Racecards
15:15 Beverley
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- 11 Runners
- Distance: 1m 1f 207y
- Going: Good to Firm
- Form 0-40052
- Age 5
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer P & O Cole
- Jockey K Darley
tracked leader, ridden over 1f, ran on to lead inside final furlong,kept on
- Form 105-461
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer E A L Dunlop
- Jockey Kieren Fallon
prominent, ridden over 1f, not much room approaching final furlong, stayed on inside final furlong
Invicta
112- Form 03304-4
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer J R Fanshawe
- Jockey S Sanders
prominent, effort over 2f, ridden and no extra final furlong, weakened inside
- Form 232-016
- Age 4
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer J A Glover
- Jockey R Winston
held up towards rear, headway over 2f, not much room and switched over 1f, stayed on final furlong
- Form 4-60221
- Age 9
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey I Mongan
never better than mid-division
- Form 1-00046
- Age 7
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer D Nicholls
- Jockey Adrian Nicholls
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f, stayed on same paced
Sualda (IRE)
15- Form 044-004
- Age 4
- Weight 8-7
mid-division, effort 2f out, ridden and onepaced final furlong
Sinjaree
19- Form 300420
- Age 5
- Weight 8-4
- Trainer Mrs S Lamyman
- Jockey J Quinn
mid-division, pushed along over 3f, was soon outpaced
- Form 6303-26
- Age 4
- Weight 8-4
- Trainer R Whitaker
- Jockey Dean McKeown
towards rear, never dangerous
Pension Fund
26- Form 00450-0
- Age 9
- Weight 8-4
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey Dale Gibson
was towards rear, headway over 2f, not much room on inner over 1f, was onepaced final furlong
- Form 311330
- Age 5
- Weight 8-4
soon led steady pace, quickened over 3f, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra
In depth
Verdict
Back in handicap-company for the first time in a year on turf, old Lakota Brave is taken to follow up his recent Leicester victory, with The Judge, Factor Fifteen and Invicta the main dangers. Nick Littmoden's nine-year-old has been mainly kept to claimers on turf, and scored in good fashion at Leicester last week. On that occasion, he gave four pounds and a length and a quarter beating to a horse rated 71, so a 3lb penalty which gives him a mark of 67 here may not be enough to stop him. The Judge finished well clear of the third horse when just touched off in a Classified Stakes at Nottingham last time, and Paul Cole's charge is another who appears well treated on his current rating so is an obvious danger. Factor Fifteen won arguably a better race at Sandown last time and with Kieren Fallon booked seems sure to go well again, while Invicta starts the turf season on a good mark, is suited by these conditions and hails from a stable in good form, so is likely to be fit after a four-month absence.