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14:30 Kempton Park

Pacemakerworld.Com Achilles Stakes (Class A)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 5f
  • Going: Good to Firm
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 58m 30.00s
  • 11 Ran
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1
Silk -

Peruvian Chief (IRE)

9/2

    2
    Silk -

    Vision of Night

    10/1

      3
      Silk -

      Boleyn Castle (USA)

      3/1

        1(2)
        Silk - Red, White stripe, diamonds on sleeves, Black cap

        Rudi's Pet (IRE)

        275
        16/1
        • Form 013020-
        • Age 9
        • Weight 9-7

        in rear, some late headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, nearest finish

        2(7)
        Silk - MAROON, LIGHT BLUE triple diamond, LIGHT BLUE cap, MAROON diamond

        Boleyn Castle (USA)

        245
        3/1
        • Form 00/1210-
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-3

        led, headed just inside final furlong, no extra towards finish

        3(1)
        Silk - Maroon, Light Blue star, sleeves and star on cap

        Funfair Wane

        14
        5/1
        • Form 231-001
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-3

        held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, no impression

        4(5)
        Silk - Red, Light Blue sash, hooped sleeves, quartered cap

        Golden Bounty

        33
        33/1
        • Form 1000-06
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-3

        held up behind, headway over 2f out, ridden and weakened final furlong

        5(10)
        Silk - EMERALD GREEN, YELLOW and EMERALD GREEN chevrons on sleeves, WHITE cap, YELLOW star

        Peruvian Chief (IRE)

        14 v
        9/2
        • Form 110102
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-3

        close up, headway over 1f out, edged right, led just inside final furlong, quickened and pushed out

        6(4)
        Silk - Emerald Green and Royal Blue (halved horizontally), Blue sleeves, Emerald Green cap

        Vision of Night

        11 b
        10/1
        • Form 2024-60
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-3

        close up, ridden and outpaced over 1f out, stayed on again inside final furlong

        7(8)
        Silk - White, Light Blue triple diamond and armlets

        Proud Boast

        7
        20/1
        • Form 30001-0
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-2

        held up in rear, headway 2f out, not quicken approaching final furlong

        8(9)
        Silk - Pink, Black sash, White sleeves

        Vita Spericolata (IRE)

        238
        25/1
        • Form 225600-
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-2

        in touch, ridden over 2f out, hampered over 1f out, soon behind

        9(3)
        Silk - Green, pink sash and cap, white sleeves

        Deportivo

        300
        6/1
        • Form 1110-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-13

        held up in touch, ridden 2f out, effort over 1f out, kept on same pace

        10(6)
        Silk - Black, Yellow sash, Yellow cap

        The Lord

        14
        20/1
        • Form 25-0206
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-9

        prominent 3f

        11(11)
        Silk - Brown, Beige chevrons on body

        Camlet

        19
        10/1
        • Form 10-02
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-4

        tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened quickly final furlong

        In depth

        Verdict

        Although the Pacemakerworld.com Achilles Stakes has ¿32,000 in added prize-money, the field does not seem particularly strong for the five-furlong Listed contest. Yorkshire trainer David Nicholls is beginning to hit form now and his Funfair Wane comes into this event on the back of a victory at Beverley, where he beat today's opponent Peruvian Chief into second place by one length. However, Peruvian Chief now gets a 4lbs pull at the weights, so the indications are that it will again be a close-run thing between the pair. Nicholls also runs Rudi's Pet, but that one seems to have a fair bit to do under topweight of 9st 7lbs on his seasonal debut. Boleyn Castle has strong claims on last season's form, when he won twice from four attempts, and Roger Charlton's Deportivo is another leading contender based on his 2002 efforts. But as both Boleyn Castle and Deportivo are running for the first time this year, we side with the recent winning form of Funfair Wane.