Racecards
21:00 Newbury
Intellibet Handicap (Class E)
- 19 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Good to Soft (Soft on the back straight)
Candid
6- Form 336-400
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey J P Spencer
mid-division, ridden 3f out, weakened and one-paced final 2f
Retirement
24- Form 015-52
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer M Tompkins
- Jockey Ted Durcan
mid-division, ridden and headway 2f out, every chance 1f out, no extra close home
Detention
210- Form 034-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer W J Musson
- Jockey N Pollard
led, ridden and headed 3f out, gradually weakened
Octennial
21- Form 001-65
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey Richard Hughes
held up, ridden approaching 2f out, weakened quickly
Forzacurity
10- Form 23-0150
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer J Spearing
- Jockey J Mackay
held up, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well
- Form 0036-00
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
mid-division, headway 3f out, soon ridden and beaten
Merely A Monarch
202- Form 01014-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden and kept on one-paced final furlong
- Form 4153-20
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer D Haydn Jones
- Jockey Paul Eddery
held up in mid-division, ridden and headway 3f out, weakened 1f out, eased close home
- Form 00-5100
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened quickly 2f out
- Form 333-546
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer P & O Cole
- Jockey J Fortune
prominent, ridden and weakened 2f out, soon beaten
- Form 0006
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey S J Drowne
tracked ldrd, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
Thundergod
10- Form 00-3062
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
prominent, pushed along halfway, weakened approaching final 2f
Misbehaviour
21- Form 00-0S00
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Trainer J Portman
- Jockey D Kinsella
prominent, led 3f out, soon ridden, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
- Form 000-30
- Age 3
- Weight 8-1
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
soon chasing leaders, ridden and weakened 3f out
- Form 241035
- Age 3
- Weight 8-0
- Trainer M Blanshard
- Jockey J Quinn
mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
Sea Top
6- Form 050050
- Age 3
- Weight 7-12
- Trainer J Bridger
- Jockey Joanna Badger
mid-division, ridden and weakened final 2f
In depth
Verdict
Sociable is still a maiden but has some respectable form and shaped better than his finishing position suggests on his handicap debut at Newmarket last month. Retirement has not been disgraced on either start this term and is entitled to go close again while Octennial has shaped as though he will appreciate the step up in trip. Both Thundergod and El Raymondo have been performing creditably in defeat of late and are others to consider in a wide open heat.