Racecards
21:10 Newbury
Motor Neurone Disease Association Handicap (Class D) (Class D)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: None specified
Indian Trail
306- Form 0/31100-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-13
- Trainer D R C Elsworth
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
held up in rear, headway 2f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 056302-
- Age 9
- Weight 9-10
held up, headway over 1f out stayed on well inside final furlong, not troubled leaders
- Form 0-21221
- Age 8
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer J King
- Jockey Kieren Fallon
made all, pressed from 2f out, ridden and ran on gamely inside final furlong
Blue Patrick
17- Form 0-00020
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer J Eustace
- Jockey L Fletcher
steadied start, held up, ridden well over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not troubled leaders
Primo Way
18- Form 35-1363
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer B W Hills
- Jockey Michael Hills
mid-division, ridden and lost place 3f out
- Form 232-556
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer H Morrison
- Jockey S J Drowne
took keen hold in touch, weakened 2f out
- Form 3-00005
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey C Catlin
always prominent, ridden 2f out, kept on well inside final furlong
- Form 0-00002
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer C Hills
- Jockey Richard Hughes
slowly into stride, held up in rear, ridden and headway 2f out, kept on
- Form 005055
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
in touch, ridden 2f out, once pace final furlong
- Form 5-60030
- Age 4
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey T Dean
prominent until weakened 3f out
- Form 450-000
- Age 4
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer M Saunders
- Jockey R Miles
always prominent, ridden and every chance just inside 1f out, not quicken well inside final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Once again, this looks pretty competitive, with Goodenough Mover getting the call ahead of Primo Way, Blue Patrick and Bee Minor. Well, Indian Trail looked good when winning twice last summer but has something to prove now off topweight here. Marker, who has yet to win a handicap, looks held from his current mark, while Goodenough Mover came home in good style at Chepstow last time and, despite being raised seven pounds in the weights for that effort, can still go well with the talented Hayley Turner taking five pounds off his back. Blue Patrick, who is now dropping in the weights, might improve for the step up to seven furlongs, while Primo Way has been dropped a generous seven pounds for his Doncaster third last time, is only lightly raced and could well have better to come. Handsome Cross and Compton's Eleven are ones to keep an eye on from lower in the weights, while Bee Minor, a fair second to Catherine Wheel over six furlongs at the last meeting here, is also back to a mark from which she must surely be capable of winning. It's another tricky handicap on a far-from-straightforward card, with the vote, once again, going to Goodenough Mover.