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17:05 Haydock Park

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  • 4 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f 100y
  • Going: Good to Firm
  • Surface: Turf
  • £9,250 added
  • Winner: £4,347
  • 2nd: £2,041
  • 3rd: £1,021
  • 4th: £510
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 19.22s
  • Off Time: 17:06:15
  • 4 Ran
1(3)
Silk - Grey, brown seams, brown cap
9/4
  • Form 446-664
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 80

chased leaders, switched right over 2f out, driven and no impression on front pair from over 1f out, well held inside final furlong

2(4)
Silk - Royal blue, yellow stripe, sleeves and cap

Starfighter

17 BFD
4/1
  • Form 122123
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 79

led, ridden and headed over 2f out, held final 100 yards, kept on

4(5)
Silk - Maroon, silver braid, maroon sleeves, silver armlets, black cap
3/1
  • Form 8-23124
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 76

very slowly away, always last, ridden 3f out, no impression, well beaten and hanging left over 1f out

7(6)
Silk - Orange, White chevron
2/1
  • Form 0230-85
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-10
  • Official Rating 69

chased leader, challenged over 3f out, led over 2f out, stayed on well, ridden out

3(2)
NR

Night Bear

27 D
12/1
  • Form 264-557
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 78

NonRunner

5(1)
NR
  • Form 124
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 75

NonRunner

6(7)
NR
  • Form 52626-4
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 74

NonRunner

In depth

Verdict

Starfighter has won on this surface but is far better on the all-weather. Convertible has only run once on Turf but did win that race at Redcar last year, though the going was soft on that occasion. However, he must go on the short-list and gets 4lb from El Ghazwani, who has been out of sorts. MR COCO BEAN looked to be coming to hand at Redcar 12 days ago and he races off his lowest mark since scoring over course and distance on fast ground in July 2019. With a tongue-tie fitted today, he should take all the beating.

Formwatch

El Ghazwani (IRE) 28-1 (9-10) Steadied start, held up in last pair, headway on outside over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on well towards finish, not reach leaders, lost 3rd close home, 4th of 7, 1/2l behind Fierospeed (8-10) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Apr.

Starfighter 4-5fav (10-11) Held up behind leaders, still travelling well over 2f out, niggled over 1f out, ridden but not quicken, 3rd of 8, 2 1/2l behind Hotspur Harry (10-8) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Apr.

Convertible (IRE) 2-1 (9-8) Held up towards rear, ridden 2f out, headway between horses over 1f out, ran on final furlong but could not reach leaders, 4th of 7, 3 1/2l behind Classical Wave (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Mar.

Mr Coco Bean (USA) 7-1 (9-9) Held up towards rear, came under a drive over 2f out, brief progress over 1f out, kept on at one pace inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Greengage (8-12) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in Apr.

Night Bear 20-1 (9-9) Raced wide tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 11, 13l behind Aced It (9-6) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in Mar.

Mount Mayon (IRE) 7-2 (9-9) Raced wide tracked leader, pushed along 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace final furlong, 4th of 5, 2 3/4l behind Princesse Animale (8-11) at Lingfield 7f stks (5) pol in Mar.

Civil Law (IRE) 22-1 (9-4) Held up well off the pace in rear, headway towards near side over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 4th of 8, 2 1/4l behind Vanity Affair (8-12) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Apr.