Racecards
16:05 Folkestone
Serious Man Handicap Hurdle (Class F)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 3m 4f
- Going: Good
- Form 560121
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer C Morlock
- Jockey Mr James Davies
in touch, headway to lead approaching 5 out, weakening when mistake and headed 2 out, rallied flat, ran on
- Form 114516
- Age 11
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer M Hogan
- Jockey L P Aspell
held up rear, smooth headway approaching 3 out, led approaching last, pushed out, comfortably
- Form P1-0P03
- Age 7
- Weight 11-8
tracked leader, led 5th, headed 9th, led again and mistake 2 out, headed approaching last, faded
- Form 5014-F0
- Age 12
- Weight 11-8
- Trainer N Dunger
- Jockey Matthew Smith
held up, driven 3 out, ridden and weakened from next
- Form 611-0P0
- Age 7
- Weight 11-1
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey L Cooper
in touch, headway 2 out, ridden and weakened approaching last
- Form B3-2140
- Age 9
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer M Hoad
- Jockey Mr J J Best
towards rear, well behind from 10th, virtually pulled up flat
- Form P/PP65-2
- Age 9
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer D O'Brien
- Jockey Mr S Walsh
led, headed 5th, ridden and weakened 3 out
Salaman (FR)
13- Form 0-564PP
- Age 11
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer D O'Brien
- Jockey M Batchelor
tracked leaders, went 2nd 7th, led 9th, headed approaching next, ridden and kept on one pace
In depth
Verdict
Graceful Dancer has been a reverlation since switched to long distance races and can notch her third win from her last four starts. Charlie Morlock's mare won at Taunton last time with a little more in hand than the official winning margin would suggest and looks capable of defying a further rise in the handicap in this weak affair. Pack Leader has shown nothing in novice events to date and returns from an absence of over three months but hails from a top yard in good form and races off a plater's mark so has to be respected. Great crusader won nicely on this track last month but was beaten off his revised mark next time and lacks the scope of the selection so Miss Woodstick, who shaped promisingly last time, looks best of the remainder.