Racecards
13:50 Newmarket
Totesport Rated Stakes (Class B Handicap) (Class B)
- 19 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Good to Firm
Mac Love
23- Form 32-5422
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer J Akehurst
- Jockey G Carter
raced far side, mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on same pace
- Form 113-220
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
raced stand side, chased leaders over 2f out, soon weakened
Philharmonic
11- Form 2114-4
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer R A Fahey
- Jockey T Hamilton
raced stand side, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon faded
Traytonic
24- Form 10-5013
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer J R Fanshawe
- Jockey Johnny Murtagh
raced far side, held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on final furlong, never nearer
- Form 43-5000
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer N A Callaghan
- Jockey D Holland
raced far side, held up, effort over 1f out, never dangerous
High Voltage
17- Form 20-1360
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer K R Burke
- Jockey Darren Williams
raced stand side, led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened
- Form 1-641
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
raced far side, always prominent, driven to lead entering final furlong, headed and no extra last stride
Spliff
45- Form 021-10
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer H Candy
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
raced stand side, held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened final furlong
Fun To Ride
24- Form 22-120
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer B W Hills
- Jockey Michael Hills
raced far side, chased leaders over 4f
- Form 4-5214
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer H & R Charlton
- Jockey S J Drowne
raced stand side, chased leaders, headway over 2f out, led stand side group over 1f out, ran on to be overall leader close home
- Form 000004
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey T P Queally
raced stand side, slowly into stride, held up, headway over 1f out, ran on
- Form 2420-20
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Trainer P Murphy
- Jockey D Kinsella
raced far side, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
Baltic Wave
10- Form 2144-64
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Trainer T D Barron
- Jockey K Darley
raced far side, held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, no impression
- Form 26-1003
- Age 3
- Weight 8-5
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey Kerrin McEvoy
raced stand side, held up, headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong
- Form 3513-5
- Age 3
- Weight 8-5
- Trainer G A Butler
- Jockey Richard Hughes
raced far side, held up in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
Local Poet
24- Form 4-15050
- Age 3
- Weight 8-5
- Trainer B McMahon
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
raced far side, prominent until ridden and weakened over 1f out
Mahmoom
10- Form 1-00601
- Age 3
- Weight 8-5
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey Ted Durcan
raced stand side, held up, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, not reach winner
- Form 60-0000
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey M Dwyer
led far side group, ridden and headed entering final furlong, no extra
- Form 5431-01
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
- Trainer J L Dunlop
- Jockey J Quinn
raced far side, chased leaders over 3f
In depth
Verdict
Richard Fahey can plunder this prize for the north with Philharmonic, who can beat Two Step Kid and Red Romeo. The selection put up some sterling performances at a juvenile and ran an excellent race on his seasonal debut, coming late from off the pace to be nearest at the finish in the Gosforth Park Cup at Newcastle. He'll improve on that effort and is very much one to bear in mind, particularly now stepped back up to six furlongs. Two Step Kid was most impressive when landing a class B handicap at York last month and being very lightly raced is open to plenty of improvement. Down at the bottom of the handicap Red Romeo catches the eye, he was most impressive when slaughtering a modest field at Pontefract, before accounting for some better sorts at Windsor last week. He still looks fairly treated and will go close under the champion jockey. Many others can be given consideration including James Fanshawe's Traytonic, but Philharmonic has very strong claims and gets our vote.