Racecards
15:00 Newmarket
Saxham Nursery Handicap (Class C) (Class C)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Good to Firm
- Form 0102
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
held up, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
Lodge Keeper
17- Form 531
- Age 2
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer E A L Dunlop
- Jockey Richard Hughes
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and every chance final furlong, stayed on well
- Form 613
- Age 2
- Weight 8-6
- Trainer Sir Mark Prescott
- Jockey S Sanders
held up in touch, ridden to lead final furlong, driven out
- Form 6325
- Age 2
- Weight 8-6
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey Pat Eddery
held up in rear on inside, switched left and effort over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
- Form 0255
- Age 2
- Weight 8-1
- Trainer B W Hills
- Jockey K Dalgleish
prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
Californian
21- Form 300
- Age 2
- Weight 8-1
- Trainer G A Butler
- Jockey E Ahern
held up in touch, ridden 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
- Form 4065
- Age 2
- Weight 7-12
- Trainer J & T Gosden
- Jockey J Quinn
led, ridden over 2f out, headed final furlong, stayed on well close home
In depth
Verdict
Fort Mchenry ruined his chance last time by taking a fierce grip. He will need to learn to settle better and he may not want the ground too fast for he shows plenty of knee action. Cranshaws came from an impossible position at Beverley and this straight mile will be right up his street. Ribbons And Bows was only just denied in a Listed event last time and that looked an improvement on what she had shown before, but that event was slowly run and she may have been flattered by that effort. Laggan Bay will appreciate the step up in trip, but the vote goes to Lodge Keeper. A half-brother to the useful Border Artist, he will have no trouble with the step up in trip and he is taken to lead a more than useful bunch home.