Racecards
14:25 Haydock Park
Betfred 'Play Fred's 5 Million' Handicap (Class 2)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 1m 37y
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £35,000 added
- Winner: £18,900
- 2nd: £8,872
- 3rd: £4,438
- 4th: £2,219
- Form 58-2458
- Age 7
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 97
- Trainer D O'Meara
- Jockey David Probert
raced keenly in rear, smooth headway 2f out, driven over 1f out, one paced final furlong
- Form 0-02617
- Age 5
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 93
- Trainer J L Eyre
- Jockey Lewis Edmunds
took keen hold and chased leader, pushed along and disputed lead 2f out, headed and no extra final 110yds
- Form 0932/13
- Age 5
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer S bin Suroor
- Jockey Andrea Atzeni
held up in midfield, pushed along 3f out, outpaced and dropped to rear 2f out, stayed on strongly final furlong
- Form 561-540
- Age 3
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 99
- Trainer H Palmer
- Jockey Tom Marquand
led, pushed along over 2f out, driven when challenged over 1f out, kept on gamely
- Form 4-94009
- Age 4
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 91
- Trainer K Dalgleish
- Jockey G Lee
chased leaders, driven from 3f out, weakened from 2f out, eased close home
- Form 4-80403
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer R Fell & S Murray
- Jockey B A Curtis
raced keenly in rear, smooth headway 2f out, driven over 1f out, no extra final 110yds
- Form 674114
- Age 5
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey Oliver Stammers
held up in rear, pushed along to dispute lead over 2f out, driven over 1f out, headed close home
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
ELECTRIC STORM had no trouble in disposing of a decent field at York on a first start in 551 days in June and followed that up with an even better effort when a good third over 1m2f off a 9lb higher mark. He handles forecast conditions and has room for further improvement after just 10 career starts. Dutch Decoy won of a couple of handicaps last month under today's apprentice before running a cracking race at the big Goodwood meeting recently when only beaten two lengths into fourth behind Ajero. La Trinidad is best at York but can't be left out of calculations while Mr McCann has his sights lowered. Young Fire will enjoy conditions so is not discounted either.
Formwatch
Young Fire (FR) 66-1 (9-5) Midfield, squeezed for room 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong, 8th of 18, 4 3/4l behind Orbaan (8-7) at Goodwood 1m hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Fame And Acclaim (IRE) 8-1 (10-1) Chased leaders, closed over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened from over 1f out, 7th of 9, 10 1/4l behind Austrian Theory (9-6) at Hamilton 1m hcp (2) gf in Jun.
Electrical Storm 10-3jfav (9-12) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 7f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd final 110 yards, no extra in 3rd, 3rd of 15, 2 1/2l behind Arqoob (9-9) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Mr Mccann (IRE) 50-1 (9-9) Raced centre, chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, weakened quickly over 2f out, 29th of 30, 17 1/2l behind Thesis (8-11) at Ascot 1m hcp stks (2) gf in Jun.
Gioia Cieca (USA) 14-1 (9-4) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon weakened, last of 9, dist behind Rhythm Master (9-11) at Newcastle 7f hcp (2) pol in Jun.
La Trinidad 7-4fav (9-4) Close 3rd on inside, led going well over 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, no extra in 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 4, 2l behind Ghaly (9-7) at York 1m hcp (3) gf in Jul.
Dutch Decoy 16-1 (9-6) Stumbled start, soon in rear, headway on outside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 16, 2l behind Ajero (9-12) at Goodwood 1m 1f hcp (3) gf in Jul.