10056-1
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-0

steady headway 3f out, stayed on same pace and no impression leaders from over 1f out

2(3)
Silk - RED, WHITE seams, DARK BLUE sleeves, WHITE seams, DARK BLUE cap, WHITE stars
11/2
  • Form 03-4501
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-12

pressed leader to 3f out, weakened rapidly, tailed off

3(2)
Silk - Yellow, Emerald Green stars
  • Form 533000-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-9

behind, no chance final 3f

4(4)
Silk - White, Red and Black striped sleeves
9/1
  • Form 03310-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4

held up, pushed along and struggling final 3f

5(9)
Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue hoops, Light Blue sleeves, Dark Blue diabolo
33/1
  • Form 04000-0
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-4

chased leaders over 6f

6(1)
Silk - Red, Black triple diamond, Black cap
  • Form 000026
  • Age 9
  • Weight 9-1

soon lost place and dropped to rear, pushed along and headway on wide outside 4f out, one pace final 2f

7(11)
Silk - Royal Blue, White circle on body, Yellow sleeves

Amnesty

15 be
5/1
  • Form 450061
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0

held up in touch, steady headway to track leading pair over 2f out, hard ridden to lead over 1f out, driven out

8(6)
Silk - Grey, Pink chevron hoop
  • Form 34-2336
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-13

held up in rear, ridden and struggling from halfway, tailed off

9(12)
Silk - Emerald Green and Orange (quartered), Black sleeves, Emerald Green cap, Orange spots
  • Form 0-24100
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-9

chased leaders until weakened quickly 3f out

10(5)
Silk - Light Green, Red star, sleeves and star on cap
  • Form 00-0060
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-8

set fast pace, driven 2f out, chased winner until entering final furlong, regained 2nd near finish

11(7)
Silk - White, dark green stripe, dark green and white striped sleeves
  • Form 0350/0-1
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-8

in touch, went 2nd 3f out, ridden to chase winner entering final furlong until lost 2nd near finish

12(8)
Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue star, hooped sleeves, Yellow cap, Royal Blue star
33/1
  • Form 035/05-0
  • Age 6
  • Weight 7-12

reared badly leaving stalls and lost 20 lengths, in touch halfway, no impression final 2f

In depth

Verdict

Amnesty can follow up over the topweights Miss Pebbles and Del Mar Sunset, with Easter Ogil another to consider. The first three mentioned were all successful last time out, but the selection is likely to start at the best price and is the pick. After leaving Henry Candy, Amnesty patently did not take to the Polytrack this winter, and connections decided to put him in a seller at Windsor for his return to Turf a fortnight ago. For most of the way he languished in last place until suddenly taking off under Ryan Moore and bolting in. The strong pace must have suited him that day, and unless that was a fluke, he should go well off his current mark. Miss Pebbles pleased her trainer when successful over the course and distance last time and the fact that he was considering a handicap at either Sandown or Newmarket for her speaks for itself. She is not to be discounted despite having to give weight away all round. Del Mar Sunset has yet to win on Turf and flashed his tail when scoring at Wolverhampton, so is not as strongly fancied, while Royal Racer is two-pound worse off for a neck with Easter Ogil on recent course running and so preference is for the latter. However, Amnesty, who has been hiding his light under a bushel so to speak, is the pick in the finale.