Racecards
17:00 Brighton
Danco Handicap (Class 6)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 1m 3f 196y
- Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
- Surface: Turf
- £3,600 added
Muraco
59- Form 9150-86
- Age 4
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer A M Hales
- Jockey J M O'Dwyer
led, headed over 3f out and soon eased
- Form 414045
- Age 7
- Weight 9-11
- Official Rating 61
- Trainer Miss Gay Kelleway
- Jockey Kylie Manser
mid-division, ridden and headway 3f out, hung right and one pace final furlong
- Form 99330-7
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 56
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey G Baker
keen in rear, headway 5f out, led over 3f out, hard ridden when headed well inside
- Form 90-5214
- Age 6
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 56
slowly into stride, soon keen in mid-divsion, ridden to chase leaders 3f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 243931
- Age 7
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 56
- Trainer W G M Turner
- Jockey William Carson
towards rear, steady headway 6f out, ridden 2f out, one paced
- Form 75-6363
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer J L Dunlop
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
slowly into stride, mid-division, headway over 4f out, ridden to chase leader, every chance final furlong, no extra
- Form 01/9920
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 50
in touch, weakened over 2f out, soon eased
- Form 68U08/1
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer M F Harris
- Jockey J F McDonald
tracked leaders, lost place soon after halfway, eased over 1f out
- Form 400-460
- Age 4
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer Jamie Poulton
- Jockey T Dean
always in rear, struggling from halfway, eased
- Form 7-45577
- Age 5
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 43
- Trainer M R Hoad
- Jockey R Kingscote
mid-division and keen, headway 5th, ridden 4f out, soon weakened and eased
- Form 9-09276
- Age 5
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer J Akehurst
- Jockey James Doyle
tracked leaders, weakened halfway
- Form 009/6
- Age 6
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer M Sheppard
- Jockey S Hitchcott
towards rear, ridden briefly 7f out, headway 5f out, held from over 3f out
- Form 0-8327
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 53
- Trainer J Gallagher
- Jockey R Street
held up, headway over 3f out, hampered over 2f out and again over 1f out, kept on well to lead well inside final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Looks The Business is generally in decent form and will be popular here but we're going to take a chance on She's So Pretty. Gary Moore has a great record here and this Grand Lodge filly remains a maiden after 14 starts, so she should represent a bit of value against the likely favourite. This trip should suit and this is only her second start for this trainer, who may have found some improvement at home and the application of first-time blinkers mean we will take the plunge. Looks The Business is 1lb higher than when winning a poor Lingfield handicap in June. Trip and ground suit, but he only wins one in ten starts and so he looks worth taking on, having never backed-up before. Dusk responded well to blinkers last time and is relatively lightly raced, so if they have the same effect here then John Dunlop's gelding is not beyond further improvement. Cordage was a 10f winner at Bath last time and has won over further, though not quite this far just yet. A 4lb rise will make this tougher but conditions suit and he is taken to go well. Warwick winner Moonshine Creek looks best of the rest but She's So Pretty is the tentative suggestion here.