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15:35 Newbury

Skybetvegas.Com Stakes (Showcase Handicap) (Class C)

  • 19 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 5y
  • Going: Good to Firm (Good on the Round Course)
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 36.10s
  • 19 Ran
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1
Silk -

Counsel's Opinion (IRE)

12/1

    2
    Silk -

    Shabernak (IRE)

    20/1

      3
      Silk -

      Barolo

      4/1

        4
        Silk -

        Tom Paddington

        20/1

          1(16)
          Silk - Yellow, Dark Blue seams, Light Blue sleeves, Dark Blue seams, Dark Blue and Yellow hooped cap

          Counsel's Opinion (IRE)

          14
          12/1
          • Form 4310-03
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-13

          held up, headway over 3f out, disputed lead from 2f out, kept on strongly to lead close home

          2(1)
          Silk - Yellow, Dark Blue diamond, diabolo on sleeves, Dark Blue cap, Yellow Diamonds

          Saint Alebe

          13
          11/2
          • Form 4442-1
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-12

          held up, ridden and headway 2f out, stayed on final furlong, not reach leaders

          3(6)
          Silk - Royal Blue and Yellow (quartered), Yellow sleeves, Royal Blue armlets, Royal Blue cap

          Zibeline (IRE)

          210
          33/1
          • Form 050500-
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-12

          held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, soon weakened

          4(13)
          Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow Cross of Lorraine, diabolo on sleeves

          Scent of Victory (IRE)

          148
          33/1
          • Form 200113-
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-12

          prominent, joined leader 4f out to over 2f out, soon weakened

          5(20)
          Silk - Royal Blue, White stars, hooped sleeves, Royal Blue and Red quartered cap

          Optimaite

          13
          50/1
          • Form 01664-0
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-11

          held up, ridden 4f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never dangerous

          6(9)
          Silk - EMERALD GREEN, YELLOW stripe, YELLOW cap

          Shabernak (IRE)

          13
          20/1
          • Form 231-0
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-9

          always prominent, challenged 3f out, disputed lead from 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, no extra close home

          7(5)
          Silk - Purple, Emerald Green sash, Red sleeves and cap

          Star Cross (IRE)

          14
          33/1
          • Form 41/0-0
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-9

          held up, brief effort on inside over 2f out, soon beaten

          8(4)
          Silk - EMERALD GREEN, YELLOW stripe, YELLOW cap

          Green Ideal

          13
          33/1
          • Form 15/00
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-9

          reminder after start, never better than mid-divison

          9(17)
          Silk - EMERALD GREEN and GREY diamonds, EMERALD GREEN sleeves, EMERALD GREEN cap, GREY diamond

          Orthodox

          64
          9/1
          • Form 4/04-116
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-9

          never better than mid-division

          10(7)
          Silk - DARK BLUE and YELLOW check, striped sleeves

          Gallant Boy (IRE)

          11
          20/1
          • Form 100005
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-9

          held up towards rear, ridden 4f out, no headway final 3f

          11(15)
          Silk - Yellow, Dark Blue cross belts, quartered cap

          Barman (USA)

          13 b
          33/1
          • Form 036-040
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-8

          tracked leader to over 4f out, weakened quickly

          12(11)
          Silk - Royal Blue, Emerald Green sleeves

          Barry Island

          364
          16/1
          • Form 104360-
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-8

          mid-division, headway on inside over 3f out, weakend 2f out, eased when beaten

          13(8)
          Silk - Royal Blue, White chevron, Light Blue cap

          Golden Lariat (USA)

          251
          4/1
          • Form 316-
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-8

          held up, effort 3f out, stayed on same pace final 2f

          14(14)
          Silk - Emerald Green, Red sash, Yellow sleeves and cap

          Barolo

          15
          4/1
          • Form 5/32-401
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-7

          in touch, headway 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, not trouble first two

          15(18)
          Silk - Pink, Pink and Black chevrons on sleeves, quartered cap

          Adjawar (IRE)

          14
          25/1
          • Form 36-0020
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-7

          in touch, ridden and weakened 3f out

          17(3)
          Silk - Royal Blue and Red diabolo, striped sleeves and cap

          Danakil

          13
          20/1
          • Form 5-06045
          • Age 8
          • Weight 9-4

          held up, headway over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong

          18(19)
          Silk - Black and Orange check, Black sleeves and cap

          Fool On The Hill

          232
          14/1
          • Form 116523-
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-3

          prominent, ridden 2f out, beaten when not much room well over 1f out, gradually weakened

          19(12)
          Silk - BLACK and PINK diamonds, PINK sleeves and cap

          Tom Paddington

          189
          20/1
          • Form 5441/10-
          • Age 8
          • Weight 9-2

          held up towards rear, headway on outside well over 1f out, stayed on

          20(2)
          Silk - DARK BLUE, PINK Cross of Lorraine, sleeves and cap

          Gentleman Venture

          15
          11/1
          • Form 05500-4
          • Age 7
          • Weight 9-2

          led, ridden over 3f out, headed 2f out, no extra inside final furlong

          16(10)
          NR

          Genghis (IRE)

          21
          • Form 24-3
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-4

          Nonrunner

          In depth

          Verdict

          Not as competitive as perhaps it first looks, with question to answer by most of the runners. Golden Lariat is the likely market leader for the in-form combination of Sir Michael Stoute and Kieren Fallon. Certainly, dropped 2lb since a six length defeat by Starzaan at Kempton last time makes him looks very interesting, but he still has to prove he genuinely gets this trip and is tentatively overlooked here. Counsel's Opinion has ability and top weight to show for it, but again he is far from certain to get this trip and is better over shorter. Saint Alebe put up a good display to win at Newmarket on his reappearance, and while Mamcazma didn't do anything special at York the other day, he ran well enough to suggest that the form of the Newmarket contest is solid enough. An 8lb rise for that two length success looks tough and he could be vulnerable to something lower in the weights here. One of those could be Barolo, who atoned for a defeat at Kempton when well-supported, by landing a 10 furlong handicap on good to soft at Newmarket last time, though whether he will get beyond that is also questionable. If he does stay then he should be thereabouts. However, we are going to look to the jumping game for our winner here and side with Green Ideal. Trained by national hunt maestro Nicky Henderson, the rains have come at the right time for the five-year-old who will enjoy a little give if it gets into the ground. Conditions were arguably too quick for him at Newmarket last time when eighth of 18 runners behind Saint Alebe, but the yard have a fantastic strike rate with their few runners on the flat this year, and over a trip that will suit he is the value in an open race.