Racecards
16:00 Sandown Park
Sri Lanka Awaits You Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (Class 4)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 1m 7f 216y
- Going: Good to Soft (Good in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £5,000 added
- Winner: £2,723
- 2nd: £1,254
- 3rd: £627
- 4th: £314
- Form 2
- Age 4
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer N Kent
- Jockey B S Hughes
held up in touch in rear on outside, headway 13f out, led over 2f out, ridden and edged right entering final furlong, headed inside final 100 yards, kept on
- Age 4
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer N J Gifford
- Jockey N F Houlihan
in touch in rear, outpaced over 4f out, rallied 3f out, 3rd and no impression over 1f out
- Age 4
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey J E Moore
in touch in rear, outpaced 5f out, well held from over 2f out
- Form 1-3
- Age 4
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer B Brookhouse
- Jockey J M Quinlan
tracked leader, every chance over 2f out, soon ridden and beaten, 4th and no impression over 1f out
- Form 30-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-2
led until over 2f out, soon weakened
- Age 4
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer N P Mulholland
- Jockey Brendan Powell
in touch in rear, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened
- Age 4
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey H Cobden
tracked leaders, challenged over 2f out, driven 1f out, led inside final 100 yards, edged right towards finish, stayed on
In depth
Verdict
Point-to-point winner MARTIN PLAGE finished a respectable third in a Cheltenham bumper last month and looks up to winning one of these. Diamond Koda went close at Market Rasen back in May and should also go well while Touquet is related to a hurdle and chase winner in France. Super Sabre Sam is a brother to a winning chaser and a half-brother to several other winners while Jack Sparrow Grey can include a bumper winner among his winning relatives.
Formwatch
Diamond Koda (IRE) 50-1 (10-10) Prominent, pushed along to challenge over 3f out, every chance inside final furlong, held close home, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Choccabloc (11-2) at Market Rasen 2m 1f (5) gs in May.
Drumheller (IRE) Elusive Pimpernel gelding out of Point The Toes.
Jack Sparrow Grey (FR) Kap Rock gelding out of Betwixt.
Martin Plage (FR) 9-1 (11-1) Led 1f, chased leader until home turn, chased winner turning in until ridden over 1f out, plugged on in 3rd, 3rd of 15, 8 3/4l behind The Kemble Brewery (11-5) at Cheltenham 2m (2) gs in Oct.
Streamsforth Lad (IRE) 25-1 (11-3) Never closer than mid-division, 12th of 17, 26 3/4l behind Check The Score (11-3) at Warwick 2m (5) gd in Apr.
Super Sabre Sam Black Sam Bellamy gelding out of Angie Marinie.
Touquet (FR) Kapgarde gelding out of Tahaza.