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13:45 Newmarket

Ngk Spark Plugs Rated Stakes (Showcase Handicap) (Class B)

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f
  • Going: Good to Firm
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 29.77s
  • 12 Ran
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1
Silk -

Blagovest

5/1

    2
    Silk -

    Robandela (USA)

    9/2

      3
      Silk -

      Royal Cavalier

      11/2

        2(9)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow disc, armlets and cap

        Marrakech (IRE)

        150
        14/1
        • Form 150-040
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-5

        held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on final furlong, nearest finish

        3(1)
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE star, ROYAL BLUE sleeves, WHITE stars and stars on cap

        L'Evangile

        81
        33/1
        • Form 261500
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-4

        slowly into stride, always towards rear

        4(13)
        Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap

        Elsaamri (USA)

        365
        7/1
        • Form 114015-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-2

        held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, no impression

        5(2)
        Silk - ETON BLUE

        In Disguise

        47
        12/1
        • Form 121013
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

        6(4)
        Silk - Light Green and Mauve stripes, White sleeves, Mauve cap

        Royal Cavalier

        18
        11/2
        • Form 000521
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-0

        mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on same pace

        7(3)
        Silk - Royal blue, yellow hoop, dark blue sleeves, royal blue and yellow quartered cap

        Sharmy (IRE)

        18
        50/1
        • Form 45/0-400
        • Age 6
        • Weight 8-13

        started very slowly, behind, steady headway over 1f out, kept on final furlong, never nearer

        8(11)
        Silk - White, Light Green diamond, White sleeves, Light Green diamonds and diamonds on cap

        Breathtaking View (USA)

        21 v
        50/1
        • Form 34106-0
        • Age 6
        • Weight 8-12

        always behind

        9(5)
        Silk - Dark Blue and Light Blue check, Light Blue sleeves, Dark Blue seams

        Robandela (USA)

        2 v
        9/2
        • Form 256001
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-11

        held up in touch, ridden and effort over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, no chance with winner

        10(10)
        Silk - Green, pink sash and cap, white sleeves

        Expected Bonus (USA)

        25
        12/1
        • Form 15-5006
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-7

        mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten

        11(7)
        Silk - Light Blue, Pink chevrons, Light Blue cap, Pink diamond

        Blagovest

        9
        5/1
        • Form 660-021
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-0

        tracked leader, headway to lead over 2f out, clear final furlong, ran on well

        12(8)
        Silk - Light Blue and Royal Blue stripes, Royal Blue cap

        Reveillez

        28
        6/1
        • Form 002114
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-0

        held up in touch, pushed along over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out

        13(12)
        Silk - Dark Blue and Maroon (quartered), Dark Blue sleeves and cap

        Tertullian (IRE)

        33
        8/1
        • Form 422402
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-0

        tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon one pace

        1(6)
        NR

        King's Mill (IRE)

        89
        • Form 060-414
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-7

        In depth

        Verdict

        A competitive start to Newmarket's Cambridge meeting with 13 runners lining up over 1m4f in the day's Showcase handicap. After nine fruitless starts this season, Mark Johnston's Robandela finally opened his account for the season at Hamilton last week. However, a 3lb penalty for that and this tougher opposition will make it hard for this most resilient of characters to follow up. Royal Cavalier was rather fortunate to in at Doncaster last month, where the runner-up Solo Flight had anything but a clear passage and may struggle to win again off his new mark, while topweight King's Mill has yet to prove his effectiveness over this trip. Marcus Tregoning's Elsaamri makes a belated reappearance and, with the stable only just coming back after a spell with the cough, he is entitled to need the outing. It can, at this stage of the season, often pay to follow the three-year-olds in all age handicaps and John Dunlop's In Disguise is certainly one to consider. The son of Nashwan has been on the go for some time now though and we prefer to side with Reveillez, who gets the TEAMtalk selection. The First Trump colt has shown improved form since being stepped up to this distance recently and, although disappointing at York last time, he may not have stopped improving yet.