Racecards
17:25 Nottingham
totewin Beat SP 2016 Grand National Handicap (Class 5)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 1m 2f 50y
- Going: Heavy
- Surface: Turf
- £4,500 added
- Winner: £2,911
- 2nd: £866
- 3rd: £433
- 4th: £216
- Form 45134-9
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer R C Guest
- Jockey Jason Hart
towards rear, headway over 3f out, weakened from 2f out
- Form 46270-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer Mrs P Sly
- Jockey P Cosgrave
mid-division, headway over 2f out, led 1f out, kept on well
Palmerston
107- Form 430-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 69
soon led, headed over 3f out, soon weakened
- Form 6013-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 69
held up mid-division, headway 3f out, every chance over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, always held
Purple Raven
158- Form 466-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer M L W Bell
- Jockey J P Spencer
towards rear, headway 3f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on same pace
Bluff Crag
180- Form 646-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey Oisin Murphy
tracked leader, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Visage Blanc
165- Form 868-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey G Baker
in rear, headway over 3f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 944-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer R M Beckett
- Jockey Fran Berry
in touch, led over 2f out, headed 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
- Form 555-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey R Kingscote
chased leaders, weakened over 3f out
- Form 067-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey Patrick Vaughan
led early, chased leaders, weakened 4f out
- Form 380353-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer H Spiller
- Jockey Louis Steward
in touch, pushed along and headway over 3f out, weakened 2f out
- Form 3561-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 52
- Trainer T Coyle & K Wood
- Jockey Barry McHugh
towards rear, headway over 3f out, every chance over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Little Pippin took a seller over a mile here on heavy going in the autumn but has to race from 4lb out of the handicap. Gawdawpalin won a maiden at Windsor in October so should go well and Match My Fire made much of the running over a shorter trip here on his final start last year and is interesting. Purple Raven is a likely improver but so is BLUFF CRAG, who ran a nice race at York in October when unfancied. He is the type to profit from a lenient mark in handicaps before long. A market move for Palmerston would be interesting but he's only raced on Polytrack so far.
Formwatch
Billy Roberts (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Steadied start, always behind, 9th of 12, 8 3/4l behind Ilzam (9-1) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Walsingham Grange (USA) 33-1 (8-13) Led, pushed along and headed over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 10, 37 1/4l behind Southdown Lad (9-7) at Newmarket 1m 1f (4) gs in Oct.
Palmerston 9-2 (9-5) Close up, lost place over 3f out, last of 10, 13 3/4l behind Cape Speed (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m mdn stks (3) pol in Dec.
Gawdawpalin (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) In rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Brave Archibald (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m (5) pol in Oct.
Purple Raven 6-1 (9-0) In touch on wide outside, hung right, headway over 1f out, soon weakened, 6th of 9, 14 1/4l behind Tiptree (9-0) at Newmarket 7f mdn fll stks (4) sft in Oct.
Bluff Crag 25-1 (9-1) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 5 1/4l behind Dolphin Vista (9-1) at York 1m mdn stks (4) sft in Oct.
Visage Blanc 22-1 (9-0) Took keen hold tracking leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 8th of 10, 9 3/4l behind Chastushka (9-0) at Newbury 1m mdn fll stks (4) sft in Oct.
Match My Fire (IRE) 9-2 (9-5) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 11, 6l behind Good Trip (9-5) at Nottingham 1m mdn stks (5) sft in Nov.
Top Of The Rocks (FR) 16-1 (9-0) Dwelt, chased leaders, weakened well over 1f out, 5th of 6, 8l behind It's The Ice (9-0) at Chester 1m mdn stks (4) gd in Sep.
File Of Facts (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 11, 9 3/4l behind Dal Harraild (9-0) at Haydock 1m mdn stks (5) gs in Sep.
Capital Gearing (9-4) 3rd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Prince Melchior (9-4) at Saint-Cloud 1m hvy in Oct.
Little Pippin 10-1 (8-5) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, stumbled over 3f out, ridden on outside over 2f out, strong run inside final furlong, led near finish, won at Nottingham 1m stks (6) hvy in Oct beating Sky Ferry (8-10) by hd, 7 ran.