Racecards
17:00 Great Leighs
Walton-on-the-naze Handicap (Class 6)
- 15 Runners
- Distance: 1m 2f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £3,000 added
La Rochette
11- Form 877
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer P W Chapple-Hyam
- Jockey A McCarthy
chased leader after 1f, ridden 4f out, weakened over 2f out
- Form 07P0-7
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer A B Haynes
- Jockey R Havlin
slowly into stride, mainly in rear
Epsom Salts
18- Form 880-095
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 50
towards rear, headway on outside over 4f out, ridden to lead well over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
- Form 5-90008
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer David Pinder
- Jockey F Sweeney
led after 1f, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened
Riorun (IRE)
27- Form 8890-00
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer Ian Williams
- Jockey Jim Crowley
rider removed blind late, slowly into stride, always in rear
- Form 007738
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer J D Bethell
- Jockey J Quinn
held up in touch, ridden and every chance from 2f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong
- Form 0-65263
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer Rae Guest
- Jockey David Probert
close up, led 2f out, ridden and soon headed, faded tamely final furlong
- Form 58682
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer S C Williams
- Jockey J-P Guillambert
held up towards rear, headway on bit over 2f out, soon chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong
Our Dolly
16- Form 6-98349
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 49
- Trainer Gary Moss
- Jockey Saleem Golam
in touch, edged left over 7f out, weakened over 3f out
- Form 750500
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 49
- Trainer M E Rimmer
- Jockey F Norton
in rear, ridden over 3f out, no real headway
- Form 080-08
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 49
- Trainer W R Swinburn
- Jockey A Kirby
held up in touch, ridden 4f out, outpaced 3f out, headway and hung left over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
- Form 90-40
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 49
chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
- Form 03000-0
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 49
- Trainer Norma Twomey
- Jockey J Mitchell
mid-divisiion, hampered over 7f out, not a danger after
Toballa
13- Form 6-004
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 48
- Trainer H J Collingridge
- Jockey D Holland
led 1f, chased leaders after, not much room 3f out, switched right 2f out, kept on final furlong
- Form 0900-80
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 48
- Trainer J R Best
- Jockey L P Keniry
mid-division, ridden over 6f out, weakened over 3f out
In depth
Verdict
Another big field is set to contest the finale, and it's a bit of a pinstickers this one, with none of them having any great form to shout about, and you'd have to really twist my arm for a selection, so VERY tentatively we'll side with Pretty Officer, ahead of La Rochette and Toballa. Pretty Officer at least has a couple of places to her name, unlike many here, albeit both at Brighton. La Rochette is Peter Chapple-Hyam's only runner on the card, and is the least exposed, but has been unplaced on her 3 runs to date at a higher grade. She may have the most improvement in her to land this. Toballa steps back in trip from her last run ay Yarmouth; again she's not as exposed as many, so there could be some progress to come. It's not a contest to whet the appetite or get heavily involved in, but something has to win, and we feel it could go the way of Pretty Officer.
Formwatch
La Rochette 50-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 8, 16l behind Summers Lease (8-12) at Nottingham 1m 3yo mdn (5) gd.
Valentine Blue 40-1 (8-3) Went right start, tracked leader and keen, lost place 3f out, last of 7, 29l behind Ogre (9-5) at Brighton 1m 3yo hcp (5) gf.
Epsom Salts 14-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, soon mid-division, ridden 2f out, hung left from over 1f out, 5th of 14, 8l behind Solo River (8-13) at Brighton 1m 2f 3yo hcp (6) gd.
House of Tudor 25-1 (8-13) Reminders over 6f out, always behind, 8th of 9, 28l behind Aleatricis (8-13) at Folkestone 1m 4f 3yo hcp (6) gf in Jul.
Riorun (IRE) 66-1 (8-6) Unruly start, always in rear, 11th of 12, 18l behind Certain Promise (9-6) at Leicester 1m 3yo hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Templetuohy Max (IRE) 20-1 (7-9) Towards rear, effort over 3f out, no impression, 8th of 12, 19l behind Master Nimbus (8-12) at Pontefract 1m 4f hcap (5) gf in Jul.
Pretty Officer (USA) 10-3jt-fav (8-3) In touch, chased leaders 2f out, one pace, 3rd of 14, 6l behind Solo River (8-13) at Brighton 1m 2f 3yo hcp (6) gd.
Circadian Rhythm 20-1 (8-8) Chased leaders, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 15, 3l behind Life's A Whirl (8-10) at Yarmouth 1m hcp 0-60 (6) gs.
Our Dolly 16-1 (7-12) Mid-division, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 12, 24l behind Singleb (9-2) at Leicester 7f 3yo & 4yo sll (5) gd.
Princess Raya 40-1 (8-10) Chased leaders on outside, weakened over 5f out, tailed off, last of 13, well behind Hawk Mountain (8-9) at Nottingham 1m 6f 3yo hcp (6) gd.
Fleur de Montjeu (IRE) 33-1 (8-7) Held up, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 7l behind Gracechurch (9-4) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Dareios (GER) 33-1 (8-2) In rear, ridden halfway, soon well behind, last of 13, well behind Swords (8-3) at Southwell 1m 4f hcap (6) fbs in Jul.
Bellalatino (IRE) 80-1 (8-12) Led until over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 14, 32l behind Armure (8-12) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn fll (5) pol in Jul.
Toballa 16-1 (7-13) In touch, ridden and effort 3f out, lost 3rd inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 5l behind Neve Lieve (9-7) at Yarmouth 1m 3f 3yo hcp (5) sft.
Victory Shout (USA) 66-1 (8-10) Held up mid-division, lost place over 5f out, soon tailed off, last of 11, well behind Sheer Fantastic (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Morestead (IRE) 18-1 (9-4) Held up in touch, effort on outside 3f out, no extra, weakened from 2f out, 10th of 15, 13l behind Western Roots (10-8) at Newbury 1m 2f amt hcp (5) gd.