Racecards
16:50 Haydock Park
Book Your Christmas Party At Haydock Standard Open NH Flat Race (Class 5)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
- Surface: Turf
- £3,000 added
- Winner: £1,949
- 2nd: £572
- 3rd: £286
- 4th: £143
- Form 45311
- Age 5
- Weight 11-9
- Trainer N & W Twiston-Davies
- Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies
led, ridden and headed narrowly over 1f out, rallied to lead again inside final furlong, rider lost iron towards finish
- Form 2F-1221
- Age 5
- Weight 11-9
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey N D Fehily
tracked winner, challenged over 2f out, ridden to lead narrowly over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
Allbarnone
83- Form 2-85
- Age 6
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer W Kinsey
- Jockey D C Costello
held up, headway 3f out ridden and kept on one pace
- Age 5
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer A King
- Jockey R Thornton
close up, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, lost 4th near finish
- Age 4
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer V R A Dartnall
- Jockey R Johnson
tracked winner until ridden 3f out, slightly outpaced over 1f out, rallied to go 4th near finish
- Age 4
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer J M Jefferson
- Jockey B S Hughes
keen held up, ridden 3f out, never a factor
In depth
Verdict
Blaklion can't be ignored after making an impressive start to his career under Rules at Ffos Las. Degooch finally got off the mark at Sedgefield last month while Beautiful Gem should improve on his fifth at Warwick. KWO NESHE's full brother Secrete Stream won a bumper at Kelso and developed into a decent hurdler. Malcolm Jefferson usually has his bumper horses ready and the son of Fruits Of Love can make a winning debut with fellow newcomers Howwrongcanyoube and Alysson Monterg also worth monitoring for market support.
Formwatch
Blaklion 5-2fav (11-0) Tracked leaders on inside, not much room after 4f, led over 5f out, drew clear final 4f, very easily, won at Ffos Las 2m nhf (6) sft in Mar beating Hughesie (10-7) by 15l, 7 ran.
Degooch (IRE) 11-4 (11-4) Mid-division on outside, headway over 7f out, led over 2f out, ridden and edged left 1f out, stayed on well, won at Sedgefield 2m 1f NH flat (6) sft in Mar beating Bryden Boy (10-10) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Allbarnone 14-1 (11-4) In rear, headway 2f out, kept on and no impression, 5th of 6, 25l behind Royal Supreme (10-7) at Sedgefield 2m 1f NH flat (6) hvy in Jan.
Howwrongcanyoube Kayf Tara gelding out of Diva.
Allysson Monterg (FR) Network gelding out of Mellyssa.
Barrow Nook Overbury gelding out of Rippling Brook.
Kwo Neshe (IRE) Fruits Of Love gelding out of Bonny River.
Beautiful Gem (FR) 14-1 (10-5) Towards rear, headway over 3f out, went 3rd over 1f out, until no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 13l behind Midnight Jazz (10-2) at Warwick 2m mrs N H flat (6) sft in Feb.