Racecards
16:40 Market Rasen
Gateway Credit Brokers Handicap Chase (Class E)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 2m 6f 110y
- Going: Good to Firm (Watered)
- Form 41F/6-32
- Age 8
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer O Sherwood
- Jockey Jimmy McCarthy
chased leaders, ridden approaching 3 out, led 2 out, ridden out
- Form 4F1-S22
- Age 11
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer P & M Bowen
- Jockey Mr T Greenway
led, ridden approaching 3 out, headed 2 out, weakened flat
- Form 2242P0-
- Age 10
- Weight 11-11
- Trainer J Supple
- Jockey J R Kavanagh
held up, reminder and behind approaching 9th
- Form 5334-33
- Age 8
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer T D Walford
- Jockey R Walford
held up towards rear, ridden along 9th, never dangerous
- Form 3321P-6
- Age 8
- Weight 11-3
- Trainer J Parkinson & S Smith
- Jockey W Marston
tracked leader, weakened and lost place from 11th, tailed off from 3 out
Green Smoke
15- Form 25/332-P
- Age 7
- Weight 10-13
- Trainer J Jefferson
- Jockey G Lee
held up in touch, hit first, blundered 11th and 12th, in 3rd when quickly pulled up before 3 out
Mr Laggan
18- Form PPP5-03
- Age 8
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer Miss Kate Milligan
- Jockey K Renwick
in rear, hit 2nd, headway approaching 4 out, ridden approaching next, hit 2 out, went 2nd last, kept on, no chance with winner
In depth
Verdict
Just an average contest, but competitive nonetheless. Strongtrooper and Dragon King cross swords again having met at Fakenham last month, where the latter came out on top that day. They meet on similar terms again this time so in theory he should come out on top again. However, Strongtrooper has since run a sound race in defeat at Wetherby and may be capable of reversing the form. He gets the vote to get his head in front for the first time in over two and a half years. Dragon King has a tendency to jump to his right so he should be at home on this track, but now 11, he is hardly likely to be getting any better. Guilsborough Gorse has been running well enough, but has plenty to find with the selection on their running at Wetherby, while Misty Ridge is another who cannot be left out of calculations, if on a going day, but that is a big if.