Racecards
14:40 Haydock Park
188Bet Casino EBF Stallions Fillies' Novice Stakes (Plus 10) (Class 5)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 1m 37y
- Going: Soft (Heavy in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £7,500 added
- Winner: £4,852
- 2nd: £1,444
- 3rd: £722
- 4th: £361
Point Hope (IRE)
144- Form 31-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
tracked leaders, ridden and effort over 2f out, one pace over 1f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, always held
- Form 6
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer R Varian
- Jockey David Egan
slowly into stride, held up in touch, headway on inside over 3f out, soon ridden and one pace, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, not reach leaders
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
dwelt, in rear, outpaced over 2f out, soon lost touch
Fondest
171- Form 75-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer J R Fanshawe
- Jockey George Wood
made all, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well under pressure final furlong, held on near finish
Labrega
173- Form 6-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer H Palmer
- Jockey Josephine Gordon
raced keenly, held up in touch, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to press winner inside final furlong, just held near finish
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey R Kingscote
tracked leaders, ridden and effort on inside over 2f out, kept on same pace, weakened inside final 100 yards
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer M Appleby
- Jockey Alistair Rawlinson
pressed winner, driven and lost place over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
In depth
Verdict
Point Hope has a penalty for a narrow victory at Wolverhampton and the form may not be up to much. CONTRIVE makes a quick reappearance after an eye-catching run over 7f at Newbury last week where she stayed on nicely once getting the hang of the job. With improvement virtually guaranteed she looks the one to beat. Fondest and Labrega both showed enough last season to suggest they can win races this term while the 110,000gns Four White Socks is one to note from the Cumani yard. Dear Beloved made 30,000gns as a yearling and 200,000gns as a two-year-old so someone must have seen something they liked.
Formwatch
Point Hope (IRE) 9-4jfav (9-0) Close up, headway to chase leader 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 7f fll stks (5) pol in Dec beating Allante (9-0) by nk, 11 ran.
Contrive (IRE) 13-2 (9-0) Dwelt in rear, headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 6th of 16, 8 3/4l behind Adorable (9-0) at Newbury 7f mdn fll stks (4) gs in Apr.
Dear Beloved (IRE) Pivotal filly out of Calakanga.
Fondest 7-2 (9-0) Tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, no impression, 5th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Lush Life (9-0) at Kempton 7f fll stks (5) pol in Nov.
Labrega 12-1 (9-0) Raced wide in touch, ridden and kept on final furlong, not trouble leaders, 6th of 10, 1 1/2l behind George Villiers (9-5) at Kempton 7f mdn stks (4) pol in Nov.
New Day Dawn (IRE) Dawn Approach filly out of Roo.
Summer Angel (IRE) Mastercraftsman filly out of City Image.
Four White Socks Lope De Vega filly out of Peppermint Green.