Racecards
19:15 Nottingham
Ronaldinho's 70th Birthday Handicap (Class 4)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 1m 75y
- Going: Good (Good to Firm in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £12,000 added
- Winner: £6,156
- 2nd: £2,890
- 3rd: £1,446
- 4th: £723
- Form 121-36
- Age 4
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer S & E Crisford
- Jockey Harry Burns
chased leaders, lost place over 7f out, ridden on outside over 2f out, no impression
- Form 4/11414-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer D O'Meara
- Jockey Jason Watson
soon towards rear, pushed along 3f out, not much room inside 2f out, no impression
- Form 922256-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer Miss A Murphy
- Jockey Jason Hart
held up in mid-division, effort 3f out, no impression over 1f out
- Form 73120-6
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 79
slowly into stride, behind, headway over 1f out, never dangerous
- Form 221237-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer P W Chapple-Hyam
- Jockey N Callan
chased leader, led over 2f out, clear entering final furlong, ran on well, easily
- Form 624657-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer R Spencer
- Jockey R Kingscote
mid-division, headway 2f out, went 4th inside final furlong, kept on, never able to get on terms
- Form 3412-74
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 77
chased leaders, raced keenly, 3rd 2f out, no impression on winner, kept on
- Form 12411-1
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer S R Bowring
- Jockey Lewis Edmunds
chased leaders on inside, went 2nd and ridden 2f out, kept on, no impression on winner
- Form 402417-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey Liam Browne
led until over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 48644-7
- Age 4
- Weight 8-5
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam
- Jockey Levi Williams
broke well, chased leaders, lost place over 6f out, headway 3f out, stayed on same pace final 2f
- Form 24-2512
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer D M Loughnane
- Jockey D C Costello
NonRunner
- Form 224-762
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer T Ward
- Jockey Daniel Muscutt
NonRunner
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Alpha Cru won three times last year and will be winning again before long off his current mark. But CLIFFCAKE (NAP) scored over course and distance last summer before notching-up a hat-trick over the winter. There looks more to come back on this surface after winning at Southwell last time and Roy Bowring’s charge gets the vote. Imperial Command has been in good form at Newcastle while Grangeclare View is preferred to Majestic Tejaan and Nankeen of the remainder.
Formwatch
Nankeen 4-1 (9-5) Pressed leader, led 7f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 8, 5 1/4l behind Lammas (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Alpha Cru (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Held up in touch, went to race alone on outside rail 6f out, chased leaders into home straight, stayed on inside final furlong, lost 3rd close home, 4th of 13, 3 1/4l behind Empirestateofmind (9-4) at Pontefract 1m hcp (4) sft in Oct.
Urban War (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Held up towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, never dangerous, 6th of 8, 7 1/4l behind Saleymm (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (3) pol in Nov.
Sadiqaa (IRE) 10-1 (9-7) Towards rear, pushed along and headway over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 6th of 13, 3 3/4l behind Dashing Dick (9-4) at Leicester 7f hcp (4) gs in Apr.
Fast Medicine (IRE) 9-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, held when hampered over 1f out, 7th of 9, 5 1/4l behind Sucellus (9-5) at Haydock 1m hcp (4) gf in Sep.
Professional Widow (IRE) 14-1 (8-9) Awkward and slowly away, in rear, pushed along 3f out, never on terms, last of 7, 8 1/4l behind Bashkirova (9-7) at Newmarket 1m hcp fll (2) sft in Oct.
Grangeclare View (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Keen in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on, nearest finish, 4th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Dark Spec (9-5) at Leicester 1m hcp (4) gs in Apr.
Cliffcake (IRE) 4-1 (9-7) Tracked leading trio, ridden to lead entering final furlong, ran on, won at Southwell 7f hcp (5) pol in Feb beating Custard The Dragon (9-7) by 2l, 10 ran.
Victorious Night (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 7th of 8, 5 1/2l behind Paxos (9-11) at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
McCann The Man 4-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders on inside, slightly hampered and lost place 5f out, mid-division and no headway after, 7th of 10, 4 3/4l behind Newton Jack (9-7) at Windsor 1m hcp (5) gd in Apr.
Imperial Command (IRE) 10-1 (9-6) Slow into stride, in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, stayed on towards finish, 2nd of 6, nk behind Eilean Dubh (8-9) at Newcastle 1m hcp (3) pol in Mar.
Majestic Tejaan (IRE) 10-1 (9-7) Pressed leader over 1f, stayed handy, ridden over 2f out, led well inside final furlong, headed close home, 2nd of 7, shd behind Zoom Zoom Babe (8-12) at Kempton 1m hcp fll (5) pol in Feb.