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20:50 Kempton Park

Maindec Chairmans Birthday Handicap (London Middle Distance Series Qualifier) (Class 3)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £11,500 added
  • Winner: £7,159
  • 2nd: £2,144
  • 3rd: £1,072
  • 4th: £536
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 18.32s
  • Off Time: 20:51:16
  • 11 Ran
1(2)
Silk - Royal blue
8/1
  • Form 73131-5
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-12
  • Official Rating 94

soon pressing leader, led 8f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

2(11)
Silk - Royal Blue, Red cap
  • Form 104-100
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-11
  • Official Rating 93

held up, not clear run and switched left over 2f out, some late headway, never on terms

3(9)
Silk - Black, White cap
12/1
  • Form 343-195
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-10
  • Official Rating 92

held up, headway over 2f out, edged right and kept on same pace inside final furlong

4(3)
Silk - Royal blue, yellow stripe, sleeves and cap

Ruscello (IRE)

34 CDCD
6/1
  • Form 1-39433
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-10
  • Official Rating 92

led, headed 8f out, pressed leader, led again over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, edged right and headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd close home

5(10)
Silk - Mauve and pink check, white sleeves, pink cap
  • Form 01-5626
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 90

held up in rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd close home, no impression on winner

6(12)
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow striped sleeves, Royal Blue cap, Yellow star
9/1
  • Form 1-43235
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 87

tracked leaders, took keen hold, ridden over 2f out, soon lost place

7(8)
Silk - Royal Blue, Maroon sash and star on cap
16/1
  • Form 442073
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 86

held up in rear, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, never in terms, one pace final furlong

9(5)
Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap
10/1
  • Form 61
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 88

tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out

10(4)
Silk - Royal blue, white cap
  • Form 411-435
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 88

tracked leaders, went 2nd over 1f out, soon ridden, led inside final furlong, ran on

11(6)
Silk - Purple, White diamonds on sleeves, check cap
16/1
  • Form 744441
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 88

slowly into stride, took keen hold, soon in mid-division, headway when not much room and switched left over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong

12(7)
Silk - Royal Blue, White hoops, Maroon sleeves and cap

Duroble Man

68 BF
20/1
  • Form 33-3123
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-10
  • Official Rating 86

mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened

8(1)
NR

Fanny May

476
  • Form 2920/64-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 85

Nonrunner

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Plenty with claims in this and RUSCELLO gets only a speculative vote. The dual course winner was beaten only a length in a higher grade handicap at Doncaster last time and should go close again. Dangers abound with Godolphin running three and top weight Saytara just preferred of those on only her second start of the year. Voodoo Prince has been dropped a generous 3lb as he steps back down in class but a 12lb rise for She's Late finally winning a maiden seems excessive. The lightly-raced Jeeraan may well be good enough on his handicap bow and Villoresi isn't out of this either.

Formwatch

Saytara (IRE) 3-1 (9-4) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened towards finish, 5th of 9, 1 1/2l behind Bishop Roko (9-3) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp 105 (2) gf in Jul.

Expert Fighter (USA) 16-1 (9-5) Held up in touch in 6th, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened 2f out, last of 16, 20l behind Viewpoint (9-2) at Goodwood 1m 2f hcp (2) gs in Jul.

Voodoo Prince 10-1 (9-4) Held up in rear, headway and switched left over 2f out, edged right over 1f out, never on terms, 5th of 9, 6l behind Rawaki (8-8) at Windsor 1m 4f hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Jun.

Ruscello (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, ridden and stayed on well inside final furlong, went 3rd near finish, not reach winner, 3rd of 12, 1l behind Winterlude (8-12) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Aug.

Castilo Del Diablo (IRE) 8-1 (9-6) Towards rear, pushed along and strugging in last pair over 4f out, driven and stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 6th of 14, 7l behind Chancery (9-7) at York 1m 4f hcp 0-100 (2) gs in Aug.

Villoresi (IRE) 11-2 (9-4) Dwelt, held up in rear, headway over 4f out, ridden to challenge when chasing leaders over 1f out, never on terms, 5th of 13, 7l behind Mysterious Man (9-1) at Newmarket 1m 5f hcp 0-100 (2) gs in Aug.

Icebuster 16-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway on wide outside when edged right over 1f out, soon switched left, stayed on to 3rd inside final furlong, never nearer, 3rd of 10, 6l behind Star Lahib (9-11) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Aug.

Jeeraan (USA) 12-1 (9-5) Mid-division, headway on outside 2f out, led 1f out, soon clear, stayed on well, won at Newcastle 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gs in Aug beating Llanarmon Lad (9-13) by 2 1/2l, 12 ran.

Cat O'Mountain (USA) 9-2 (9-3) In touch, effort over 2f out, soon no impression, 5th of 7, 6l behind Greek War (10-0) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (3) gs in Aug.

She's Late 10-1 (9-1) Keen tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, every chance when hung right over 1f out, driven and edged left inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Newmarket 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gf in Aug beating Bostonian (9-1) by 3/4l, 6 ran.

Duroble Man 9-4fav (9-3) Led at steady pace, quickened over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no chance with winner, lost 2nd close home, 3rd of 5, 4l behind Flying Officer (9-7) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Jun.

Fanny May 28-1 (9-3) In touch, headway 2f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, not pace to reach leaders, 4th of 20, 4 1/2l behind Danadana (9-4) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) gf in May '12.