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15:30 Newmarket

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

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 6f
  • Going: Good to Firm
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 13.06s
  • 12 Ran
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1
Silk -

Danzig River (IRE)

5/1

    2
    Silk -

    Free Trip

    5/1

      3
      Silk -

      Fictional

      6/1

        1(1)
        Silk - YELLOW, RED disc and star on cap

        Traytonic

        33
        12/1
        • Form 131240
        • Age 2
        • Weight 9-7

        held up, not clear run 2f out, soon switched left, stayed on final furlong, never able to challenge

        2(12)
        Silk - Red, Black chevrons, White sleeves, Black armlets, White cap

        Hoh Bleu Dee

        44
        10/1
        • Form 116
        • Age 2
        • Weight 9-4

        held up, outpaced halfway, staying on when hampered over 1f out

        3(10)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow hoop and sleeves, White cap

        Mister Saif (USA)

        31
        8/1
        • Form 331
        • Age 2
        • Weight 9-0

        keen, with leaders until 4f out, chased leaders after, short of room over 1f out, weakened final furlong

        4(8)
        Silk - Emerald Green, Yellow hoop and sleeves, quartered cap

        Scotch N' Dry

        33
        16/1
        • Form 142263
        • Age 2
        • Weight 9-0

        chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

        6(3)
        Silk - RED and WHITE diamonds, diabolo on sleeves

        Imperium

        20 b
        33/1
        • Form 034620
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-11

        with leaders for 4f

        7(13)
        Silk - Light Blue and Red diamonds, Light Blue sleeves, Red cap, Light Blue diamond

        Danzig River (IRE)

        17
        5/1
        • Form 0461
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-10

        held up, headway over 2f out, ridden and led 1f out, ran on

        8(9)
        Silk - White

        Go Between

        15
        6/1
        • Form 54321
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-8

        keen, with leader, led over 3f out, headed over 1f out, weakened

        9(5)
        Silk - Green, pink sash and cap, white sleeves

        Free Trip

        13
        5/1
        • Form 011
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-3

        held up, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong

        10(4)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow inverted triangle

        Erte

        19
        40/1
        • Form 4034
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-3

        held up, ridden halfway, soon weakened

        11(11)
        Silk - Light Blue and White diamonds, White sleeves, White cap, Red spots

        Johnny Parkes

        43
        10/1
        • Form 22221
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-3

        keen, led, headed over 3f out, slightly outpaced 2f out, switched left over 1f out, kept on same pace

        12(2)
        Silk - Black, Red chevron, sleeves and cap

        Scorching

        31 b
        16/1
        • Form 440
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-0

        slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out

        13(6)
        Silk - BLACK and RED (quartered), BLACK sleeves, RED armlets, RED cap, BLACK spots

        Fictional

        23
        6/1
        • Form 2031
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-0

        keen, with leaders, ridden and led over 1f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong

        5(7)
        NR

        Lake Garda

        16
        • Form 22001
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-12

        Nonrunner

        In depth

        Verdict

        An intriguing Showcase Handicap with Free Trip suggested over Johnny Parkes, Go Between, Danzig River, Lake Garda, Mister Saif, Hoh Bleu Dee and Traytonic. Running through the field. Traytonic has plenty of speed and a Listed-race fourth place to his name. He shoulders top weight but is still capable of going well. The same is true of Hoh Bleu Dee. Disappointing over seven furlongs at York, he drops back to six here and is entitled to respect. Mister Saif is progressing and, as with a number of these, it is difficult to gauge at what stage of development these two-year-olds are at in relation to one another. It's the ongoing nursery conundrum. Lake Garda has the look of an improver and got off the mark last time and Danzig River's win over Truly Wonderful gives him comparable form with Free Trip. The selection has won two of his three starts and, trained by John Gosden, this well-bred colt has a progressive look about him. The same can be said of Linda Ramsden's Johnny Parkes who is probably better than his last run, when he made hard work of winning a run-of-the-mill event. Imperium and Scorching are both blinkered for the first time, which adds further to an intriguing event that we think will go to Free Trip.