Racecards
15:15 Haydock Park
Betway Spring Trophy Stakes (Listed) (Class 1)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 6f 212y
- Going: Good to Soft
- Surface: Turf
- £25,500 added
- Winner: £14,461
- 2nd: £5,482
- 3rd: £2,744
- 4th: £1,367
- Form 38243-1
- Age 4
- Weight 9-11
- Official Rating 109
mid-division, headway over 2f out, driven and not quicken over 1f out, no impression after
- Form 30107-4
- Age 5
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 107
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey F Norton
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 56423/1-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 111
bumped start, held up towards rear, switched right 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
- Form 173977-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 107
went left and bumped rival start, always behind
- Form 174356-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 114
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey S De Sousa
chased leaders, ridden and close up 1f out, held and kept on same pace final 100 yards
- Form 253216-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 107
- Trainer T D Barron
- Jockey Phil Dennis
went left start, prominent, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out
- Form 113343-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 114
- Trainer J & S Quinn
- Jockey Jason Hart
prominent, challenged 2f out, led over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, stayed on
- Form 171/319-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 108
not much room start, held up in mid-division, kept on inside final furlong, not pace to get on terms
- Form 11223-7
- Age 4
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 114
- Trainer C Appleby
- Jockey James Doyle
held up towards rear, headway and switched left over 1f out, stayed on to lead well inside final furlong, ridden out
Yafta
351- Form 217/230-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 108
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
chased leaders on inside, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
- Form 4/121-32
- Age 6
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 112
- Trainer C Appleby
- Jockey Non Runner
NonRunner
- Form 10612-1
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 109
- Trainer K R Burke
- Jockey Non Runner
NonRunner
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Safe Voyage is a real course specialist and ran a cracker in the QEII Stakes at Ascot in October. The ground may not be testing enough for the seven-year-old but he’s entitled to respect. Urban Icon won a Listed race at Wolverhampton in March, beating Cardsharp, but this is a much stronger heat. Happy Power was highly tried last year after winning at York and makes more appeal than the other King Power runner, Fox Champion, while Godolphin has three entries. Space Blues, placed twice in Group 1 contests last year, was a hot favourite for a Group 3 at Meydan in March but hung throughout and was well beaten. Mubtasim was also in action in the Arab states at the start of the year but we’ll take a chance on the globe-trotting D’BAI, who is a proven Group 2 performer who goes well fresh.
Formwatch
Urban Icon 2-1fav (9-3) In touch, led over 1f out, kept on well, won at Wolverhampton 7f lst stks (1) pol in Mar beating Documenting (9-3) by 3/4l, 10 ran.
Cardsharp 12-1 (9-3) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 10, 3l behind Urban Icon (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f lst stks (1) pol in Mar.
D'bai (IRE) 2-1fav (9-0) won at Meydan 7f Grp 2 stks gd in Jan beating Mythical Magic (9-0) by 1 3/4l, 13 ran.
Fox Champion (IRE) 10-1 (9-7) Steadied start, pulled hard tracking leaders, steadied into last pair 6f out, pushed along on outside 3f out, soon hung right and beaten, eased when no chance, last of 7, 28 3/4l behind Roseman (9-0) at Newmarket 1m lst stks (1) hvy in Nov.
Happy Power (IRE) 25-1 (9-1) Chased leaders, ridden and hung right over 1f out, no extra final 150 yards, 6th of 16, 6 1/2l behind King Of Change (9-1) at Ascot 1m Grp 1 stks (1) hvy in Oct.
Kynren (IRE) 6-1 (9-8) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace and beaten final furlong, 6th of 20, 5 3/4l behind Escobar (9-6) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) hvy in Oct.
Safe Voyage (IRE) 40-1 (9-4) Held up in rear, switched left and headway over 1f out, went 3rd well inside final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 16, 2 3/4l behind King Of Change (9-1) at Ascot 1m Grp 1 stks (1) hvy in Oct.
Snazzy Jazzy (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakening when struck by rival whip inside final furlong, eased, 9th of 10, 7 1/4l behind Waldpfad (9-10) at Newbury 6f Grp 3 stks (1) gs in Jul.
Space Blues (IRE) (9-0) 7th of 16, 9 1/4l behind Wildman Jack (9-0) at Meydan 6f Grp 3 gd in Mar.
Yafta 40-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened quickly soon after, 14th of 17, 13 1/2l behind Blue Point (9-3) at Ascot 6f Grp 1 stks (1) gf in Jun.
Mubtasim (IRE) (9-0) 2nd of 14, nk behind Dark Power (9-0) at Riyadh 6f gf in Feb.
Lord Of The Lodge (IRE) 11-10fav (9-0) Led early, remained prominent, led over 1f out, soon hung right, ran on well, won at Newcastle 6f stks (2) pol in Feb beating Amarillo Star (9-0) by 1 3/4l, 5 ran.