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14:35 Goodwood

Paul Spencer 50th Birthday Handicap (Class 4)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 1f
  • Going: Good, Gd to Firm in places on the round course
  • Surface: Turf
  • £6,500 added
  • Winner: £4,050
  • 2nd: £1,213
  • 3rd: £606
  • 4th: £304
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 56.37s
  • Off Time: 14:36:00
  • 7 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Club Oceanic

9/4

    2
    Silk -

    Tropical Beat

    9/4

      1(2)
      Silk - ROYAL BLUE, PINK chevrons, ROYAL BLUE cap

      Askaud (IRE)

      13
      4/1
      • Form 212-2
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 83

      tracked leader over 1f, prominent, ridden and edged right over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

      2(1)
      Silk - Mauve and pink check, white sleeves, pink cap

      Club Oceanic

      42 p
      9/4
      • Form 91-3
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 82

      tracked leaders, eased out left over 3f out, went 2nd 2f out, led over 1f out, hard pressed inside final furlong, driven out

      3(7)
      Silk - Black and Grey check, Black sleeves and cap

      Kalahaag (IRE)

      11 C
      12/1
      • Form 91350-0
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 82

      tracked leaders, went 2nd over 7f out until not much room 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

      4(4)
      Silk - Pink, White sleeves

      Tropical Beat

      12
      9/4
      • Form 5-412
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 81

      tracked leaders, took keen hold early, steadied 6f out, niggled along and not keen 5f out, closed over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, ran on, held close home

      5(6)
      Silk - White, Orange and Yellow striped sleeves and cap

      Persian Herald

      16
      66/1
      • Form 1588-45
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 78

      held up in rear, ridden 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never going pace to trouble leaders

      6(5)
      Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap

      Mutayaser

      210 BF
      11/1
      • Form 520-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 77

      held up in 6th, closed when switched left and not much room over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, unable to quicken when not much room between horses inside final furlong, no extra

      7(3)
      Silk - DARK GREEN, RED cap, DARK GREEN diamond

      Coax

      16
      15/2
      • Form 438-41
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-7
      • Official Rating 68

      led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong

      Previous results

      2010
      (9)
      Silk -

      Soul Station (FR)

      7/2
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-2

      2009
      (7)
      Silk -

      Forte Dei Marmi

      4/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-8

      2008
      (10)
      Silk -

      McConnell (USA)

      9/2
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-7

      In depth

      Verdict

      Askaud was racing for Dandy Nicholls for the first time when finishing second to Beatrice Aurore, who runs in the following race, over the C&D and couldn't quite contain the finishing burst of the winner. The handicapper has raised her 6lb for the run which seems a bit unkind to say the least but her trainer doesn't waste diesel on false hopes so she should definitely run well again. Club Oceanic has done all of racing on Polytrack to date but there's no reason why he shouldn't be as effective on turf. He wasn't beaten far by Indian Jack at Kempton and a line through the winner gives him the edge over Coax, though the latter looked a typical Mark Johnston improver at Beverley. TROPICAL BEAT is progressing nicely and showed battling qualities to score at Newcastle and again when just beaten by Samurai Sword at Ascot. There's more to come and he can get back to winning ways.

      Formwatch

      Askaud (IRE) 13-2 (8-13) Slowly into stride and switched left towards outside after start, headway on outside over 2f out, led 2f out, soon hung right to rails, stayed on until headed and not pace of winner inside final furlong, clear 2nd best, 2nd of 11, 2l behind Beatrice Aurore (8-13) at Goodwood 1m 3yo fll hcp 0-85 (4) gf.

      Club Oceanic 9-4 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden to improve over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, just held, 3rd of 8, hd behind Indian Jack (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Apr.

      Kalahaag (IRE) 11-1 (7-7) Ridden 3f out, always behind, 10th of 14, 19l behind Law Of The Range (8-11) at Ascot 1m fll hcp (2) gf.

      Tropical Beat 7-2 (9-0) Chased leaders, outpaced 2f out, ridden and headway 1f out, kept on and every chance inside final furlong, took 2nd final stride, 2nd of 12, 1l behind Samurai Sword (9-7) at Ascot 1m 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf.

      Persian Herald 11-1 (8-13) Took keen hold, in touch in 5th, outpaced over 3f out, effort and ridden on outside 2f out, soon hung left under pressure, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 6, 7l behind Harry Luck (8-11) at Windsor 1m 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gf.

      Mutayaser 6-4fav (9-3) Tracked leaders, switched right 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 10th of 12, 11l behind Terdaad (9-3) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn stks (4) pol in Oct.

      Coax 7-2fav (9-7) Led until headed over 5f out, pushed along 3f out, ridden to regain lead over 1f out, kept on towards finish, just held on, won at Beverley 7f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gf beating Alensgrove (9-1) by nk, 11 ran.