Racecards
15:50 Nottingham
Eric Potter Clarkson Handicap (Class D2) (Class 2)
- 15 Runners
- Distance: 1m 1f 213y
- Going: Good to Firm
- Form 141300
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
held up, headway over 2f out, ridden and hung left over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 1-23511
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer Sir Mark Prescott
- Jockey S Sanders
prominent, led over 2f out, ridden and headed 1f out, stayed on
Realism (FR)
20- Form 110156
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer P Hiatt
- Jockey Darren Williams
keen, mid-division, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
- Form 000/4-05
- Age 6
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer C R Dore
- Jockey Lisa Jones
slowly into stride, always towards rear
- Form 2112-00
- Age 5
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer G G Margarson
- Jockey A McCarthy
held up, never troubled leaders
- Form 3100
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer Sir H R A Cecil
- Jockey W Ryan
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, keeping on when not much room close home
- Form 243-605
- Age 4
- Weight 8-13
behind, ridden and headway over 2f out, edged left from over 1f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong
- Form 005204
- Age 4
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer J Akehurst
- Jockey L Dettori
held up, headway over 6f out, ridden over 3f out, outpaced over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
Zalam (IRE)
28- Form 05-0
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer P A Blockley
- Jockey P Bradley
slowly into stride, always behind
- Form 000605
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer B Hanbury
- Jockey Richard Hughes
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
Gems Bond
19- Form 000005
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer J S Moore
- Jockey Derek Nolan
slowly into stride, mid division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 130604
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey F P Ferris
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
- Form 001
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer L M Cumani
- Jockey O Urbina
chased leaders, ridden to lead 1f out, headed and not quicken well inside final furlong
- Form 301
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
in touch, outpaced over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Straw Bear and Tagula Blue come here in great form and must be considered, however we will take a chance on the lightly race One So Marvellous. A late developer from the Luca Cumani yard, this daughter of Nashwan put up an improved performance to get the better of Flamboyant Lad in driving finish at Leicester last time. The race itself lacked any depth, but the the first two were twelve lengths clear and with more improvement on the cards the selection may have got in here on a decent mark. Straw Bear is the obvious danger, he slaughtered some more experienced rivals at Haydock on heavy ground last time, and if he is just as effective on the different surface, he will make a bold bid to land the hat-trick. Tagula Blue was also mightily impressive when winning at Warwick last time and should be vying for a place. In a very open contest Ryan's Future can also go well with the assistance of Frankie, but One So Marvellous has more scope than most of these and is taken to land the spoils.