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19:15 Haydock Park

Forton Rated Stakes (Class C Handicap) (Class C)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f 120y
  • Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 17.95s
  • 10 Ran
1(6)
Silk - Light Blue, Light Blue and Black check sleeves
11/2
  • Form 0140-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7

in touch, headway over 3f out, led over 1f out, ridden out

2(2)
Silk - Orange, Purple sash, White sleeves, White cap, Purple spots
  • Form 00000-0
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-7

mid-division, lost place over 5f out, soon behind

3(1)
Silk - Dark Blue, large Yellow spots, Yellow sleeves, Dark Blue armlets, Yellow cap
9/1
  • Form 135530-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7

with leader, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 1f out

4(4)
Silk - GREEN, GREY and LEMON striped sleeves, MAROON cap
28/1
  • Form 232/104-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-5

mid-division, lost place over 6f out, soon behind

5(3)
Silk - DARK BLUE, YELLOW stars, diabolo on sleeves and star on cap
  • Form 630550-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4

in touch, outpaced over 4f out, switched right and headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong

6(8)
Silk - PURPLE, WHITE disc and cap
  • Form 14335-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1

tracked leaders, ridden 4f out, weakened over 1f out

7(7)
Silk - Dark Blue, Beige star, diamonds on sleeves and star on cap
11/2
  • Form 30044-4
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-11

held up, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened

9(10)
Silk - Red, Dark Blue chevrons, Red sleeves, Yellow cap
  • Form 3-11246
  • Age 8
  • Weight 8-9

held up, headway over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out

8(5)
NR
  • Weight 8-10

8(5)
Silk - Dark Blue and Pink diabolo, chevrons on sleeves, Pink cap, Dark Blue diamond
20/1
  • Form 211610-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-10
  • Official Rating 77

led, ridden over 3f out, headed over 1f out, stayed on

10(9)
Silk - Pink, Royal Blue stars, Pink sleeves, Royal Blue cap, Pink stars
4/1
  • Form 4-20113
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-7

held up, headway over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out

In depth

Verdict

War Owl has returned to the turf in good form and has to be respected off his light weight but preference is for Kentucky Blue who comes here fit from hurdling and will relish the underfoot conditions. Michael Jarvis has his string in good order at present so it would come as no surprise to see the top weight Red Fort go well, although an ability to handle the ground has to be taken on trust, while Telemachus, who does go on a soft surface, has become a shade frustrating. Jockey bookings suggest that Broadway Score is preferred over the ex-Irish Arawan of Mick Easterby's two runners, while La Sylphide, who won here on the soft in September now races off a career high mark. There are reasonable doubts concerning his fitness having been off since November though and we prefer to side with Kentucky Blue who has ticks in all the right boxes.