Racecards
15:50 Hamilton Park
Totetrifecta Stakes (Handicap) (Class C) (Class C)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f 17y
- Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
Spectrometer
227- Form 031030-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-10
- Trainer R C Guest
- Jockey Ted Durcan
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
Sentry (IRE)
12- Form 04/231-1
- Age 4
- Weight 9-9
- Trainer J & T Gosden
- Jockey K Darley
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, headway over 1f out to challenge, kept on one pace close home
- Form 303010
- Age 4
- Weight 9-9
- Trainer W J Musson
- Jockey F Lynch
held up, ridden over 3f out, chased leaders and weakened final furlong
- Form 21
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey K Dalgleish
prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong
Sahem (IRE)
31- Form 31330-5
- Age 7
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer D Eddy
- Jockey B Swarbrick
towards rear, ridden over 4f out, headway over 1f out to mid-division and soon one pace
King Revo (IRE)
160- Form 501604-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer P Haslam
- Jockey G Faulkner
towards rear, ridden over 3f out, switched left over 2f out and kept on to lead close home
General
5- Form 0/12052
- Age 7
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey N Callan
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, hampered over 2f out, soon one pace
Golden Boot
211- Form 002343-
- Age 5
- Weight 8-6
held up, ridden over 3f out, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, soon one pace
- Form 2230/31
- Age 5
- Weight 8-2
- Trainer J Jefferson
- Jockey P Hanagan
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on final furlong
- Form 23564-0
- Age 8
- Weight 8-2
- Trainer J S Goldie
- Jockey J F Egan
led, ridden and challenged 3f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened close home
- Form 6040-16
- Age 4
- Weight 8-1
always behind
Lucky Judge
23- Form 55354/4
- Age 7
- Weight 7-12
- Trainer G A Swinbank
- Jockey Dale Gibson
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 40360/6
- Age 8
- Weight 7-12
- Trainer P Monteith
- Jockey R Ffrench
tracked leaders, headway over 3f out, soon challenged and weakened inside final furlong
In depth
Verdict
A tough race to call here for punters as there is not much between many of the runners, but the principals look to be Sentry, Calatagan, Gran Dana, Acceleration, Gold Ring, and King Revo, and only a tentative vote goes to Sentry. The selection is one of the least exposed in the field and won well last time out when defeating Prins Willem. He has plenty of scope for improvement and with the booking of Kevin Darley catching the eye he will be hard to beat. Calatagan rates the main danger as he won well last time out when beating Tony Tie over ten furlongs. He should relish this longer trip but this looks much tougher. Gran Dana is another worthy of respect as he is another unexposed sort and won well last time when accounting for Golden Empire and he remains at the right end of the weights. King Revo looked an improved horse over hurdles and if he shows improvement back in this sphere he has definite place claims. Of the remainder, Acceleration is from a shrewd yard and is worth noting in the market, but for the winner we return to Sentry.