Racecards
15:45 Leicester
9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince Of Wales) Fillies' Handicap (fillies) (Class E)
- 18 Runners
- Distance: 5f 218y
- Going: Good to Soft
Woodbury
10- Form 4500-01
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer M Usher
- Jockey Claire Stretton
raced centre, close up, led briefly over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, not quicken close home
Pious
26- Form 31-306
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer J R Fanshawe
- Jockey J Carroll
raced centre in touch, led 2f out, ridden and ran on inside final furlong
- Form 404016
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
raced centre in mid-division, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, not reached leaders
- Form 53-2000
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer D Haydn Jones
- Jockey Paul Eddery
raced stands' side, towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, ran on strongly close home
- Form 330-056
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
switched right to race centre after 2f, mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish
- Form 45-01
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer A Berry
- Jockey D J O'Donohoe
raced centre, chased leaders, ridden 2f out, ran on inside final furlong
Fluent
9- Form 025631
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer M L W Bell
- Jockey S Sanders
raced stands' side, always in rear
- Form 2-5553P
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer J Cullinan
- Jockey P McCabe
close up centre, ridden and hung left over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 004045
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey J Tate
slowly into stride, raced centre, always behind
- Form 26300
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer J D Bethell
- Jockey W Woods
raced stands' side, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, hung right over 1f out, weakened final furlong
Gala Affair
19- Form 06-01
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Trainer C A Cyzer
- Jockey Dean McKeown
raced centre, mid-division, ridden over 2f out, no impression
- Form 200400
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Trainer J Bridger
- Jockey N Chalmers
led centre, ridden and headed over 2f out, one-paced after
- Form 000005
- Age 3
- Weight 8-5
led stands' side, headed halfway, soon weakened
- Form 300000
- Age 3
- Weight 8-3
- Trainer M Polglase
- Jockey Mr S Crawford
switched left start, raced stands' side, with leader until halfway
- Form 000-06
- Age 3
- Weight 8-1
- Trainer J Payne
- Jockey Gary Bardwell
raced centre, held up, ridden over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish
- Form 60-006
- Age 3
- Weight 7-12
- Trainer R Hollinshead
- Jockey B Swarbrick
raced centre, always towards rear
- Form 0-00002
- Age 3
- Weight 7-12
- Trainer C Kellett
- Jockey Kristin Stubbs
raced stands' side halfway, weakened over 1f out, no chance with far side
- Form 500000
- Age 3
- Weight 7-12
raced centre, always towards rear
In depth
Verdict
With 21 runners charging up the straight, this is the hardest race on the card to solve and bets are best kept to a minimum. Eastern Blue has not put it together yet this term but this is his kind of race, while Gala Affair might have more improvement to come. Straight And True and Fluent both line up on the back of recent wins and will attract support, but the answer may lie with Woodbury. Mark Usher's filly bounced off the fast ground when winning at Salisbury, value for more than the official margin, and with Claire Stretton taking seven pounds off her back, she might just follow up.