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17:20 Newmarket

Curragh 'Home Of The Irish Classics' Conditions Stakes (Class B)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Good to Soft
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 7.43s
  • 10 Ran
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1
Silk -

Carnival Dancer

2/1

    2
    Silk -

    Sensible (FR)

    7/2

      3
      Silk -

      Cape Town (IRE)

      20/1

        1(3)
        Silk - Grey, Pink epaulets, quartered cap

        Pawn Broker

        21
        9/1
        • Form 65-3010
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-1

        held up, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on onepaced

        2(9)
        Silk - Light Blue, Emerald Green star, Emerald Green cap, Light Blue star

        Border Arrow

        34
        4/1
        • Form 4364-30
        • Age 8
        • Weight 8-7

        held up, ridden and effort over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong

        3(8)
        Silk - Emerald Green, Royal Blue sleeves, White cap, Emerald Green spots

        Capal Garmon (IRE)

        288
        25/1
        • Form 221/064-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-7

        held up in touch, progress over 4f out, every chance over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

        4(10)
        Silk - Yellow, Maroon Cross of Lorraine, White sleeves, Maroon and Yellow quartered cap

        Cape Town (IRE)

        3
        20/1
        • Form 0006-05
        • Age 6
        • Weight 8-7

        held up in touch, ridden and every chance approaching final furlong, stayed on same pace

        5(1)
        Silk - Red, White sash, Royal Blue cap

        Carnival Dancer

        7
        2/1
        • Form 5/4540-5
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-7

        held up in touch, headway over 2f out, led inside, ran on

        6(6)
        Silk - Dark Green, Red spots, armlets and cap

        Endless Hall

        602
        10/1
        • Form 141604/
        • Age 7
        • Weight 8-7

        led, headed over 1f out, weakened

        7(5)
        Silk - MAROON, white sleeves, maroon cap, white star

        King's Consul (USA)

        7 v
        12/1
        • Form 1/0-5
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-7

        held up, ridden over 2f out, no impression

        8(7)
        Silk - Black, White hooped sleeves, Red and White hooped cap

        Lillebror (GER)

        195
        50/1
        • Form 4/21130-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-7

        tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened

        9(2)
        Silk - Yellow, black sash, white sleeves, black and white quartered cap

        Putra Sandhurst (IRE)

        616
        10/1
        • Form 520212/
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-7

        in touch, ridden over 2f out, never on terms

        10(4)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue cross belts, striped sleeves, White cap

        Sensible (FR)

        9
        7/2
        • Form 34240-0
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-7

        held up in touch, led over 1f out, headed inside, no extra closing stages

        In depth

        Verdict

        In an extremely tricky race to fathom Cape Town could just provide the value, with both Carnival Dancer and Border Arrow the main dangers. Richard Hannon's colt has yet to fire this season, but has his favoured ground for the first time here and, with doubts about most of his more fancied rivals, might just be worth a small wager. Admittedly, he was soundly beaten from a poor draw in the Lincoln this season and then well behind at Ascot on his only other outing this year, but he was a Group 2 horse not so long ago and might just be worth one more chance in what looks a weak race. Border Arrow is probably not as good as he used to be but this eight-year-old will like these conditions and seems sure to give a good account, while Carnival Dancer would be a worthy favourite on his old form for Sir Michael Stoute but ran very poorly on his reappearance and is probably best watched for the time being. Endless Hall is a former Group 1 winner who could carry these home on his best form, but is hard to assess after such a long absence, a remark which also applies to Putra Sandhurst.