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18:15 Sandown Park

Sharp Minds Betfair: Best Odds Classified Stakes (Class D) (Class D)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 14y
  • Going: Good to Soft, Good in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 46.76s
  • 13 Ran
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1
Silk -

Mystical Girl (USA)

2/1

    2
    Silk -

    Diamond Lodge

    9/2

      3
      Silk -

      Freak Occurence (IRE)

      6/1

        1(7)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow hoop and sleeves, White cap

        Mister Saif (USA)

        21
        14/1
        • Form 622-0U5
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-5

        in touch, ridden to chase leader 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong

        2(3)
        Silk - Red, Black chevrons, White sleeves, Black armlets, White cap

        Hoh Bleu Dee

        13
        33/1
        • Form 11666-0
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-4

        in touch, ridden and weakened approaching 2f out

        3(5)
        Silk - Dark Green and Yellow (quartered), Yellow sleeves, Dark Green cap

        Compton's Eleven

        13
        33/1
        • Form 033-000
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-3

        towards rear, some moderate late headway

        4(11)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Maroon epaulets, chevrons on sleeves

        Jath

        10
        20/1
        • Form 1-06
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-2

        tracked leader, chased winner over 2f out, faded approaching final furlong

        5(8)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Red stars

        Mystical Girl (USA)

        12
        2/1
        • Form 30-3312
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-2

        soon led, driven approaching 2f out, ran on well

        6(9)
        Silk - Maroon and Light Blue (quartered), Maroon sleeves, Light Blue armlets, Maroon cap

        Freak Occurence (IRE)

        10
        6/1
        • Form 20-0346
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-1

        narrow leader, soon headed, stayed in touch, ridden and stayed on to chase leading pair final furlong

        7(12)
        Silk - Royal Blue, White chevron, Light Blue cap

        Major Effort (USA)

        17
        13/2
        • Form 052-4
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        in touch, ridden and short of room when weakening 2f out

        8(1)
        Silk - Black, Orange sleeves, Black and Red check cap

        Saffron Fox

        39
        14/1
        • Form 0120-40
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        mid-division, ridden and outpaced over 3f out, stayed on final furlong

        9(4)
        Silk - Pink, Royal Blue triple diamond and diamond on cap

        Stevedore (IRE)

        17
        66/1
        • Form 0214-0
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        towards rear, ridden 3f out, switched left over 1f out, no impression

        10(13)
        Silk - Pink, Royal Blue hoops

        Winners Delight

        50
        25/1
        • Form 6165-00
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden 3f out, stayed on from over 1f out

        11(2)
        Silk - BLACK, RED chevron hoop and sleeves, BLACK armlets, hooped cap

        Another Faux Pas (IRE)

        13
        14/1
        • Form 0-1
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-11

        always towards rear

        12(6)
        Silk - White, Light Blue chevron and sleeves, Black cap

        Attune

        17
        20/1
        • Form 4-401
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-11

        tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f, soon eased

        13(10)
        Silk - White, Purple epaulets and armlets

        Diamond Lodge

        15
        9/2
        • Form 41
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-11

        steadied start, held up rear, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, kept on but not reach winner

        In depth

        Verdict

        The Richard Hannon-trained Mister Saif has not enjoyed the best of luck in his recent starts but he is worth persevering with over this trip and is preferred over Attune and Jath, who have plenty of scope for improvement and have to be respected accordingly. So too is Mystical Girl, who is a typical representative of Mark Johnston's yard that has relished being kept busy since the start of the season. The daughter of Rahy is versatile regarding her best trip and should be capable of getting involved in the shake-up today. Freak Occurrence is another that is not out of this at the weights and could give each-way players a good run at a fair price. However, the likelihood of a decent price also being available about Mister Saif makes him the slightly more appealing betting proposition. The Miswaki colt posted a much-improved effort when keeping on well near the finish at York last month; suggesting that he is well worth another try over this extra furlong. Jockey bookings confirm that the selection is the main hope of Hannon's two runners in the race and, with a fair draw in stall seven; Mister Saif will have very few excuses if he is granted a clear passage today. Attune and Jath do make plenty of appeal on what they have achieved to date and are expected to pose the biggest problems out of the rest.