Racecards
17:35 Salisbury
Kingsclere Racing Club Handicap (Class 4)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 1m 1f 201y
- Surface: Turf
- £11,250 added
- Winner: £5,888
- 2nd: £2,763
- 3rd: £1,380
- 4th: £691
Lady Of Arabia
144- Form 321-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer Eve Johnson Houghton
- Jockey Charles Bishop
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Richard Hannon runners top and tail the weights with King's Code preferred to Great Bedwyn. Lady Of Arabia hails from an in-form yard but is making her Turf debut. Jockey bookings suggest Alba Longa is the Beckett stable pick ahead of Paisano and Scenic looks to have decent claims while Royal Deeside has been gelded since the autumn. Eyetrap returned to action with a win at Nottingham but SPRING FEVER could give the Gosdens a quick double as he was keeping on well over a mile at Southwell a month ago.
Formwatch
Great Bedwyn 25-1 (8-13) Close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 12l behind Like A Tiger (9-2) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (3) gs in Apr.
Paisano (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) Chased leaders, pushed along and lost place over 2f out, weakened final 2f, 9th of 13, 10 1/4l behind Cicero's Gift (9-4) at Newbury 1m stks (4) sft in Oct.
Royal Deeside 22-1 (9-7) Steadied start, held up in rear, pushed along and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 9, 5 1/4l behind Cannon Rock (9-7) at Newmarket 1m 2f mdn stks (3) gd in Oct.
Alba Longa 9-1 (9-2) Keen tracked leaders, led over 2f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Sea Of Roses (9-2) at Doncaster 1m mdn fll stks (5) sft in Oct.
Spring Fever 9-1 (9-2) Close up, pushed along and headway over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 7, 1l behind Urban Decay (9-2) at Southwell 1m fll stks (4) pol in Apr.
Eyetrap 13-2 (8-13) Led, brought field towards near side in straight, narrowly headed 4f out, pressed leader, ridden and led again inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (4) sft in Apr beating Dawn Vega (9-4) by 3/4l, 6 ran.
Mirabello Bay (IRE) 11-8fav (10-7) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders and hung left from over 1f out, stayed on same pace in 3rd final furlong, 3rd of 11, 3 1/4l behind Strike Alliance (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Lady Of Arabia 10-11fav (9-7) Close up, headway travelling well over 2f out, pushed along to dispute lead over 1f out, led outright final 110yds, ran on gamely, cosily, won at Kempton 1m mdn fll stks (5) pol in Dec beating Scramble (9-7) by 3/4l, 11 ran.
King's Code 15-2 (9-7) Tracked leaders, shaken up and unable to quicken as pace lifted inside final 2f, stayed on inside final furlong, no chance with leading duo, 3rd of 9, 5 1/2l behind Rathgar (9-7) at Goodwood 1m 1f stks (4) gs in Oct.
Almarin (IRE) 25-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, soon weakened, last of 15, 24 1/4l behind Surely Not (9-3) at Newmarket 1m hcp (4) gs in Apr.
Scenic (FR) 15-2 (8-13) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, no impression on winner final furlong, just prevailed for 2nd, 2nd of 13, 5l behind Wigmore Street (9-4) at Kempton 1m stks (4) pol in Dec.