Racecards
15:00 Newmarket
Betdirect.Co.Uk Mile (Handicap) (Class C)
- 20 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Good to Soft
Terfel
22- Form 051033
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
- Trainer M L W Bell
- Jockey E Ahern
raced centre, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Pulau Tioman
91- Form 001666
- Age 7
- Weight 9-9
- Trainer M A Jarvis
- Jockey P Robinson
raced centre, with leader until halfway
Jay Gee's Choice
114- Form 604026
- Age 3
- Weight 9-9
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey Ted Durcan
raced stands side, held up, always in rear
- Form 062000
- Age 4
- Weight 9-9
raced stands side, held up, outpaced over 3f out, stayed on inside final furlong
Muchea
7- Form 101560
- Age 9
- Weight 9-8
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey S Hitchcott
raced centre, chased leaders, ridden and kept on one pace
Desert Opal
35- Form 014211
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer J & T Gosden
- Jockey Richard Hughes
raced stands side, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
Zonergem
21- Form 640036
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer Lady Herries
- Jockey M Tebbutt
raced stands side, towards rear, ridden over 3f out, never dangerous
- Form 000-551
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer L M Cumani
- Jockey L Dettori
raced centre, held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, just failed
- Form 110125
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer B W Hills
- Jockey Michael Hills
raced centre, tracked leaders for over 5f
- Form 215220
- Age 6
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer D R C Elsworth
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
raced centre, held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
- Form 132040
- Age 6
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer G Balding
- Jockey S J Drowne
raced centre, held up, never dangerous
- Form 042000
- Age 6
- Weight 9-2
raced stands side, chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, ran on inside final furlong
- Form 52-0506
- Age 5
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer P & O Cole
- Jockey Kieren Fallon
raced centre, tracked leader over 5f
- Form 353220
- Age 5
- Weight 9-1
raced stands side, led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
Zucchero
28- Form 0-00000
- Age 7
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer D W P Arbuthnot
- Jockey Pat Eddery
raced centre,held up,never dangerous
- Form 01-3000
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey M Dwyer
raced centre, led that group, ridden over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
- Form 201012
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
raced centre, pulled hard,chased leaders, weakened well over 1f out
- Form 005405
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey J Fanning
raced stands side, with leader, ridden and every chance well over 1f out out, weakened final furlong
- Form 020601
- Age 8
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer J Spearing
- Jockey A Daly
raced stands side, hung right throughout, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, all out
In depth
Verdict
Desert Opal may prove the answer to a competitive handicap while others to consider include Craiova, King's County and Finished Article. John Gosden's colt comes here on a hat-trick bid after comfortable wins at Newbury and Haydock and, with ground conditions in his favour, this progressive type should make a bold bid under Richard Hughes. Craiova has been well placed to win on three occasions this year and has solid claims if able to reproduce his close second on rain-softened ground at Ascot in July. Certain Justice is another who will appreciate the give in the ground but remains 5lb higher than his previous win here last season. King's County ended a long losing sequence when scoring over course and distance last time and has to be feared off his current mark but Finished Article looks high enough in the weights at present and ran well below his best last time.