Racecards
13:30 Sandown Park
Long Ditton Novice Stakes (Class 5)
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £5,400 added
- Winner: £3,493
- 2nd: £1,040
- 3rd: £519
- 4th: £260
Manigordo (USA)
261- Form 4245-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 98
made all, pushed along over 1f out, ridden out
Our Lad
11- Form 9
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey Rob Hornby
keen tracked winner over 5f out until ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Trepidation
92- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer B R Johnson
- Jockey S Donohoe
keen close up in 4th, pushed along and outpaced 3f out
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer Owen Burrows
- Jockey K Shoemark
keen tracked winner until over 5f out, chased winner again over 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace
In depth
Verdict
MANIGORDO earned a rating of 98 after a fine first campaign which saw him beaten a neck at Ascot and just a length in a lucrative sales race at Doncaster. He should go on to better things than this and the two opponents who have experience have shown little. The filly Taawfan has a superb pedigree being closely related to six winners out of the 1000 Guineas winner Ameerat so she's worth noting for the future.
Formwatch
Manigordo (USA) 9-2 (9-0) Raced wide keen, tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 6, 14 1/4l behind Wichita (9-0) at Newmarket 7f Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Sep.
Our Lad 150-1 (9-5) Slowly away in rear, never a factor, 9th of 10, 31 1/4l behind First Receiver (9-5) at Kempton 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Jun.
Trepidation 50-1 (8-8) Slowly away, ran green and outpaced throughout, 10th of 11, 18 1/4l behind Luncies (8-8) at Lingfield 1m stks (5) pol in Mar.
Taawfan (IRE) Night Of Thunder filly out of Ameerat.