Racecards
16:00 Newmarket
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- 16 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Good to Firm
- Surface: Turf
- Form 00-8000
- Age 9
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 75
mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out
- Form 64505-9
- Age 5
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer P L Gilligan
- Jockey L Dettori
held up, ridden and weakened over 1f out
- Form 438542
- Age 5
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer M J Wallace
- Jockey P Cosgrave
held up, ridden over 2f out, headway and not clear run from over 1f out, not reach leaders
- Form 65617-0
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer B W Hills
- Jockey Michael Hills
led 7f, no extra
- Form 355-067
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer D R C Elsworth
- Jockey T Quinn
chased leaders, ridden and effort over 1f out, stayed on same pace
- Form 973-561
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 68
mid-division, ridden halfway, weakened 3f out
- Form 09104-0
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer D J Daly
- Jockey J P Spencer
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden and headay 2f out, never nearer
Darghan (IRE)
165- Form 205000-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer W J Musson
- Jockey Ted Durcan
never troubled leaders
- Form 271182-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey P J Dobbs
slowly into stride, towards rear, switched right and headway over 1f out, never nearer
- Form 433103
- Age 8
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer A Reid
- Jockey J-P Guillambert
chased leaders, led 1f out, ridden out
- Form 7/428-56
- Age 4
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer C R Egerton
- Jockey O Urbina
never troubled leaders
- Form 010-006
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer D J S Ffrench Davis
- Jockey Dean McKeown
never troubled leaders
Grand Ideas
44- Form 235309
- Age 6
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer Julian Poulton
- Jockey M Tebbutt
close up 6f
- Form 02528-1
- Age 4
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer H Morrison
- Jockey T Block
tracked leaders, chased leader 3f out, soon ridden, stayed on same pace from over 1f out
- Form 7044-17
- Age 6
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 52
- Trainer G Woodward
- Jockey A Kirby
chased leaders 6f
Magic Flo
202- Form 960-
- Age 3
- Weight 7-12
- Official Rating 61
- Trainer G C Bravery
- Jockey M Henry
held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on not reach winner
In depth
Verdict
Arry Dash has been consistent enough of late to warrant support, with Blue Java, The Fun Merchant and Nautical seen as potential dangers. This is yet another race in which there are many in with chances, and so again, bets are best kept to a minimum. Arry Dash has won on fast ground in the past, and his fast-finishing second at Nottingham to Iskander, to whom he was conceding weight, augurs well for his chance here. Blue Java was given a great ride by Travis Block when returning from an absence to score in apprentice company at Salisbury, and it is no surprise that the partnership is kept intact here. Hugh Morrison's charge seems better on Turf than the all-weather and could still be well treated. The Fun Merchant won narrowly in soft ground at Chepstow last time and needs to step up a gear, while Nautical has not been seen since just failing to justify favouritism at Wolverhampton last October. Arry Dash needs to come late on the scene, but is taken to get there in time.
Formwatch
English Rocket (IRE) 25-1 (9-9) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, hung left and weakened 2f out, 6th of 11, 12l behind Go Yellow (9-9) at Folkestone 7f hcp (5) sft in Mar.