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15:15 Leicester

Everards Popular Pubs Handicap (Class C) (Class C)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f 183y
  • Going: Good to Soft
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 36.29s
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Swagger Stick (USA)

8/11

    2
    Silk -

    Nessen Dorma (IRE)

    15/2

      1(1)
      Silk - Orange and black stripes, halved sleeves, orange cap

      Vantage (IRE)

      2
      5/1
      • Form 30-2231
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-12

      close up, ridden and went 3rd over 3f out, weakened 2f out

      2(5)
      Silk - Grey, Lemon sleeves, Orange cap

      Swagger Stick (USA)

      23
      8/11
      • Form 00014-1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7

      tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden out

      3(2)
      Silk - Orange, Black disc, Black and Orange striped sleeves

      Yoshka

      222
      5/1
      • Form 1-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5

      in touch, ridden 4 out, one pace final 2f

      4(3)
      Silk - Royal Blue and Emerald Green diamonds, Royal Blue sleeves, quartered cap

      Nessen Dorma (IRE)

      9
      15/2
      • Form 511-455
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-1

      led, ridden 4f out, headed 2f out, one pace

      5(4)
      Silk - Yellow, Black star, check sleeves and stars on cap

      Rock Lobster

      12
      25/1
      • Form 14-0
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-12

      always in rear, outpaced final 3f

      In depth

      Verdict

      Not much to split Swagger Stick, Yoksha and Vantage on the terms of the race but the first-named has a pedigree that suggests he will start to flourish as a three-year-old and is fancied to cope with his first try at a mile and a half with aplomb. Whereas Rock Lobster and Nessum Dorma both have a little to prove in this company and are not hard to overlook today. Therefore, the trio at the top of the racecard are the ones to concentrate on here. Yoksha has plenty of stamina in his pedigree and could give the selection plenty to think about if he is not done for toe. While Vantage is one to monitor in the betting as he has yet to prove himself on ground this soft. Which brings us back to Swagger Stick, whose course defeat of Hazeyview looks solid in the context of this race. The Cozzene colt has not done anything to suggest this distance will be beyond him and, with ground conditions very much in his favour, Swagger Stick is taken to run the finish out of his rivals when they bear down on the line.