Racecards
18:10 Doncaster
Park Hill Hospital Maiden Stakes (Class 5)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Good to Firm (Watered)
- Surface: Turf
- £4,500 added
- Winner: £2,911
- 2nd: £866
- 3rd: £433
- 4th: £216
Copper To Gold
166- Form 76-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer R Bastiman
- Jockey R Winston
fly-jumped badly leaving stalls, soon pulled up
- Form 24
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
made all, jinked left over 4f out, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, in command when jinked right in closing stages
- Form 30
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer M Botti
- Jockey James Doyle
held up in last pair, headway in centre to chase leading pair halfway, ridden and no impression inside final furlong, lost 3rd towards finish
Wotalad
183- Form 65-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer R M Whitaker
- Jockey T Eaves
took keen hold chasing leading pair until halfway, weakened over 2f out
Emerald Sea
268- Form 95-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer C F Wall
- Jockey Ted Durcan
held up in rear, some headway in centre over 1f out, 5th and no impression inside final furlong
- Form 42-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer W J Haggas
- Jockey Liam Jones
chased winner, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace and no impression inside final furlong
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer T B Coles
- Jockey Martin Lane
held up in touch, headway over 1f out, stayed on to 3rd towards finish
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Secret Session looks to be giving connections a few headaches regarding his best distance. A close-up third on his debut over 7f, he was well beaten over a mile last time and drops back to 6f today. Can You Conga failed to land the odds at Newcastle having made a promising start on the all-weather but it's too soon to write him off and Emerald Sea can do better this year. FLOATING ALONG has her first start since going within a short-head of winning at Kempton in November. Any improvement on that should see her off the mark and Willie Haggas' filly gets the nod.
Formwatch
Copper To Gold 40-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, under presure halfway, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 7, 11l behind Willow Beck (8-12) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn fll (5) pol in Nov.
Can You Conga 8-13fav (9-0) Went left start and slowly into stride, chased leaders, effort over 1f out, never able to challenge, 4th of 10, 4l behind Lexington Place (9-0) at Newcastle 6f mdn stks (5) gs in Apr.
Secret Session (USA) 8-1 (9-5) Chased leaders 5f, 15th of 16, 26l behind Cape Peron (9-5) at Newbury 1m 3yo mdn (4) gs in Apr.
Wotalad 11-2 (9-3) Close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 6, 6l behind Winter Song (8-12) at Newmarket 6f 2yo mdn (4) sft in Nov.
Emerald Sea 9-4 (8-12) Keen close up, effort over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 7l behind Taayel (9-3) at Yarmouth 6f 2yo mdn (5) gd in Aug.
Floating Along (IRE) 3-1 (8-12) Held up in touch, ridden inside final furlong, kept on to take 2nd towards finish, just held, 2nd of 8, shd behind Foxtrot Jubilee (9-3) at Kempton 6f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Timeless Tamayuz filly out of Sandtime.