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15:05 Epsom Downs

Vodafone Diomed Stakes (Class A)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 114y
  • Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 45.78s
  • 9 Ran
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1
Silk -

Nayyir

5/1

    2
    Silk -

    Highdown (IRE)

    6/1

      3
      Silk -

      Wannabe Around

      10/1

        1(1)
        Silk - YELLOW, BLACK hoop and armlets, RED cap

        Late Night Out

        35
        7/1
        • Form 23314-3
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-7

        led for 1f, tracked leader after, effort over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened approaching final furlong

        2(2)
        Silk - Red, White crescent and star on back, White sleeves, quartered cap

        Skoozi (NZ)

        77
        7/1
        • Form 001-162
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-7

        prominent, ridden along and edged right over 2f out, hard ridden and went left under right hand drive just inside final furlong, weakened

        3(5)
        Silk - LIGHT BLUE and ORANGE diamonds, LIGHT BLUE sleeves, LIGHT BLUE cap, ORANGE star

        Bourgainville

        26
        7/1
        • Form 2430-12
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-4

        steadied start, held up behind, chased along over 2f out, soon beaten

        4(3)
        Silk - Black, Yellow sash, Emerald Green sleeves, Yellow cap

        Cape Town (IRE)

        21
        5/1
        • Form 3/116-20
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-4

        tracked leaders, hard ridden over 2f out, no headway from 1f out, kept on one-paced final furlong

        5(4)
        Silk - Straw

        Duck Row (USA)

        24
        7/1
        • Form 1535-02
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-4

        held up in touch, under pressure and wide 3f out, beaten well over 2f out

        6(6)
        Silk - Royal Blue and Light Blue diabolo, chevrons on sleeves, Royal Blue cap, Light Blue star

        Nayyir

        18
        5/1
        • Form 1641
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-4

        held up in touch, headway going well over 2f out, led on bit inside final 2f, clear 1f out, driven out

        7(9)
        Silk - Yellow, black sash, white sleeves, black and white quartered cap

        Pulau Tioman

        287
        8/1
        • Form 521104-
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-4

        held up rear, headway 2f out on inside, styg on when badly hampered just inside final furlong, eased after

        8(7)
        Silk - MAROON, GOLD sleeves, LIGHT BLUE cap

        Wannabe Around

        16
        10/1
        • Form 240-034
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-4

        led after 1f, driven over 2f out, headed just inside final 2f, kept on one-paced

        9(8)
        Silk - Pink, Royal Blue chevron and armlets

        Highdown (IRE)

        18
        6/1
        • Form 6015-14
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-6

        resaddled start, steadied start, held up last and pushed along after 3f, headway well over 1f out and left, ran on under pressure inside final furlong to take 2nd

        Previous results

        2001
        (6)
        Silk -

        Pulau Tioman

        6/1
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-4

        2000
        (2)
        Silk -

        Trans Island

        5/4
        • Weight 9-9

        1999
        (4)
        Silk -

        Lear Spear (USA)

        7/1
        • Weight 9-4

        In depth

        Verdict

        An excellent race for the Diomed. Pulau Tioman is looking to win the race for the second-year running from the same mark, although he has yet to run this year. Cape Town comes out best on the ratings and should go well, although he has no track form. Highdown, the only three-year-old in the race, is progressive and could well go well. The ex-Australian Skoozi has been performing well in Dubai and is interesting, if a little hard to fully assess. Duck Row, Wannabe Around and Late Night Out are all entitled to run well, the first-named having finished a close-up fifth in last year's race..