Racecards
14:40 Market Rasen
Totesport Handicap Chase (Class D)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 3m 4f 110y
- Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
- Form 156612
- Age 8
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer Mrs B Thomson
- Jockey K Renwick
held up, tracked leaders halfway, outpaced from 4 out
- Form 4F2143
- Age 5
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer M C Pipe
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
in rear, hit 7th, headway 14th, one pace when stumbled 3 out
- Form 3215/1-U
- Age 8
- Weight 11-4
tracked leaders, pushed along 9th, ridden approaching 3 out, led last, kept on well
- Form 21P13-2
- Age 10
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer Miss S Smith
- Jockey C Bolger
held up, unseated rider 2nd
- Form 1-P33P5
- Age 10
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer J Parkinson & S Smith
- Jockey D Elsworth
chased leaders, reminders 8th, led 5 out, headed and jumped right last, one pace
- Form P34021
- Age 12
- Weight 10-6
- Trainer J R Cornwall
- Jockey G Horner
led, headed 5 out, soon lost place
- Form P-P6662
- Age 10
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer S Gollings
- Jockey A Dobbin
tracked leaders, reminders 12th, lost place next, behind when pulled up before 3 out
In depth
Verdict
Dad's Lad can beat the topweight Interdit, with Strong Magic and Shining Lights providing the main opposition. The 10-year-old Dad's Lad has bags of stamina, as proved by his success over the course and distance last December. He has since added to that, with a game win at Ascot in January, and will be all the better for his encouraging return to action at Stratford recently. Second that day, he looks poised to go one better off a decent mark, and the fact that he goes well right-handed adds to our confidence. Interdit is another real slogger who has been in fair form of late, but he appears to be too high in the weights at present and is worth taking on. Strong Magic carries a seven-pound penalty for an easy success at Southwell, but the 12-year-old may struggle to find more improvement, and a bigger danger may be Shining Lights who was still in bumper company eight months ago. Still only five, his fourth over fences to Colourful Life has been franked since, and although relatively inexperienced, he should pay to follow as time goes on. On this occasion though, Dad's Lad is the one to be on.