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15:45 Haydock Park

Rectangle Group Handicap (A Bonus Race For The Rht Summer Mile) (Class E)

  • 17 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 30y
  • Going: Good to Soft, Good in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 45.02s
  • 17 Ran
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1
Silk -

Fen Gypsy

5/1

    2
    Silk -

    Apache Point (IRE)

    15/2

      3
      Silk -

      Unshaken

      8/1

        4
        Silk -

        Basinet

        6/1

          1(5)
          Silk - Light Blue and Pink (halved), Light Blue sleeves, Pink armlets, Light Blue cap

          Ellen Mooney

          38
          25/1
          • Form 000-000
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-10

          mid division, ridden over 2f out, kept on one paced when not much room inside final furlong

          2(11)
          Silk - Maroon, Yellow diamond, diabolo on sleeves, Yellow cap

          Basinet

          7
          6/1
          • Form 630015
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-10

          dwelt, behind, ridden and headway over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, stayed on, nearest finish

          3(10)
          Silk - LIGHT BLUE, BLACK hoop, LIGHT BLUE sleeves, YELLOW armlets, BLACK cap

          Noble Pursuit

          17
          10/1
          • Form 060006
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-9

          always behind

          4(15)
          Silk - Emerald Green, Red epaulets, Yellow sleeves, Red cap

          Fen Gypsy

          8
          5/1
          • Form 0-31220
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-9

          led, headed over 4f out, ridden to lead again over 1f out, soon clear, eased last strides

          5(13)
          Silk - Dark Green, White hoop, halved sleeves

          French Horn

          34
          5/1
          • Form 00-0063
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-9

          chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened final furlong

          6(3)
          Silk - Royal Blue and Yellow diamonds, Royal Blue sleeves, Yellow spots

          Chapel Royale (IRE)

          13
          33/1
          • Form 200-000
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-8

          always behind

          7(16)
          Silk - Royal Blue, Red armlets

          Lennel

          5
          25/1
          • Form 0034-04
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-8

          always behind

          8(6)
          Silk - White, Dark Blue epaulets, Dark Blue and White diabolo on sleeves, Dark Blue cap

          Apache Point (IRE)

          4
          15/2
          • Form 0-34143
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-8

          mid division, headway 4f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, ran on, held close home

          9(18)
          Silk - Emerald Green, White spots, Yellow sleeves, Emerald Green and White striped cap

          Highland Warrior

          12
          14/1
          • Form 036-005
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-7

          prominent, led over 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong

          10(14)
          Silk - Maroon, White chevron and sleeves

          Mantles Pride

          22 v
          50/1
          • Form 06300-0
          • Age 8
          • Weight 9-6

          mid division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

          11(2)
          Silk - Emerald green and purple diamonds, emerald green sleeves, purple seams

          Ice And Fire

          18
          50/1
          • Form 30/0606
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-2

          mid division, ridden over 3f out, kept on one paced

          12(8)
          Silk - White, Brown disc, sleeves and cap

          Ali D

          13
          20/1
          • Form 560204
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-2

          always towards rear, never dangerous

          14(12)
          Silk - Black and Red diamonds, Red sleeves, quartered cap

          Unshaken

          31
          8/1
          • Form 600-043
          • Age 9
          • Weight 8-13

          slowly into stride, switched left start, behind, not clear run over 2f out, headway and switched right over 1f out, ran on strongly nearest at finish

          15(7)
          Silk - Brown, Beige sash and armlets, quartered cap

          Mexican (USA)

          17
          16/1
          • Form 3-00000
          • Age 4
          • Weight 8-12

          in touch, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace

          16(1)
          Silk - Dark Blue, Pink seams, Pink cap, Dark Blue star

          Highland Gait

          9
          12/1
          • Form 24000-2
          • Age 4
          • Weight 8-11

          chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out

          17(4)
          Silk - Black, Black and White check sleeves

          Sheer Focus (IRE)

          17
          33/1
          • Form 66-0005
          • Age 5
          • Weight 8-11

          towards rear, ridden 3f out, headway and not clear run over 1f out, stayed on never nearer

          18(17)
          Silk - Yellow, Olive Green collar and cuffs, Scarlet cap

          Inchnadamph

          237
          50/1
          • Form 500-
          • Age 3
          • Weight 8-11

          keen in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

          13(9)
          NR

          Genial Genie

          9
          • Form 00-0400
          • Age 7
          • Weight 9-2

          Nonrunner

          In depth

          Verdict

          French Horn, who returned to form last time, is very well handicapped and will love these conditions so gets a confident vote here in an otherwise competitive race; Unshaken, Highland Gait and Apache Point look to be the pick of the opposition. The latter has been a model of consistency this season and was a pound out of the handicap when third at Doncaster last time, so is likely to be thereabouts off effectively the same mark here. Highland Gait had been off the track for a long time before finishing second at Beverley last week and he too should go well, although any further rain would probably go against him. Unshaken is nine years old now but extremely well treated on some of his form and was third in a decent race at Carlisle last time so he is likely to be a big danger here. However, we prefer to side with French Horn. Mick Ryan's gelding has been relatively lightly-raced in recent years, but is now on a mark fully 22 pounds lower than his last win, and produced his best effort for a long time when third to the useful Inverness at Newmarket last time on ground that would certainly have been fast enough for him. This ground would be much more suitable, the booking of Seb Sanders is an encouraging sign and his chances are hard to ignore here.