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15:30 Nottingham
racinguk.com Handicap (Class 5)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 2m 9y
- Going: Good to Firm
- Surface: Turf
- £3,500 added
- Winner: £2,267
- 2nd: £674
- 3rd: £337
- 4th: £168
- Form 170200-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer R J Price
- Jockey William Carson
prominent 2f, held up, ridden 5f out, brought wide and effort 4f out, weakened 2f out
- Form 53360-1
- Age 7
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer J Candlish
- Jockey J Fanning
tracked leaders, went 2nd over 4f out, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on
- Form 112111-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer P A Kirby
- Jockey R Kennemore
held up, headway over 3f out, outpaced by leading pair final 2f
- Form 0724-31
- Age 5
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer J R Jenkins
- Jockey Kieren Fallon
led, pushed along over 4f out, ridden and headed 2f out, stayed challenging, led again inside final furlong, stayed on well
- Form 16/455-4
- Age 7
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer John Harris
- Jockey Barry McHugh
tracked winner until over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Rare Ruby won this a year ago from 7lb lower and again showed herself suited to fast going with a winning reappearance at Warwick. Arab League almost made a winning return last year so the lack of a recent run may not be a problem and he has run very well from this mark in the past. ANDORN has done Philip Kirby proud winning six of his last seven including over timber at Sedgefield a couple of weeks ago. He's shot up the weights as a consequence but there could be another victory in him and he gets the vote. Not Till Monday made most under Kieren Fallon at Yarmouth and will take some pegging back despite a 5lb rise but Daylami Dreams has never recaptured the kind of form that saw him score at Newmarket in 2008 from a 9lb higher mark.
Formwatch
Arab League (IRE) 28-1 (9-8) Mid-division, weakened 3f out, 16th of 18, 22l behind Ashbrittle (9-10) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Oct.
Rare Ruby (IRE) 11-4 (9-6) Prominent early, held up in touch, improved over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Warwick 1m 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gf beating My Mate Max (9-10) by 3l, 5 ran.
Andorn (GER) 5-1 (9-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, led inside final furlong, driven out, won at Redcar 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Sep beating Zefooha (9-9) by 1 1/4l, 12 ran.
Not Til Monday (IRE) 7-2 (9-11) Made all, set strong pace, driven over 3f out, stayed on gamely, unchallenged, won at Yarmouth 2m hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Apr beating Motirani (9-4) by 3 1/2l, 6 ran.
Daylami Dreams 20-1 (8-10) Prominent early, held up, headway 4f out, outpaced by leaders over 2f out, 4th of 6, 6l behind Bollin Greta (9-1) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.