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15:10 Sandown Park

Royal Artillery Gold Cup Chase (Class E)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 3m 110y
  • Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 31.10s
  • 11 Ran
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1
Silk -

Gunner Welburn

6/5

    2
    Silk -

    Mercato (FR)

    4/1

      3
      Silk -

      Satshoon (IRE)

      3/1

        1
        Silk - Red, Royal Blue chevron, Royal Blue cap, Red spots

        Donnybrook (IRE)

        52
        33/1
        • Form 4-PP50P
        • Age 11
        • Weight 12-10

        in touch, not fluent 3rd, ridden and weakened approaching 16th

        2
        Silk - Dark Blue, Mauve triple diamond and sleeves, quartered cap

        Flat Top

        11
        20/1
        • Form 3/5UU0-U
        • Age 13
        • Weight 12-10

        led until 2nd, chased leaders until weakened after 11th, tailed off and pulled up before last

        3
        Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue cap

        Gunner Welburn

        40
        6/5
        • Form 014-P1F
        • Age 12
        • Weight 12-10

        prominent, led 7th, made rest, stayed on well, readily

        4
        Silk - Dark blue, light blue sleeves, dark blue armlets, quartered cap

        Optimistic Thinker

        11
        100/1
        • Form PP-5U5P
        • Age 10
        • Weight 12-10

        always behind, tailed off from 9th

        5
        Silk - Mauve and Yellow diamonds, Mauve sleeves, Yellow cap

        Satshoon (IRE)

        70 b
        3/1
        • Form 31F431
        • Age 11
        • Weight 12-10

        prominent, chased leaders from 7th, ridden along from 15th, one pace after

        6
        Silk - Black, Yellow cross belts, sleeves and cap

        The Eens

        41
        50/1
        • Form 65-655P
        • Age 12
        • Weight 12-5

        behind 11th, tailed off and pulled up before 16th

        7
        Silk - Purple, Red sleeves, Purple armlets, Red cap

        Cedar Chief

        5 b
        50/1
        • Form F31-155
        • Age 7
        • Weight 11-10

        prominent until 11th, chased leaders and mistake 12th, soon weakened, tailed off

        8
        Silk - Maroon, pale green sleeves, black cap

        Mercato (FR)

        33
        4/1
        • Form 055-334
        • Age 8
        • Weight 11-10

        held up towards rear, headway 8th, chased winner from 14th, ridden approaching 2 out, kept on same pace

        9
        Silk - Orange, Black chevron, diabolo on sleeves

        River Quoile

        92
        10/1
        • Form 3F03F3
        • Age 8
        • Weight 11-10

        led 2nd until 7th, chased leaders until fell 11th

        10
        Silk - Emerald green, dark blue stars, emerald green sleeves, emerald green cap, dark blue star

        Smokey Robot (IRE)

        18
        100/1
        • Form 2530/P-P
        • Age 11
        • Weight 11-10

        always tailed off

        11
        Silk - Dark Blue, Olive Green sleeves, check cap

        Alska (FR)

        19
        100/1
        • Form 3-65453
        • Age 11
        • Weight 11-5

        in touch until 8th, soon behind

        In depth

        Verdict

        A competitive field goes to post for the Royal Artillery Gold Cup and the principals look to be Flat Top, Gunner Welburn and Satshoon and the confident vote goes to Satshoon. The gelding from the Paul Nicholls yard won well last time out when defeating Cassia Heights and with the drop in trip sure to be no problem he will be hard to beat.Gunner Welburn rates the main danger on his win in the Rowland Meyrick when defeating Skippers Cleuch. However he disappointed last time and can not be backed with any confidence. Flat Top has been laid out for this race and he runs well fresh but he is prone to shoddy jumping. Of the remainder Mercato is from a yard in form and has conditions to suit but for the winner we return to Satshoon.