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14:10 Beverley

Wats On Claiming Stakes (Class E)

  • 16 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 100y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 47.24s
  • 16 Ran
1(7)
Silk - BLACK, EMERALD GREEN triple diamond, diamonds on sleeves, BLACK cap, EMERALD GREEN diamond
12/1
  • Form 135004
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-12

mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway on inner over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong

2(16)
Silk - Dark Blue and Orange check, Orange sleeves
14/1
  • Form 206505
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-12

slowly into stride, behind, ridden 3f out, stayed on final 2f, never on terms

3(14)
Silk - Red, Royal Blue star, halved sleeves and star on cap
25/1
  • Form 500-000
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8

led, ridden over 3f out, kept on inside final furlong, caught post

4(2)
Silk - Green, Gold spots, Royal Blue sleeves and cap
  • Form 500530
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-8

slowly into stride, always towards rear

5(8)
Silk - Light Blue, Yellow hoop, striped sleeves, Brown cap
33/1
  • Form 04060-4
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-8

mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakening when not much room and slightly hampered over 1f out

6(3)
Silk - LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets
7/1
  • Form 000230
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-8

prominent, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong

7(9)
Silk - DARK BLUE and WHITE (halved), hooped sleeves and cap
  • Form 46-0130
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-8

towards rear, ridden 3f out,headway and switched left over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong

8(4)
Silk - Maroon, yellow epaulets, grey sleeves, yellow cap
100/1
  • Form 6000-00
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4

slowly into stride, always towards rear

9(1)
Silk - Emerald Green and Yellow (quartered), Yellow sleeves, Emerald Green stars
16/1
  • Form 002261
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-2

mid-division, ridden over 3f out, well over 1f out

10(15)
Silk - White, Maroon hoops and armlets, quartered cap
100/1
  • Form 650000
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-2

in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened

11(12)
Silk - Dark Green, White diamond, halved sleeves, White cap

Araf

211
20/1
  • Form 00613-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0

in touch, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

12(10)
Silk - LIGHT GREEN and PURPLE (quartered), LIGHT GREEN sleeves, WHITE cap
40/1
  • Form 600300
  • Age 9
  • Weight 9-0

slowly into stride, always behind

13(13)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE star, RED sleeves, WHITE armlets, RED cap
  • Form 0000-06
  • Age 10
  • Weight 8-12

chased leaders, ridden to go 2nd well over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong to lead post

14(6)
Silk - WHITE, RED stars, check sleeves, WHITE cap
6/1
  • Form 000024
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-11

always behind

15(5)
Silk - Royal Blue and Yellow diabolo, diamonds on sleeves, hooped cap
33/1
  • Form 00-0006
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-9

prominent, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong

16(11)
Silk - Brown, Brown cap, Beige star
10/1
  • Form 60-U036
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-2

chased leader, ridden 3f out, weakened well over 1f out, soon eased

In depth

Verdict

Free Option takes a hefty drop in class here and is weighted to get his head in front; Gold Guest and Mister Rambo may give him most to do. Ben Hanbury's eight-year-old faced a stiff task in a valuable handicap at Doncaster last time, but had earlier finished a close third to Repulse Bay in an amateur handicap at Newcastle, and a reproduction of that performance would be good enough to win a race of this nature. A winner on Lingfield's Polytrack in January, he faces his easiest task of the season on turf this year. Mister Rambo, another eight-year-old, was third at Musselburgh in handicap company a couple of starts ago, and has a fair chance at these weights, although there must be a slight doubt about his ability to see out this trip. Gold Guest has been largely disappointing since winning a claimer at Musselburgh in March, but his overall level of form still gives him a good chance of at least finding the frame here. However, Free Option is the pick on official ratings and with conditions likely to be ideal, we give Ben Hanbury's gelding a confident vote to land the spoils in this opening race.