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16:10 Ascot

Fairfx.com Challenge Claiming Stakes (Class 4)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m
  • Going: Good to Firm
  • Surface: Turf
  • £10,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 42.39s
  • Off Time: 16:11:49
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Direct Debit (IRE)

11/10

    2
    Silk -

    Wovoka (IRE)

    3/1

      1(3)
      Silk - Pink, Black spots, Pink sleeves

      Direct Debit (IRE)

      15 BFD
      11/10
      • Form 0-00932
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-12
      • Official Rating 85

      tracked leaders, challenged on bit over 2f, soon lead, shaken up and always holding on final furlong

      2(6)
      Silk - Grey, Emerald Green inverted triangle, sleeves and cap

      Tufton

      37 t
      7/2
      • Form 2/02440
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-9
      • Official Rating 89

      took keen hold tracking leader, hard ridden over 2f out, soon weakened

      3(5)
      Silk - Red, Yellow stars, Royal Blue sleeves, Royal Blue cap, Yellow stars

      Wovoka (IRE)

      7
      3/1
      • Form 902074
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-9
      • Official Rating 83

      held up in rear but in touch, headway to chase winner over 1f out, driven and tried to challenge inside final furlong, always held

      4(2)
      Silk - Pink, Dark Blue stars, Pink sleeves, Pink cap, Dark Blue star

      Silver Blue (IRE)

      72 D
      8/1
      • Form 8875-00
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 78

      tracked leaders, hung badly right from 2f out, no impression

      5(1)
      Silk - Yellow, Red sash, Red cap, Yellow star

      Serene Dancer

      19
      33/1
      • Form 05-9
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 48

      held up in rear but in touch, headway over 1f out, went poor 3rd just inside final furlong

      7(4)
      Silk - White, Brown epaulets

      Law of The Land (IRE)

      2
      25/1
      • Form 9350-98
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9
      • Official Rating 60

      led until over 2f out, soon weakened

      6(7)
      NR

      Copper King

      48 v
      • Form 482638
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9
      • Official Rating 80

      Nonrunner

      In depth

      Verdict

      Tufton has solid claims at the weights but he has yet to prove his worth on a soft surface and is not bred to handle it so preference is for Direct Debit, with Wovoka rated the pick of the remainder. The selection ran up to his best in a Yarmouth handicap on a soft surface last month and a reproduction of that effort may well suffice. Copper King is bred to handle the cut in the ground but may just be a shade high in the weights in handicaps which is why he runs in this grade today, while Silver Blue is on a long losing sequence and is hard to recommend on recent evidence. Wovoka does have form on a soft surface and has to be respected on the pick of his form but a safer bet looks to be Direct Debit. Michael Bell's gelding comes into this on the back of a good run and is taken to gain a deserved success.