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18:30 Leicester

Leicester Mercury World Cup Sprint Handicap (Class 3)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 2y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £12,500 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 0m 59.04s
  • Off Time: 18:30:22
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Monsieur Joe (IRE)

7/2

    2
    Silk -

    Racy

    7/4

      1(1)
      Silk - Light Green, Black stars, sleeves and star on cap

      Monsieur Joe (IRE)

      42 D
      7/2
      • Form 1159-15
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 91

      held up, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on

      2(2)
      Silk - Light blue and red diabolo, diamonds on sleeves and cap

      Living It Large (FR)

      17 D
      12/1
      • Form 1114-53
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 90

      in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out

      3(5)
      Silk - Royal blue and yellow diamonds, royal blue sleeves, yellow cap

      Amitola (IRE)

      225
      9/2
      • Form 15-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 88

      tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong

      4(6)
      Silk - Red, White sash, Royal Blue cap

      Racy

      42
      7/4
      • Form 213-44
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 87

      led, ridden 2f out, hung left and headed inside final furlong

      5(3)
      Silk - Maroon, maroon and yellow check sleeves

      Secret Millionaire (IRE)

      21 D
      10/1
      • Form 4128-68
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 87

      close up, ridden to chase leader over 1f out until inside final furlong, kept on one pace

      6(7)
      Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap

      Kanaf (IRE)

      29 D
      9/2
      • Form 3-13
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 81

      slowly into stride, in rear, ridden 3f out, headway over 1f out, kept on one pace

      7(4)
      Silk - Purple, Emerald Green sash, Purple sleeves, White armlets, Emerald Green cap, White spots

      Tillys Tale

      29 D
      33/1
      • Form 7252-37
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 78

      tracked leader, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out

      Previous results

      2009
      (2)
      Silk -

      Bahamian Babe

      3/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5

      2008
      (6)
      Silk -

      Befortyfour

      10/11
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7

      In depth

      Verdict

      The return to five furlongs should suit MONSIEUR JOE and he is preferred to Amitola, Racy and Kanaf in a quality sprint handicap. Walter Swinburn's Choisir colt ran with credit behind Jack My Boy at Newmarket on his first try at six furlongs, especially as he seemed to stumble just as he was hitting top gear. The ground today should be ideal and he will be staying on well up the stiffish finish. Living It Large has been holding his form well in Yorkshire this year and another win shouldn't be far away for this lad who was prolific at two, Amitola was tried in Listed company at Newmarket last October and is not discounted on this return to action despite the slight worry over the trip, whilst Racy finished a place ahead of the selection last time but he has always looked a proper six furlong horse. Secret Millionaire wasn't disgraced behind Hamish McGonagall at York, Kanaf is unexposed and looks fairly handicapped on a mark of 81, whilst Tillys Tale needs to forget a rare poor run at York last month. An open sprint handicap then but we are happy to side with top-weight Monsieur Joe.

      Formwatch

      Monsieur Joe (IRE) 12-1 (8-12) Keen, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, no impression inside final furlong, 5th of 14, 3 1/2l behind Jack My Boy (8-4) at Newmarket 6f 3yo hcp 0-100 (2) gf in May.

      Living It Large (FR) 11-2 (9-1) Led narrowly, headed just under 2f out, soon ridden, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 4, 2 1/4l behind Burning Thread (8-7) at Beverley 5f con stks (3) gf in May.

      Amitola (IRE) 9-2 (8-12) Close up, ridden 2f out, one pace final furlong, 5th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Queen's Grace (8-12) at Newmarket 6f 3yo lst fll (1) gd in Oct.

      Racy 10-3 (8-8) Always prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong, 4th of 14, 2 3/4l behind Jack My Boy (8-4) at Newmarket 6f 3yo hcp 0-100 (2) gf in May.

      Secret Millionaire (IRE) 16-1 (8-1) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, 8th of 16, 4l behind Hamish Mcgonagall (9-1) at York 5f hcp 105 (2) gf in May.

      Kanaf (IRE) 7-2 (8-5) Dwelt, pulled hard, tracked leaders, ridden and became unbalanced over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 6, 2 1/4l behind Cockney Class (8-9) at Newmarket 6f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gf in May.

      Tillys Tale 18-1 (8-13) Tracked leader, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 11, 11l behind Hoof It (8-11) at York 5f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gf in May.