Racecards
14:20 Hamilton Park
racinguk.com Novice Stakes (Class 5)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 1m 1f 35y
- Going: Good to Soft (Good to Soft)
- Surface: Turf
- £6,400 added
- Winner: £4,140
- 2nd: £1,232
- 3rd: £616
- 4th: £308
- Form 3265-38
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer Adrian Nicholls
- Jockey A Mullen
tracked leader until ridden and outpaced over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Bareed (USA)
182- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer Miss L A Perratt
- Jockey Callum Rodriguez
slowly into stride, always behind, struggling 4f out, never involved
Billy Ruskin
17- Form 4
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
led, driven and headed over 2f out, soon ridden and no chance with easy winner, modest 3rd from over 1f out
- Form 4
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer H Palmer
- Jockey B A Curtis
tracked leader, smooth headway to lead over 2f out, pushed clear over 1f out, unchallenged after, very easily
- Form 9
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer Mrs A Duffield
- Jockey D Allan
mid-division, tracked leaders over 4f out, outpaced over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer R J Osborne
- Jockey Rowan Scott
slowly into stride, behind, headway under pressure inside final 2f, went 4th and kept on final furlong, no chance with leaders
Debatable (IRE)
133- Form 68
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer M Appleby
- Jockey P J McDonald
tracked leaders, ridden into 2nd over 1f out, kept on same pace, no chance with easy winner
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer J S Goldie
- Jockey Jamie Gormley
slowly into stride, behind, struggling over 4f out, never a threat
In depth
Verdict
COLLIDE is a superbly-bred son of Frankel who was too green to do himself justice on his debut at Pontefract. Lessons will have been learned that day and it will be a surprise if the Newmarket raider doesn’t land this. Billy Ruskin showed some promise at Thirsk earlier this month and is another likely improver. Jj's Journey is a full brother to the stable’s middle-distance winner Carbon Dating so makes most appeal of the newcomers ahead of the filly Nanjoe. Vivernus boasts placed form in Meydan but is now with his fourth trainer and hasn’t raced since January.
Formwatch
Vivernus (USA) 12-1 (8-10) 8th of 12, 14l behind Aslan (9-4) at Meydan 1m 3f hcp fst in Jan.
Bareed (USA) (8-11) last of 10, 22 3/4l behind Petit Fils (9-2) at Lyon La Soie 1m 1f mdn stks pol in Feb.
Billy Ruskin 12-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, headway and effort on outside over 2f out, soon ridden and one pace, modest 4th from over 1f out, 4th of 6, 6 1/4l behind Major Partnership (9-7) at Thirsk 1m stks (4) gs in Aug.
Collide 5-1 (9-2) Close up, pushed along 2f out, kept on under a hand ride final furlong, 4th of 7, 6 1/4l behind Future Score (9-2) at Pontefract 1m stks (5) gd in Jul.
Cotton Socks (IRE) 40-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, behind, ridden over 2f out, no impression, 9th of 10, 16 1/4l behind Forward Thinker (9-0) at Redcar 7f mdn stks (5) gf in Aug.
Jj's Journey (IRE) The Carbon Unit colt out of Advertising Space.
Debatable (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden in moderate 9th 2f out, no impression, 8th of 13, 15 1/2l behind Could It Be Love (9-0) at Dundalk 7f mdn fll pol in Apr.
Nanjoe Helmet filly out of Hanella.
Tommycole Native Ruler gelding out of Tancred Miss.