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15:20 Ascot

Britain's Got Talent Paradise Stakes (listed) (str) (Class 1)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m
  • Going: Good to Firm
  • Surface: Turf
  • £30,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 37.86s
  • Off Time: 15:26:03
  • 5 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Cesare

2/1

    2
    Silk -

    Illustrious Blue

    4/1

      1(1)
      Silk - Purple, Light Blue chevron, Light Blue cap

      Snoqualmie Boy

      13 C
      8/1
      • Form 67735-5
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 106

      tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, driven 2f out, weakend over 1f out

      2(2)
      Silk - Red, White sash, Royal Blue cap

      Cesare

      229 CDD
      2/1
      • Form 3/01015-
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 109

      held up, smooth headway on bit to track leader 2f out, led approaching final furlong, quickened clear final furlong, very easily

      3(4)
      Silk - Orange, Black stars, halved sleeves

      Dunelight (IRE)

      13 v CDD
      7/1
      • Form 21230-8
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 105

      pressed leader, led over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, soon outpaced by winner, lost 2nd near finish

      4(6)
      Silk - Purple and Emerald Green diabolo, Royal Blue and Yellow halved sleeves, Orange cap

      Illustrious Blue

      13 D
      4/1
      • Form 192-134
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 107

      tracked leaders on outer, outpaced over 3f out, rallied under pressure from over 1f out, went 2nd near finish, never any chance with very easy winner

      6(3)
      Silk - Red and White diabolo, hooped sleeves, Red cap

      Road To Love (IRE)

      4 DC
      5/2
      • Form 333-084
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 107

      led, brought field to centre course over 6f out, headed over 2f out, weakened quickly

      5(5)
      NR

      Markovitch

      187
      20/1
      • Form 134866-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 100

      Withdrawn

      In depth

      Verdict

      In this Listed Race, Illustrious Blue is selected ahead of Road To Love, Snoqualmie Boy and Cesare. Road To Love ran a very good race to finish fifth to Jeremy in Sandown's Group 2 Betfred Mile on Saturday and a quick return to the track is seen as a positive. Illustrious Blue's Group 3 Earl Of Sefton Stakes third at Newmarket last time affords him plenty of respect, a race in which Snoqualmie Boy, who is three pounds worse off at the weights today, was a length and a half behind him, and Dunelight was even further behind. Finally, Cesare's staying-on Listed-race fifth at Newbury last time marked him down as a potential improver over a mile this season, and we expect that to be the case. He can go well but, once again, the selection is Ilustrious Blue.

      Formwatch

      Snoqualmie Boy 9-1 (8-12) Held up in touch, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 9, 7l behind Manduro (8-12) at Newmarket 1m 1f Grp 3 (1) gf in Apr.

      Cesare 5-1 (9-2) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, slightly outpaced over 1f out, ran on again inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 5th of 13, 3/4l behind Sleeping Indian (9-2) at Newbury 7f lst stk (1) gd in Sept.

      Dunelight (IRE) 20-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, keen hold, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 8th of 9, 12l behind Manduro (8-12) at Newmarket 1m 1f Grp 3 (1) gf in Apr.

      Illustrious Blue 12-1 (8-12) Held up, keen hold, headway over 2f out, soon ridden to chase leaders, no extra final furlong, 4th of 9, 6l behind Manduro (8-12) at Newmarket 1m 1f Grp 3 (1) gf in Apr.

      Road To Love (IRE) 10-3 (9-0) Led early, tracked leader, led inside final 3f, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 9, 5l behind Jeremy (9-0) at Sandown 1m Grp 2 (1) gd in Apr.

      Markovitch 16-1 (8-11) Keen, led, headed over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 8, 8l behind Into The Dark (9-2) at Newmarket 1m 2f lst stk (1) gs in Oct.