Racecards
19:00 Sandown Park
Rainbow Trust Children's Charity Handicap (Class 4)
- 11 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £9,000 added
- Winner: £5,822
- 2nd: £1,732
- 3rd: £866
- 4th: £433
- Form 16
- Age 3
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer J & T Gosden
- Jockey L Dettori
slightly hampered start, held up towards rear, not clear run over 2f out, headway and switched right over 1f out unable to get on terms
- Form 41-20
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 84
mid-division, pushed along 3f out, headway over 2f out, hard ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish
- Form 41-414
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer J Noseda
- Jockey James Doyle
held up in mid-division, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, unable to reach winner
- Form 6-1
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer J Tuite
- Jockey Oisin Murphy
tracked leader, challenged over 2f out, led over 1f out, kept on well
- Form 75-1
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer J M P Eustace
- Jockey Ryan Tate
not much room start, mid-division, one pace and beaten when badly hampered and collided with rail over 1f out, cantered home after
- Form 720-244
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey Rob Hornby
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, ridden and struggling over 2f out, ran on final 100 yards, never nearer
- Form 7-1
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey Jim Crowley
led, headed over 1f out, kept on, lost 2 places towards finish
- Form 31-9
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer Sir Michael Stoute
- Jockey R L Moore
prominent, ridden and unable to quicken from 2f out, weakened inside final 100 yards
- Form 411582
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey Fran Berry
went left start, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakening when hampered inside final furlong
- Form 347-102
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer B R Millman
- Jockey William Carson
tracked leaders, not clear run from over 2f out until over 1f out, lost place because of that, kept on inside final 100 yards
- Form 6551
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer J R Best
- Jockey Kieren Fox
last, pushed along over 3f out, ran on inside final 100 yards, never on terms
Pepita (IRE)
29- Form 72-D135
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey Non Runner
NonRunner
In depth
Verdict
A typically wide-open handicap for three-year-olds on paper but proven form in soft going is in short supply. Almoreb coped well enough when winning a maiden at Newbury on his reappearance and can figure but ME TOO NAGASAKI (NAP) is preferred. The latter has been beaten on the all-weather either side of scoring in heavy going at Doncaster last month and Jeremy Noseda’s colt has a leading chance on that evidence. Dancing Breeze finished last of six on the soft at York last time albeit in Listed company while the likes of Envoy, Surrey Hope and Pivoine are all unexposed maiden winners with something to prove on today’s ground.
Formwatch
Dancing Breeze (IRE) 9-4fav (9-0) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, close 2nd over 6f out until ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, weakened over 1f out, last of 6, 8 3/4l behind Tomyris (9-0) at York 1m lst fll stks (1) sft in May.
Glorious Forever 13-2 (8-11) Held up in rear, headway over 1f out, never on terms, 12th of 13, dist behind Defoe (9-0) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp (2) sft in May.
Me Too Nagasaki (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never nearer, 4th of 11, 2 1/4l behind Mukalal (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Jun.
Surrey Hope (USA) 7-2 (9-5) Chased leaders, went 2nd led over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, ran on strongly, won at Kempton 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Mar beating Hold Sway (9-5) by 4l, 12 ran.
Envoy 9-1 (9-5) Raced wide, pressed leader, led over 2f out, soon joined, pushed along and asserted inside final furlong, readily, won at Nottingham 1m mdn stks (5) gs in May beating Maratha (9-5) by 2 3/4l, 10 ran.
Berkshire Boy (IRE) 20-1 (8-2) Raced in centre, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, plugged on in 4th final furlong, never going pace to get on terms, 4th of 9, 6 3/4l behind Winning Ways (8-2) at Ascot 7f hcp (2) gf in May.
Almoreb (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) Led, ridden and narrowly headed over 1f out, carried left inside final furlong, rallied to lead again final 100 yards, won at Newbury 7f mdn stks (4) sft in May beating Highway One (9-0) by 1/2l, 12 ran.
Pivoine (IRE) 10-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to get involved, 9th of 15, 5 3/4l behind Bacchus (9-7) at Newbury 7f hcp (2) gf in Apr.
Vantage Point (IRE) 20-1 (9-1) Chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, every chance throughout final furlong, just failed, 2nd of 11, hd behind Mukalal (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Jun.
Glory of Paris (IRE) 4-1 (9-7) In touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Scorching Heat (9-8) at Salisbury 6f hcp (5) gs in May.
Chance To Dream (IRE) 9-1 (9-8) Held up well off the pace in last pair, pushed along 3f out, headway in centre chasing leaders 2f out, went 2nd and stayed on inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Windsor 1m hcp (5) gs in May beating Badenscoth (9-3) by 1/2l, 12 ran.
Pepita (IRE) 12-1 (9-2) Led, challenged over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, soon weakened, 5th of 9, 4 3/4l behind Pavillon (9-1) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp fll (3) pol in May.