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14:55 Newmarket

Ladbrokes Handicap (Class C)

  • 30 Runners
  • Distance: 6f
  • Going: Good to Soft
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 12.81s
  • 30 Ran
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1
Silk -

Fire Up The Band

4/1

    2
    Silk -

    Perfect Touch (USA)

    11/1

      3
      Silk -

      Cd Flyer (IRE)

      10/1

        4
        Silk -

        Online Investor

        33/1

          1(14)
          Silk - Light Blue and Royal Blue diamonds, Royal Blue sleeves, Light Blue armlets, quartered cap

          Funny Valentine (IRE)

          203
          40/1
          • Form 1320/60-
          • Age 5
          • Weight 10-0

          started very slowly, always behind

          2(11)
          Silk - Light Blue, Royal Blue star, Royal Blue sleeves, Light Blue stars, Light Blue cap, Royal Blue stars

          Mitcham (IRE)

          12
          20/1
          • Form 3040-56
          • Age 7
          • Weight 9-12

          in touch, chased winner over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

          3(19)
          Silk - DARK BLUE and WHITE check, WHITE sleeves, RED armlets, RED cap

          Fire Up The Band

          35
          4/1
          • Form 4332-31
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-10

          always prominent, led 2f out, ridden out

          4(9)
          Silk - Royal Blue, White stripe, diabolo on sleeves and diamond on cap

          Injaaz

          22
          33/1
          • Form 01200-0
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-10

          chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out

          5(26)
          Silk - Grey, orange hoop and armlets, hooped cap

          Budelli (IRE)

          12
          25/1
          • Form 00240-0
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-9

          held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

          6(3)
          Silk - DARK BLUE, PINK Cross of Lorraine, sleeves and cap

          Marsad (IRE)

          35
          13/2
          • Form 0000-04
          • Age 9
          • Weight 9-7

          chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong

          7(22)
          Silk - Dark Blue, Orange triple diamond, sleeves and diamonds on cap

          Old Blue Eyes

          12
          50/1
          • Form 12122/0
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-7

          chased leaders 4f

          8(4)
          Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue stars, hooped sleeves and star on cap

          Zilch

          295
          40/1
          • Form 30/0403-
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-6

          chased leaders, ridden halfway, soon weakened

          9(15)
          Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow stars, Yellow sleeves, Royal Blue stars

          Now Look Here

          22
          16/1
          • Form 2/000-00
          • Age 7
          • Weight 9-6

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

          10(21)
          Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow chevrons, Royal Blue sleeves, White armlets, Yellow cap

          John O'Groats (IRE)

          17
          20/1
          • Form 4110-04
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-6

          always behind

          11(18)
          Silk - Blue, Pink sleeves, Blue and Gold quartered cap

          Perfect Touch (USA)

          27
          11/1
          • Form 13305-4
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-6

          tracked leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong

          12(13)
          Silk - Beige, Royal blue chevrons, beige sleeves, Royal blue cap

          Colonel Cotton (IRE)

          10
          25/1
          • Form 14421-0
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-5

          behind until some late headway, never dangerous

          13(23)
          Silk - Purple, Light Blue chevron, Light Blue cap

          Lochridge

          12
          9/1
          • Form 10031-4
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-5

          held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong

          14(12)
          Silk - WHITE, large BLACK spots, BLACK cap

          Baralinka (IRE)

          12
          20/1
          • Form 21002-0
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-5

          led, headed 2f out, soon onepaced

          15(29)
          Silk - White, Pink hoops, chevrons on sleeves, Pink cap

          True Night

          210
          40/1
          • Form 111003-
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-4

          chased leaders to halfway

          16(28)
          Silk - Dark Blue and Light Blue check, halved sleeves, quartered cap

          Zargus

          259
          40/1
          • Form 1/55160-
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-4

          chased leaders 4f

          17(8)
          Silk - ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW star, chevrons on sleeves, ROYAL BLUE cap, YELLOW star

          Prince of Blues (IRE)

          31
          33/1
          • Form 002-000
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-2

          unseated rider leaving stalls

          18(7)
          Silk - BLACK and RED (quartered), BLACK sleeves, RED seams, RED cap

