Racecards
20:35 Brighton
Sportsman Knows Handicap (Class 5)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 5f 213y
- Going: Firm
- Surface: Turf
- Form 162813
- Age 3
- Weight 9-13
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer Mrs H Sweeting
- Jockey R Kingscote
bumped start, behind, effort on inside and hung left from 2f out, continued to hang left when not much room inside final furlong
Veba (USA)
12- Form 746-0
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer B W Hills
- Jockey Ted Durcan
took keen hold, held up, ridden on outside 2f out, soon beaten
Piccostar
11- Form 49-3662
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer A B Haynes
- Jockey R L Moore
with leader on inside, ridden to lead 2f out, kept on under pressure final furlong until caught final strides
- Form 621132
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer N A Callaghan
- Jockey C Catlin
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, sustained run inside final furlong, led final strides
- Form 330626
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer R Harris
- Jockey A McCarthy
led, narrowly headed 2f out, stayed challenging in event chance well inside final furlong unable to quicken
- Form 6-70094
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer P W Chapple-Hyam
- Jockey S Sanders
chased leaders, ridden on outside halfway, no impression when hung left and lost action over 1f out
- Form 639484
- Age 3
- Weight 8-2
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer M Salaman
- Jockey Saleem Golam
chased leaders, ridden 2f stayed on same pace
In depth
Verdict
A chance is taken with Piccostar, who can reverse recent form with Lucayos, while Sarah's Art and Three Feathers are others that can go close. Three Feathers is unexposed on turf and, although he needs to improve, it will be noteworthy to see how the betting market reacts where he is concerned. Sarah's Art has been in good form this term and can be relied upon to run his race. He has gone well since being fitted with blinkers and will be in the thick of the action if running anywhere near his best. Lucayos is versatile regarding his ground and acts well for Richard Kingscote. However, he faces a stiff test on the revised terms and needs everything to fall into place for him. However, Piccostar is also a consistent enough type for a race like this and, as he is on 6lb better terms than the last time he met Lycayos, Andrew Haynes' charge rates as a better option than the top weight on this occasion.
Formwatch
Lucayos 9-2 (9-8) Tracked leaders, effort 2f out, pressed leader inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 3rd of 9, 3/4l behind Musical Romance (9-1) at Goodwood 5f 3yo hcp (5) gf.
Veba (USA) 20-1 (8-10) Held up, effort over 2f out, no impression, 10th of 12, 19l behind Speedy Sam (9-3) at Southwell 1m 3yo mdn (5) fbs.
Piccostar 10-3 (9-1) Headway on outside over 1f out, ran on to take 2nd inside final furlong, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Lucayos (9-1) at Brighton 5f 3yo hcp (5) frm.
Sarah's Art (IRE) 11-4 (8-10) Chased leaders, hard ridden 2f out, ran on to take 2nd final 100yds, 2nd of 6, 1l behind Mimiteh (9-7) at Brighton 6f 3yo hcp (5) frm.
Glenargo (USA) 9-1 (8-7) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, soon weakened, last of 6, 8l behind Don't Tell Sue (9-4) at Brighton 5f 3yo hcp (5) gf in May.
Captain Torrance (IRE) 7-1 (9-5) Broke well, steadied into mid-division, ridden 3f out, headway to chase leaders when hampered inside final furlong, not recover, 4th of 11, 2l behind Jucebabe (8-1) at Bath 5f 3yo clm (6) gf.
Three Feathers 12-1 (8-11) Held up in touch, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 14, 11l behind Maidford (9-0) at Kempton 1m banded stk (7) pol in May.