Racecards
18:55 Haydock Park
Countrywide Freight Nursery (Class 4)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £7,000 added
- Winner: £4,528
- 2nd: £1,348
- 3rd: £673
- 4th: £337
- Form 232
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer K A Ryan
- Jockey J P Spencer
held up in rear but in touch, headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, never a threat
Carlovian
16- Form 6444
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer Danielle McCormick
- Jockey Neil Farley
prominent, hard driven 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
- Form 6941
- Age 2
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 65
led until over 1f out, faded final furlong
- Form 54610
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey D Allan
tracked leader, led over 1f out, ridden clear inside final furlong, stayed on strongly
- Form 80333
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer D R C Elsworth
- Jockey L P Keniry
slowly into stride, chased leaders, outpaced 2f out, no impression
In depth
Verdict
Cool Silk Boy is penalised for winning a Class 6 handicap at Southwell last time and Midnight Malibu is a maiden winner at Nottingham. Justice Rock and Carlovian might have been expected to show more progress with a combined nine starts in maiden company so far and the vote goes to TOP OF THE BANK. Kevin Ryan's charge ran well enough in a decent maiden at York without troubling the winner Ajaya, a subsequent runner-up in Group 2 company in France, and can land this with further improvement.
Formwatch
Top of The Bank 10-1 (9-5) Led, headed 4f out, chased winner, ridden and no impression from over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 6, 4 1/2l behind Ajaya (9-5) at York 5f mdn stks (3) gd in Jul.
Carlovian 11-1 (9-5) Keen led, clear over 2f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, weakened towards finish, 4th of 5, 5 1/2l behind Highly Sprung (9-5) at Catterick 6f mdn stks (5) gf in Jul.
Cool Silk Boy (IRE) 5-1 (9-1) Made most, ridden clear over 1f out, ran on, won at Southwell 5f (6) pol in Jul beating Rampers (9-7) by 3l, 9 ran.
Midnight Malibu (IRE) 50-1 (8-1) Raced near side and prominent, pushed along halfway, weakened well over 1f out, 17th of 22, 6 1/2l behind Lathom (9-0) at Newbury 5f (2) gf in Jul.
Justice Rock 12-1 (9-5) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2 1/4l behind Dutch Gallery (9-5) at Newmarket 6f mdn stks (4) gd in Jul.