Racecards
16:40 Haydock Park
Swan With Two Necks Maiden Claiming Stakes (Class F) (Class F)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 1m 30y
- Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
- Form 30
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
always behind, saddle slipped over 3f out, soon pulled up
- Form 504-500
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 56-30
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer Miss D Mountain
- Jockey Tony Culhane
held up, ridden and headway on outer over 2f out, one pace final furlong
- Form 005
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey D Allan
in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 00606
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer M A Jarvis
- Jockey P Robinson
led, ridden over 1f out, soon under pressure, kept on and headed towards finish
- Form 006326
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
tracked leaders and keen, ridden over 1f out, hard ridden inside last, ran on to lead towards finish
- Form 334-300
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer P & O Cole
- Jockey J Fanning
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 40-064
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
mid-division, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, kept on final furlong
Veneziana
10- Form 030-0
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer P & O Cole
- Jockey E Ahern
in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 65-504
- Age 3
- Weight 8-5
- Trainer P & O Cole
- Jockey S J Drowne
behind, pushed along over 4f out, soon outpaced, ridden over 3f out, kept on approaching final furlong, no impression
In depth
Verdict
In what is, overall, a modest claimer, we will give the vote to Miss Procurer over Soviet Sceptre, Cayman Calypso, One Upmanship and Treason Trail. The selection was fourth in a similar contest last time when keeping on at the finish. Given that she steps up in trip here and has a chance on ratings, she can go well in what, as we say, is a modest affair. A repeat of Soviet Sceptre's third to Inchloss at Nottingham two runs ago would give him a chance, while Cayman Calypso's sixth to Pickle in a Newmarket handicap last time reads pretty well at this level. One Upmanship has been running pretty well and is another to be stepping up in trip now, and Treason Trail was not beaten far in a Leicester seller last time. As we say, this probably is not going to take a lot of winning but Miss Procurer is nicely weighted and seems to have as good a chance as any and, as such, gets our vote.