Racecards
14:35 Ascot
Houghton Stone Nursery (Class 4)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £10,000 added
- Winner: £6,469
- 2nd: £1,925
- 3rd: £962
- 4th: £481
- Form 813
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey R L Moore
held up in touch, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on well
- Form 2123
- Age 2
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer Mrs K Burke
- Jockey A Kirby
in touch, effort over 1f out, chasing leaders when hung both ways under extreme pressure inside final furlong, never able to challenge
- Form 32158
- Age 2
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer J S Moore
- Jockey Liam Jones
settled in rear but in touch, headway over 2f out, kept on well
- Form 321
- Age 2
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey Thomas Brown
tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
- Form 21
- Age 2
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 78
always prominent, every chance entering final furlong, no extra closing stages
- Form 7464
- Age 2
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey J Fanning
led until over 1f out, faded final furlong
- Form 905
- Age 2
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer J Hughes
- Jockey K T O'Neill
pulled hard tracking leaders, ridden and weakened well over 1f out
In depth
Verdict
Stormy Paradise appeared to find 7f at Warwick too far last time having won over 6f at Goodwood earlier while Far Gaze has been competing in better company since scoring at Lingfield back in April. Rizal Park and Banaadeer are both open to improvement having picked up maiden races on their latest outings and it would be no surprise to see either figure in the finish though they have MR MATTHEWS to beat. The latter was beaten only a length in a better nursery than this at York last time and the runner-up Lanark has since won. That looks good enough form to go close and Elaine Burke's charge gets the vote.
Formwatch
Stormy Paradise (IRE) 13-8 (9-5) Led early, prominent, ridden over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra close home, 3rd of 4, 1 3/4l behind Fair Ranger (9-2) at Warwick 7f 2yo nov stk (5) gf.
Mr Matthews (IRE) 9-4 (9-0) Tracked leaders, headway to lead over 1f out, soon ridden, headed inside final furlong, kept on, held in 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 5, 1l behind Tiger Twenty Two (8-6) at York 6f 2yo hcp (2) gf.
Far Gaze (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 11, 11l behind Thunder Strike (9-0) at Epsom Downs 6f Listed stks 2yo (1) gd in Jun.
Rizal Park (IRE) 7-2fav (9-0) Mid-division on outside, headway over 3f out, led 2f out, soon ridden and edged right, held on well, won at Windsor 6f 2yo mdn (5) gd in Jun beating Deeds Not Words (9-5) by nk, 13 ran.
Banaadeer (IRE) 8-11fav (9-5) Slowly into stride, soon recovered to track leaders, challenged 2f out, led 1f out, ridden out, won at Lingfield 5f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Jun beating Taquka (9-5) by 1/2l, 7 ran.
Handwoven (IRE) 14-1 (8-4) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Sartorialist (8-0) at Ascot 6f 2yo hcp (4) gf.
Caledonia Laird 20-1 (9-0) In rear, pushed along over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never nearer, 5th of 6, 4l behind Captain Whoosh (9-5) at Ffos Las 5f 2yo mdn (5) gf.