          Compton Dynamo

          12
          16/1
          • Form 30200-0
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-2

          held up, never dangerous

          19(27)
          Silk - YELLOW, PURPLE chevron, PURPLE sleeves, YELLOW armlets, YELLOW cap, PURPLE diamonds

          Online Investor

          12
          33/1
          • Form 50040-0
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-1

          held up in touch, ridden halfway, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong

          20(2)
          Silk - Bottle Green, Champagne sleeves and cap with Claret stripes

          Kingscross

          5
          33/1
          • Form 20004-0
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-0

          prominent for 4f

          21(30)
          Silk - Orange and Black (quartered), Orange sleeves, Black armlets

          Miss George

          12
          66/1
          • Form 211100
          • Age 5
          • Weight 8-13

          held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened

          22(6)
          Silk - Dark Blue, Emerald Green star on body and cap, Dark Blue sleeves, Emerald Green stars

          Sir Desmond

          56
          50/1
          • Form 1012-06
          • Age 5
          • Weight 8-13

          mid division, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

          23(24)
          Silk - Dark Green, Yellow seams, armlets and cap

          Marabar

          19
          20/1
          • Form 20000-3
          • Age 5
          • Weight 8-12

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

          24(1)
          Silk - Pink, White triple diamond and diamond on cap

          Mitsuki

          22
          25/1
          • Form 40500-3
          • Age 4
          • Weight 8-11

          speed 4f

          25(16)
          Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow epaulets, diabolo on sleeves

          Mutawaqed (IRE)

          91 b
          33/1
          • Form 0402-10
          • Age 5
          • Weight 8-10

          slowly into stride, held up, effort over 2f out, never dangerous

          26(17)
          Silk - Red, White stripe, diamonds on sleeves, Black cap

          Pax

          7
          14/1
          • Form 50-0015
          • Age 6
          • Weight 8-10

          mid division, progress over 2f out, stayed on final furlong

          27(10)
          Silk - Red and White (halved), White sleeves, Red stars, White cap, Red star

          Fantasy Believer

          19
          33/1
          • Form 00600-0
          • Age 5
          • Weight 8-10

          always behind

          28(20)
          Silk - White, Light Blue stripe, armlets and stars on cap

          Sir Francis (IRE)

          50
          50/1
          • Form 456-055
          • Age 5
          • Weight 8-9

          mid division, weakened over 1f out

          29(25)
          Silk - Light Blue and White diamonds, White sleeves, White cap, Red spots

          Midnight Parkes

          19
          33/1
          • Form 11500-5
          • Age 4
          • Weight 8-9

          chased leaders to halfway, soon weakened

          30(5)
          Silk - White, Royal Blue disc, Royal Blue sleeves, White armlets, Light Blue and White hooped cap

          Cd Flyer (IRE)

          7
          10/1
          • Form 400-452
          • Age 6
          • Weight 8-7

          held up, not clear run over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish

          In depth

          Verdict

          Marsad, blessed with a handy low draw, is taken to land this race for the third year running, with Mitcham and CD Flyer the biggest dangers and Zilch fancied to go well at a decent price. With the ground on the soft side, a low draw is often an advantage at this course and Marsad, who clearly loves Newmarket in May, is fancied to score under Paul Doe. His form tailed off at the end of last year, but that means he now runs off a two pound lower mark then when winning this event in 2002, and although a nine-year-old he showed encouraging signs at Ascot last time that he is returning to something like his best form. He finished fourth behind Fire Up The Band that day, and is fancied to reverse form with the winner, who is a very progressive sprinter but may be inconvenienced by stall 19 here. CD Flyer was only a neck behind the selection at Ascot and has since come out of the clouds to finish second at Leicester last week, so he looks a big danger, as does Mitcham, who is very well treated on his best form and was by no means disgraced at Kempton last time. Zilch has a good draw and Michael Bell's lightly-raced colt goes well fresh so if he can return to the sort of form he showed a couple of seasons ago he could be worth a small each-way interest at big odds.