Racecards
13:30 Haydock Park
haydock-park.co.uk Handicap (Class 4)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Good to Soft, Good in places
- Surface: Turf
- £8,000 added
- Winner: £5,175
- 2nd: £1,540
- 3rd: £770
- 4th: £385
- Form 0013-46
- Age 8
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 80
led early, tracked winner, led again over 3f out, ridden clear over 1f out, kept on well
- Form 039764/
- Age 7
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 80
tracked leaders, took keen hold, ridden 3f out, lost place 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 2313-85
- Age 5
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 78
slowly into stride, held up towards rear on outside, ridden and effort 3f out, driven along 2f out, stayed on one pace inside final furlong
- Form 06-6339
- Age 8
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer E J Alston
- Jockey Jason Hart
soon led, ridden and headed over 3f out, no extra inside final furlong
- Form 126122-
- Age 10
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 75
held up, headway over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, no impression on winner, stayed on
- Form 1217-07
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer J L Eyre
- Jockey T P Queally
held up in rear, took keen hold, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, stayed on same pace
- Form 70-0016
- Age 8
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer R A Fahey
- Jockey P J Smullen
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
Exzachary
21- Form 32660-1
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer J Hughes
- Jockey Harry Burns
steadied start, held up in rear, some headway on outside over 2f out, never on terms, hung right and weakened from over 1f out
- Form 527-270
- Age 8
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer P A Kirby
- Jockey P McDonald
prominent early, held up in touch, outpaced 3f out, weakened over 1f out
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
None of these instil much confidence in a tough opener. Southwell specialist Dubai Hills has won on Turf before but his latest effort at Redcar was a poor one. Morocco's double last season came over 1m2f while Extraterrestrial won a couple of claimers in 2013 and stablemate Justonefortheroad picked up a seller at Beverley last month. Poor Duke's recent win also came in plating company on the all-weather, so a tentative vote goes to Warwick winner EXZACHARY in the hope he lasts home over this extra furlong.
Formwatch
Dubai Hills 8-1 (9-11) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 10l behind Victoire De Lyphar (10-2) at Redcar 7f hcp 0-85 (4) sft.
Take It To The Max 8-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, behind, headway on wide outside over 2f out, stayed on unside final furlong to 4th towards finish, 4th of 16, 5l behind First Post (9-1) at Goodwood 1m hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Oct '12.
Eurystheus (IRE) 8-1 (9-6) Mid-division, ridden on outside 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 5th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Barren Brook (9-1) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gs.
King Of Eden (IRE) 11-2 (8-11) Held up towards rear, headway over 4f out to chase leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 10, 14l behind King Torus (9-1) at Newcastle 7f hcp 0-90 (3) gd.
Extraterrestrial 11-1 (9-2) Raced wide close up, headway 3f out, ridden to chase winner 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 2nd of 16, 1 1/2l behind Amulet (8-12) at Nottingham 1m (5) gd in Oct.
Bob 25-1 (9-0) With leaders and keen, lost place 3f out, 7th of 10, 11l behind Dubai Dynamo (9-2) at Beverley 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Justonefortheroad 14-1 (8-8) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 6th of 14, 3l behind Llanarmon Lad (9-4) at Thirsk 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Exzachary 16-1 (8-9) Held up, headway 2f out, challenged over 1f out, led inside final furlong, held on, won at Warwick 7f hcp 0-75 (5) sft beating Uncle Dermot (9-5) by hd, 6 ran.
Rio Cobolo (IRE) 33-1 (8-4) Chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 11th of 17, 19l behind Eutropius (9-6) at Thirsk 1m hcp 0-75 (5) sft.
Morocco 13-2 (9-1) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, never nearer, 4th of 13, 10l behind San Cassiano (9-0) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Oct.
Poor Duke (IRE) 9-1 (9-8) Soon tracking leader, led over 2f out, clear over 1f out, stayed on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f sel stks 0-65 (6) pol in Apr beating One Scoop Or Two (9-3) by 3l, 8 ran.