Racecards
17:40 Kempton Park
Intercasino.co.uk Apprentice Handicap (Class 5)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £4,350 added
- Form 76-6605
- Age 5
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 70
mid-division, headway to go 3rd over 1f out, not troubled leading pair
- Form 773627-
- Age 10
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey M Davies
reared at start and lost several lengths, always in rear until ran on final furlong, never a danger
- Form 9-80103
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer A B Haynes
- Jockey J D Walsh
prominent, ridden over 2f out, no impression on leaders and weakened over 1f out
- Form 465648-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer P T Midgley
- Jockey Rory Moore
raced keenly, disputed lead to 3f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened quickly
- Form 222562
- Age 6
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer Jean-Rene Auvray
- Jockey Sophie Doyle
behind, ridden over 2f out, stayed on well final furlong nearest finish
- Form 269-014
- Age 7
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer I W McInnes
- Jockey D Fentiman
tracked leaders to over 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out
- Form 112379
- Age 7
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 62
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway over 1f out on inner, no extra and weakened inside final furlong
- Form 55-6233
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer A M Hales
- Jockey Nicol Polli
disptued lead, led 3f out, headed just over 1f out, not quite pace of winner
- Form 243519
- Age 9
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer I W McInnes
- Jockey T Dean
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, no progress and weakened over 1f out
- Form 1480-45
- Age 4
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer P D Cundell
- Jockey J Hamblett
tracked leaders, good headway over 1f out and led just over 1f out, ran on well, pushed out (hand timed)
- Form 7-03344
- Age 4
- Weight 8-5
- Official Rating 56
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey Bernadette Quinn
started slowly, always towards rear, never a danger
- Form 756-066
- Age 7
- Weight 8-5
- Official Rating 52
- Trainer Dr J R J Naylor
- Jockey K Ghunowa
behind, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, nearest finish
In depth
Verdict
H Harrison resumed winning ways when landing a seven furlong contest at Wolverhampton last time but a 3lb rise for that narrow success leaves him with more to do and preference is for Takitwo, with What Do You Know rated the best of the rest. The selection stepped up on the form shown on his reappearance when a close fifth behind Generator over course and distance last month and, with improvement anticipated for that run, he gets the vote to resume winning ways under his promising apprentice. Seneschal is capable but may just be a shade high in the weights, while Sailor King has failed to trouble the judge since coming to this country and is probably best left out of calculations. Lucius Verrus similarly looks to be in the grip of the handicapper and of more interest may be the more consistent What Do You Know. Takitwo has solid claims in a weak finale though and he is preferred.
Formwatch
Sailor King (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, not reach leaders, 5th of 13, 2l behind Danetime Lord (8-12) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Digital 11-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, never troubled leaders, 7th of 12, 4l behind Premier Fantasy (9-4) at W'hampton 6f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Nov.
Seneschal 6-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, not much room over 1f out, kept on well final furlong, 3rd of 11, 3/4l behind Cool Sands (9-1) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Feb.
H Harrison (IRE) 8-1 (9-6) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 2f out, hung left well over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 1 1/2l behind Greenwood (9-0) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Lucius Verrus (USA) 16-1 (8-13) Held up behind, ridden over 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, 9th of 12, 3l behind Methaaly (9-2) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
What Do You Know 6-1 (8-13) Bumped start, led 1f, effort over 1f out, stayed on strongly, 3rd of 12, nk behind Methaaly (9-2) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Takitwo 13-2 (8-8) Held up, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, stayed on well, 5th of 10, 1 1/2l behind Generator (8-13) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Just Fly 20-1 (8-13) Never better than mid-division, 6th of 12, 21l behind Victory Quest (9-10) at Southwell 2m hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Feb.