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14:00 Brighton

Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Handicap (Class 5)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 60y
  • Going: Good (Good to Firm in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £7,021 added
  • Winner: £3,752
  • 2nd: £1,116
  • 3rd: £558
  • 4th: £300
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 3.08s
  • Off Time: 14:00:19
  • 5 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Wiley Post

13/8

    2
    Silk -

    Big Lachie

    5/1

      1(4)
      Silk - ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW and ROYAL BLUE diabolo on sleeves, YELLOW cap

      Red Alert

      10
      9/2
      • Form 663820
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 77

      soon outpaced in last pair, ridden inside final 2f, stayed on under pressure into 4th inside final furlong, never able to get on terms

      2(2)
      Silk - White and Light Green check, White sleeves, hooped cap

      King Crimson

      54 t DCD
      7/2
      • Form 421221
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-9
      • Official Rating 76

      chased clear leaders, ridden and no impression when lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

      3(5)
      Silk - Emerald Green, Light Blue chevron, diamonds on sleeves, Light Blue cap

      Wiley Post

      24 b D
      13/8
      • Form 233-123
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-9
      • Official Rating 76

      soon outpaced in last pair, hard driven over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on under pressure on outer inside final furlong, led inside final 100 yards, kept on well

      4(1)
      Silk - Red, white chevron, dark blue sleeves

      Big Lachie

      27 BFD
      5/1
      • Form 741222
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 74

      slowly into stride, soon recovered to chase front pair, hard driven over 2f out, ridden into 2nd over 1f out, stayed on to challenge and every chance final 100 yards, held towards finish

      5(3)
      Silk - Black and pink (quartered), black sleeves, pink stars, black cap

      Entertaining Ben

      9 p D
      11/2
      • Form 034462
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-10
      • Official Rating 63

      led, set strong gallop and soon clear, ridden over 1f out, kept on until headed and no extra inside final 100 yards

      6(6)
      NR

      Essaka (IRE)

      1 BFCD
      11/4
      • Form 923118
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-6
      • Official Rating 59

      non runner

      Previous results

      2017
      (4)
      Silk -

      Upavon

      11/8
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-7

      2016
      (3)
      Silk -

      Storm Lightning

      16/1
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-8

      2015
      (4)
      Silk -

      Gentlemen

      11/2
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-13

      In depth

      Verdict

      Essaka arrives in fine form but was due to run at Chepstow yesterday. King Crimson has also been in consistently good form this year and won at Leicester last time though had earlier found BIG LACHIE too good at Bath. The latter has gone close in all three subsequent starts including over course and distance in June and Mark Loughnane’s charge gets another chance in this. Oisin Murphy’s presence on Entertaining Ben takes the eye and the latter is preferred to Windsor specialist Wiley Post having been narrowly beat at Yarmouth last week.

      Formwatch

      Red Alert 18-1 (10-4) Chased leaders on wide outside, pushed along and hung left over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f, 12th of 15, 9 1/4l behind Vegas Boy (9-13) at Windsor 6f hcp (4) gf in Jul.

      King Crimson 11-8fav (9-9) Raced on near side rail, made all, ridden and joined inside final furlong, ran on and always just doing enough, won at Leicester 5f hcp (5) gf in Jun beating Flying Foxy (8-13) by nk, 5 ran.

      Wiley Post 11-2 (8-7) Slowly into stride, well outpaced in rear, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, nearest finish, 3rd of 7, 2 3/4l behind Kick On Kick On (9-3) at Windsor 5f hcp (3) gf in Jul.

      Big Lachie 13-8fav (9-13) Towards rear, headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, held towards finish, 2nd of 6, 3/4l behind Quantum Dot (9-4) at Chepstow 5f hcp (5) gf in Jul.

      Entertaining Ben 7-1 (9-4) Led, ridden 2 lengths clear over 1f out, kept on, joined near finish, headed final strides, 2nd of 8, hd behind Wiff Waff (9-7) at Yarmouth 5f hcp (5) gd in Jul.

      Essaka (IRE) 2-1fav (9-3) Chased leaders on rail, pushed along to lead inside final furlong, edged right, ran on well, won at Bath 5f hcp (5) fm in Jul beating Look Surprised (9-9) by 1 1/4l, 7 ran.