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19:50 Haydock Park

Sockshop Handicap (Class 4)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m
  • Going: Good to Firm
  • Surface: Turf
  • £8,500 added
  • Winner: £5,499
  • 2nd: £1,636
  • 3rd: £818
  • 4th: £409
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 40.92s
  • Off Time: 19:50:17
  • 7 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Kingscroft (IRE)

4/1

    2
    Silk -

    Postscript (IRE)

    5/2

      1(2)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Light Green epaulets

      Skytrain

      12
      8/1
      • Form 709538
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 83

      tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, no impression final furlong

      2(3)
      Silk - Grey, beige star, grey sleeves, beige stars and stars on cap

      Postscript (IRE)

      7 DCD
      5/2
      • Form 94-8008
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 83

      tracked leader, ridden to lead inside final 2f, headed narrowly inside final furlong, kept on, just held

      3(5)
      Silk - White, dark blue and red chevrons on sleeves, red cap

      Party Royal

      34 D
      4/1
      • Form 375080
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 81

      led, ridden and headed inside final 2f, kept on same pace, no impression with front pair inside final furlong

      4(7)
      Silk - Mauve, cream sash, quartered cap

      Berlusca (IRE)

      131
      12/1
      • Form 2521-06
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 81

      raced keenly, held up in touch on outside, effort over 2f out, ridden and one pace 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

      5(4)
      Silk - Maroon, white chevron, maroon sleeves, white spots, white cap

      Cape Samba

      6 D
      14/1
      • Form 1611-70
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 78

      raced keenly, in touch on outside, driven over 2f out, soon ridden and lost place, weakened final furlong

      6(1)
      Silk - Emerald green, yellow triple diamond and diamond on cap

      Zeftan (IRE)

      29 p D
      4/1
      • Form 8-26342
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 75

      held up behind, in touch, switched inside and headway over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on inside final furlong, never reached leaders

      7(6)
      Silk - Grey, Royal Blue star and star on cap

      Kingscroft (IRE)

      7 b D
      4/1
      • Form 48-0060
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-10
      • Official Rating 72

      raced keenly, tracked leaders, headway over 1f out, soon ridden, led narrowly inside final furlong, held on

      Previous results

      2013
      (3)
      Silk -

      Postscript (IRE)

      2/1
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-7

      2012
      (7)
      Silk -

      Venutius

      10/1
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-0

      2011
      (5)
      Silk -

      Mont Ras (IRE)

      4/1
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-10

      In depth

      Verdict

      Postscript won this last year off a higher mark but arrives out of sorts. Skytrain could figure on a going day but only he knows when that will be and Party Royal is also hard to catch right so a chance is taken on ex-stablemate KINGSCROFT. The latter was placed at this track last year off a 10lb higher mark and showed a bit more in a tougher race at York a week ago. Zeftan travels across from Ireland after finishing second at Cork but fast going is a worry for him while both Berlusca and Cape Samba look high enough in the weights.

      Formwatch

      Skytrain 11-1 (9-12) Raced wide tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 8, 28l behind Le Chat D'or (10-0) at Ayr 1m hcp 0-85 (4) sft.

      Postscript (IRE) 7-1 (9-10) Midfield, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never on terms, 8th of 14, 9l behind Dubai Dynamo (9-9) at Chester 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gd.

      Party Royal 16-1 (8-5) In touch, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 2f out and soon weakened, 10th of 12, 16l behind Capo Rosso (8-12) at Ripon 1m hcp 0-105 (2) gd in May.

      Berlusca (IRE) 11-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 2f out until inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 6th of 8, 4l behind Halfsin (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.

      Cape Samba 6-1 (9-5) Led, headed over 4f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 14, 33l behind Self Employed (8-11) at Doncaster 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gd.

      Zeftan (IRE) 12-1 (9-10) Held up towards rear, ridden and progress on rail over 2f out, 4th 1 1/2f out, kept on to 2nd closing stages final furlong, no impression on winner, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Lean And Keen (9-13) at Cork 1m hcp 50-80 in May.

      Kingscroft (IRE) 50-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, not clear run 2f out or inside final furlong, never able to get on terms, 13th of 18, 6l behind Eurystheus (9-4) at York 1m 1f hcp 0-80 (4) gd.