Racecards
14:30 Leicester
Hamish's Half Century Nursery Handicap (Class E)
- 19 Runners
- Distance: 7f 9y
- Going: Soft (Heavy patches in the dip)
- Form 3425
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
mid-division, driven and some headway 3f out, edged right under pressure weakened final furlong (wore cheek pieces)
- Form 655
- Age 2
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer J L Dunlop
- Jockey T Quinn
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
- Form 406500
- Age 2
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer B W Hills
- Jockey Michael Hills
prominent, led over 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, kept on
- Form 000
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer P W D'Arcy
- Jockey J F Egan
in touch, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 3600
- Age 2
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey S W Kelly
mid-division, edged badly left when ridden ove 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 66000
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer S C Williams
- Jockey J P Spencer
always towards rear (wore cheek pieces)
- Form 00300
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer J L Dunlop
- Jockey P Robinson
in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
- Form 5336
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer Mrs A Perrett
- Jockey D Holland
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 0001
- Age 2
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer Sir Mark Prescott
- Jockey G Duffield
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on well final furlong, just failed
Phred
14- Form 004
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer R Johnson Houghton
- Jockey S Carson
tracked leaders, ridden and hung right under pressure from over 2f out, kept on
- Form 545030
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
in touch, ridden halfway, beaten wn slightly hampered approaching final furlong
- Form 0300
- Age 2
- Weight 8-6
- Trainer H & R Charlton
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
in touch, headway over 2f out, led approaching final furlong, just held on
- Form 540
- Age 2
- Weight 8-5
- Trainer M Quinlan
- Jockey K Dalgleish
outpaced early, stayed on 2f out, never on terms
- Form 0000
- Age 2
- Weight 8-5
- Trainer G A Butler
- Jockey P Hanagan
tracked leaders, headway 2f out, every chance final furlong, no extra inside final furlong
Galandora
19- Form 0000
- Age 2
- Weight 8-4
- Trainer Dr J Naylor
- Jockey J Bramhill
in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened rapidly
- Form 00560
- Age 2
- Weight 8-4
in touch, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
Evening Post
46- Form 000
- Age 2
- Weight 8-4
slowly into stride, soon mid-division and keen, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
In depth
Verdict
Plenty of lightly raced and potentially well handicapped juveniles in opposition for this competitive nursery including Special Envoy. Sir Mark Prescott's charge was making his handicap bow when a most convincing three-length winner over a mile at Yarmouth last week and is only 4lb higher so should go well again in similar conditions. However, the TEAMtalk vote goes to Libre who has been a model of consistency of late and, despite finishing a close runner-up in nurseries on his last three starts, has been dropped an astonishing 5lb so makes plenty of appeal particularly on ground which suits ideally. Count Walewski has shown ability in maidens and could well improve on his first start in handicap company although he has yet to race on ground this testing. Staff Nurse was disappointing last time but has been dropped 4lb and is another who could be a different proposition on this ground so is respected.