Racecards
16:45 Beverley
21 July Is Medieval Night Apprentice Handicap (Class F)
- 16 Runners
- Distance: 1m 100y
- Going: Good to Firm
- Form 0-50600
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer M Wellings
- Jockey L Treadwell
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 21-0611
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey S Hitchcott
behind, effort over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on
Mellino
7- Form 306602
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey D Allan
in touch, ridden, headway over 2f out, stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong, no impression
- Form 0306-34
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer I McInnes
- Jockey L Fletcher
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
Inchnadamph
12- Form 500-0
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer T Fitzgerald
- Jockey D McGaffin
mid-division, effort over 3f out, no impression after
- Form 0-00021
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer M Dods
- Jockey T Hamilton
held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, one pace after
- Form 600242
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
chased leader, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong
- Form 0-0050
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer L M Cumani
- Jockey S Sulas
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, stayed on approaching final furlong
- Form 00-6400
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer J R Jenkins
- Jockey L Enstone
led, ridden over 2f out, headed when weakened over 1f out
Tanga Dancer
308- Form 050000-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Trainer B Smart
- Jockey M Stainton
always towards rear
- Form 6-00620
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
mid-division, never nearer
In depth
Verdict
The hat-trick seeking Leonor de Soto is difficult to oppose in his current form and is preferred to another last time out winner Commitment Lecture and Mellino. The selection has come from off the pace to win races at Brighton and Warwick on his last two starts and may still be ahead of the handicapper. The slightly longer trip and stiffer track should not be a problem judged by the filly's breeding and she looks worth following to win again. Tim Easterby's Mellino found just Flowerdrum too good for her at Pontefract last time and is entitled to be thereabouts again although a bigger danger to the selection may be Commitment Lecture, who is only 4lbs higher than when winning at Newcastle last time. Alex Stewart's lightly raced Salinor and Shamwari Fire, for who the promising Luke Fletcher has been booked, are others worthy of a mention but it will take a good one to beat Leonor De Soto.