Racecards
15:15 Nottingham
Kier Construction Nursery (Class 5)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 1m 75y
- Going: Soft
- Surface: Turf
- £4,500 added
- Winner: £2,911
- 2nd: £866
- 3rd: £433
- 4th: £216
- Form 259
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 70
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, never on terms
Lady Valdean
18- Form 855
- Age 2
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer J Santos
- Jockey Renato Souza
keen, with leader, led 3f out, hung left over 1f out, headed approaching final furlong, no extra closing stages
Pacofilha
14- Form 454335
- Age 2
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer P & O Cole
- Jockey George Wood
held up in touch, headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
Sandwood Bay
20- Form 6846
- Age 2
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer M H Tompkins
- Jockey S Donohoe
slowly into stride, driven forward to chase leaders, effort over 2f out, soon lost place
Pepys
18- Form 635
- Age 2
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer B Smart
- Jockey Connor Beasley
led until 3f out, soon rallied and every chance, weakened over 1f out
- Form 680
- Age 2
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer M L W Bell
- Jockey William Carson
mid-division, weakened over 2f out
- Form 477
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer Miss J Feilden
- Jockey Shelley Birkett
mid-division, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Swell Hill
22- Form 543
- Age 2
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 65
mid-division, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, never able to chaallenge
- Form 5574
- Age 2
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey Hollie Doyle
held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, never on terms
- Form 57973
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer W J Knight
- Jockey M Harley
slowly into stride, behind, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on, never nearer
- Form 773110
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey Michael J M Murphy
tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, soon lost place
Bridal March
12- Form 233230
- Age 2
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey P J McDonald
driven forward to chase leaders, lost place over 3f out
- Form 435344
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey A Mullen
mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon hung left, led approaching final furlong, ran on
- Form 90533
- Age 2
- Weight 8-0
- Official Rating 48
- Trainer W Stone
- Jockey Nathan Evans
held up in rear, headway over 3f out, every chance over 1f out, faded final furlong
- Form 7276
- Age 2
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 67
NonRunner
- Form 857
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer G G Margarson
- Jockey T P Queally
NonRunner
In depth
Verdict
Plenty open to improvement in a wide-open contest. John T Chance is upped 6lb after scoring at Wolverhampton and Madam Prancealot’s winning run came to an end in a tough sales race in Ireland having won at Lingfield and Chepstow earlier. Pacofilha and Sandwood Bay are compromised by high draws but Sakurajima, Pepys and SWELL HILL look likely to improve now handicapping for the first time. The latter is just preferred after placing at Ffos Las and makes more appeal than stablemate Metronomic and Mark Johnston’s duo Katebird and Bridal March.
Formwatch
Sakurajima (IRE) 9-2 (9-5) Chased leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 15, 16 1/4l behind Graphite Storm (9-5) at Windsor 6f mdn stks (5) gf in Aug.
Lady Valdean 33-1 (9-0) Took keen hold, held up, in mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, hung right well over 2f out, ridden over 2f out, hung left from 2f out, plugged on past beaten horses inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 6l behind Fleabiscuit (9-0) at Haydock 1m mdn fll stks (5) gd in Sep.
Pacofilha 6-1 (9-4) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, one pace, 5th of 11, 11 1/4l behind Outre Mer (9-7) at Nottingham 1m 2f (5) gd in Sep.
Sandwood Bay 33-1 (8-8) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, ridden and effort over 1f out, never on terms, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Tomorrowcomes (8-13) at Pontefract 1m fll (4) gs in Sep.
Pepys 5-1 (9-5) In touch, ridden and outpaced 3f out, effort over 1f out, no impression final furlong, last of 5, 4 1/2l behind Election Day (9-5) at Hamilton 1m mdn stks (5) hvy in Sep.
Armagnac (IRE) 40-1 (9-0) Steadied start, held up in rear, never dangerous, last of 10, 11 1/4l behind Law And Order (9-0) at Newmarket 7f mdn stks (4) gf in Aug.
Pitch High (IRE) 13-2 (9-0) Mid-division, headway on inside rail 3f out, ridden 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 6 1/4l behind Bayston Hill (9-1) at Brighton 7f mdn stks (6) gd in Sep.
Swell Hill 14-1 (9-0) Led narrowly, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, no impression with front pair inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 4 3/4l behind Isabel De Urbina (9-0) at Ffos Las 7f mdn fll stks (5) gs in Sep.
Metronomic (IRE) 10-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, no impression, 4th of 10, 5 3/4l behind Compton Lane (9-5) at Chepstow 6f (5) sft in Sep.
Eolian 8-1 (8-8) Slowly into stride, in rear and badly outpaced, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Party Nights (8-13) at Ffos Las 1m (5) sft in Sep.
Madam Prancealot (IRE) 50-1 (8-10) Mid-division, driven over 2f out, ridden 1 1/2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 14th of 30, 6 1/2l behind Orewa (9-1) at Curragh 6f stks Yielding in Sep.
Bridal March 13-2 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 10, 12l behind Lucy's Law (9-2) at Newcastle 1m (6) pol in Sep.
Katebird (IRE) 9-2 (9-5) Towards rear, headway under pressure over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 4th last strides, not reach leaders, 4th of 12, 1 1/2l behind Dragon Dream (9-0) at Kempton 7f (6) pol in Oct.
Tigerfish (IRE) 7-1 (8-11) Chased leaders on rail, pushed along halfway, ridden and outpaced inside final 2f, not clear run and switched left over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd close home, no chance with leading duo, 3rd of 13, 3l behind Madam Prancealot (8-13) at Lingfield 7f (6) gf in Aug.
Too Many Shots 16-1 (9-5) In rear, switched right 2f out, soon ridden, never nearer, 6th of 11, 3 3/4l behind Hope Against Hope (8-11) at Yarmouth 7f (5) sft in Oct.
Lady Kaviar (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Soon towards rear, never on terms after, 7th of 9, 12 1/4l behind Wahash (9-5) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Sep.
John T Chance (IRE) 3-1jfav (8-10) Led early, prominent, ridden over 1f out, led again inside final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (6) pol in Oct beating Tennessee Rose (9-3) by 1 3/4l, 12 ran.