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14:30 Haydock Park
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- 6 Runners
- Distance: 2m 6f
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £10,000 added
- Form 124431
- Age 8
- Weight 11-3
- Official Rating 123
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey R Johnson
tracked leader, led 8th, blundered 5 out, left clear 2 out, kept on
- Form 2-1F221
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 117
- Trainer J Howard Johnson
- Jockey P J Brennan
tracked leaders, reminders 10th, weakened after 4 out
- Form 645-912
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 112
- Trainer Miss H C Knight
- Jockey S Thomas
led to 8th, pressed winner until approaching 3 out, left 2nd next until no extra flat
- Form 23P417
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 117
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey J E Moore
towards rear, ridden 5 out, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
- Form 1F2U25
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 119
- Trainer H D Daly
- Jockey M Bradburne
held up in rear, headway approaching 4 out, went 2nd approaching 3 out, ridden when blundered and unseated rider next
- Form 631551
- Age 6
- Weight 10-7
- Official Rating 117
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey J M Maguire
in touch, headway 10th to chase leaders, mistake 5 out, ridden after 4 out, outpaced when left 3rd 2 out, stayed on to chase winner flat
In depth
Verdict
From Dawn To Dusk is confidently preferred to Canada Street and Chickapeakray. Good-to-soft going at Exeter held no fears for Philip Hobbs' charge and having shown plenty of ability on a quicker surface, the bookies are likely to be taking no chances here. Canada Street won a weak beginners chase at Kelso and has more on his plate at this level. He will not be able to get away with any jumping errors on this occasion. Chickapeakray isn't the biggest of individuals but she is game enough. There was no fluke about her Carlisle victory and she can give another good account here. Ice Bucket was having his first run since Christmas when second at Wincanton last time out. He would have questions to answer if the going firmed up overnight. New Entic and Principe Azzurro have a bit to find on the evidence of their most recent outings. From Dawn To Dusk has plenty of positives and appears the best of these on paper.
Formwatch
From Dawn To Dusk 7-2 (11-0) Made all, stayed on strongly approaching last, ridden out, won at Exeter 2m 3f nov chs (3) gs in Mar beating Stern (11-0) by 4l, 10 ran.
Canada Street (IRE) 5-2jt-fav (11-4) Held up, headway 10th, led approaching 3 out, held on towards finish, won at Kelso 3m 1f beg chs (4) sft in Feb beating Baron Monty (11-4) by a nk, 10 ran.
Ice Bucket (IRE) 5-2jt-fav (11-3) Tracked winner, effort 4 out, hit 3 out, soon ridden, every chance flat, held close home, 2nd of 6, 1l behind Thedreamstillalive (11-3) at Wincanton 2m 5f nov chs (4) gd in Mar.
New Entic (FR) 13-2 (11-5) Held up in rear, headway to chase leaders 9th, hung left and weakened from 3 out, 7th of 8, 26l behind Bible Lord (11-9) at Lingfield 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-130 (3) gs in Mar.
Principe Azzurro (FR) 6-1 (10-10) Held up towards rear, mistake 9th, headway to track leaders next, ridden 14th, weakened after 3 out, 5th of 8, 17l behind Nenuphar Collonges (11-4) at Uttoxeter 3m nov hcp chs (2) sft in Mar.
Chickapeakray 9-2 (10-11) Chased leaders, effort 3 out, led run-in, kept on, won at Carlisle 2m 4f mrs nov chs (4) sft in Feb beating Cloudless Dawn (11-6) by 3l, 7 ran.