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14:55 Newmarket

Chris Blackwell Memorial Handicap (Class C) (Class C)

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 7f
  • Going: Good to Soft
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 27.42s
  • 12 Ran
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1
Silk -

My Paris

13/2

    2
    Silk -

    Alfonso

    8/1

      3
      Silk -

      Flipando (IRE)

      4/1

        1(8)
        Silk - Royal Blue, White triple diamond, hooped sleeves, Orange cap

        Doitnow (IRE)

        21
        8/1
        • Form 1226
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-7

        held up, pushed along and outpaced halfway, kept on inside final furlong, never dangerous

        2(3)
        Silk - Black and Red diabolo, Red and White halved sleeves, White cap

        Big Bradford

        53 v
        20/1
        • Form 420-200
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-6

        slowly away, held up, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out

        3(5)
        Silk - Dark blue, pink epaulets

        My Paris

        20
        13/2
        • Form 252211
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-5

        slowly into stride, soon in touch, ridden and led over 1f out, edged left final furlong, stayed on well

        4(4)
        Silk - Emerald Green and Pink diamonds, Pink sleeves, Pink cap, Emerald Green diamond

        Flipando (IRE)

        14
        4/1
        • Form 0-42215
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-4

        tracked leaders, ridden and switched right over 1f out, stayed on near finish

        5(9)
        Silk - Black and Orange (quartered), Yellow sleeves, Black spots and spots on cap

        Burley Flame

        17
        16/1
        • Form 103160
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-11

        held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, one pace final furlong

        6(11)
        Silk - Dark green, red cross belts, hooped sleeves, red cap

        Mission Man

        13
        11/1
        • Form 140450
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-10

        led, headed over 5f out, remained close up, ridden and weakened 2f out

        7(10)
        Silk - Red, Orange epaulets, armlets and diamond on cap

        King of Diamonds

        14
        6/1
        • Form 262001
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-9

        slowly into stride, pulled hard, held up in rear, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out

        8(1)
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, BEIGE hoop

        Bright Sun (IRE)

        15
        11/1
        • Form 430341
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-7

        chased leaders, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out

        9(6)
        Silk - Red, Grey triple diamond

        Granston (IRE)

        28
        9/1
        • Form 316602
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-7

        tracked leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, held when short of room and hampered well inside final furlong

        10(7)
        Silk - YELLOW, BLACK sash and cap

        Seneschal

        8
        50/1
        • Form 21-0000
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-7

        steadied start, held up, never dangerous

        11(2)
        Silk - Gold and Black check, Pink sleeves and cap

        Alfonso

        118
        8/1
        • Form 04-100
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-5

        held up, headway from over 1f out, not much room inside final furlong, soon every chance, not quicken near finish

        12(12)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow hollow box

        Hazewind

        34 v
        12/1
        • Form 025116
        • Age 3
        • Weight 7-12

        led over 5f out, headed over 1f out, ridden and edged left final furlong

        In depth

        Verdict

        This is a competitive handicap in which Flipando, Hazewind and My Paris look to be the leading players and the vote is given to Flipando. The selection will handle the conditions and ran well enough at Newmarket's July meeting to suggest that he should be capable of taking a race of this nature. He was well supported that day at Newmarket and compensation could await for his supporters here. Hazewind is a course and distance winner who is in really good heart at present. However the suspicion is that these days his best form is over a slightly longer trip and for that reason he is overlooked on this occasion. My Paris will have no problem with the conditions and he ran well from the front to defeat Moonlight Man at Leicester last time. However, he might not get the run of the race here and although he should make the frame we will take him on. Of the remainder, Doitnow is from an in-form yard and is entitled to respect, but for the winner we return to Flipando.