Racecards
14:20 Beverley
We Appreciate Our Wives Claiming Stakes (Class F) (Class F)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
- Age 2
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer Ronald Thompson
- Jockey Dean McKeown
outpaced towards rear, ridden halfway, headway and ran green when switched to left over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd inside final furlong, not reach winner
Von Wessex
10- Form 651
- Age 2
- Weight 9-1
chased leader, ridden halfway, weakened final furlong, soon eased
- Age 2
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey D Allan
hampered start, soon chasing leaders, effort halfway, no impression final furlong
- Form 6
- Age 2
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer J Wainwright
- Jockey L Enstone
led, ridden over 1f out, soon headed, weakened
- Form 6
- Age 2
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer E J O'Neill
- Jockey J Carroll
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon led, headed inside final furlong, one pace
- Age 2
- Weight 8-6
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey P Mulrennan
slowly away, behind, ridden halfway, stayed on final furlong, not troubled leaders
In depth
Verdict
Von Wessex, Why Harry and Hunipot look the three to concentrate on in this claimer and the confident vote goes to Von Wessex. The selection won well last time out when defeating Monashee Prince and a reproduction of that effort should suffice here with conditions again in his favour. Why Harry rates the main danger he was a fair seventh behind Word Perfect at Ripon last time and is taking a drop in class. Hunipot is another worthy of respect she is an unraced half sister to a five furlong winner as a two-year-old but her stable is not renowned for first time out winners. The remainder that have run have shown very little so for the winner we return to Von Wessex.