Racecards
17:20 Sandown Park
Tripleprint Handicap (Class D)
- 15 Runners
- Distance: 1m 2f 7y
- Going: Good to Firm (Back Straight - Firm in places)
- Form 6040-20
- Age 4
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer C G Cox
- Jockey Pat Eddery
slight lead to over 2f out, weakened quickly
Rule Britannia
274- Form 631-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-13
- Trainer J R Fanshawe
- Jockey M Dwyer
tracked leaders, ridden and lost place over 2f out
McBain (USA)
20- Form 4144-00
- Age 4
- Weight 9-13
- Trainer R Johnson Houghton
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
raced wide mid-division, headway and every chance over 2f out, not quicken
- Form 260-000
- Age 4
- Weight 9-13
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey T G McLaughlin
held up mid-division, effort on outside 2f out, kept on same pace
Gabor
269- Form 145100-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-12
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey S W Kelly
pressed leader to 2f out, weakened quickly
Misty Dancer
10- Form 2/3300-1
- Age 4
- Weight 9-11
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey K Darley
pulled hard, close up on outside, effort and every chance approaching final furlong, no extra
- Form 122145
- Age 6
- Weight 9-11
- Trainer P Hiatt
- Jockey Dean McKeown
in touch when stumbled after 2f, headway and not clear run over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
- Form 45655-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
held up in rear, good headway on inside rail when badly hampered over 2f out and again 2f out, not recover
- Form 00-0303
- Age 5
- Weight 9-9
- Trainer B R Millman
- Jockey G Baker
mid-division, effort over 1f out, ran on same pace final furlong
- Form 0105-46
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer E A L Dunlop
- Jockey Kieren Fallon
held up in touch, not clear run over 2f out, switched right to inside rail and quickened to lead inside final furlong, soon clear
Giunchiglio
18- Form 0662-2
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
chased leaders, ridden to lead narrowly over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 5-32520
- Age 5
- Weight 9-2
close up, effort on inside and ridden to lead narrowly over 1f out, headed and not quicken inside final furlong
- Form 01-4000
- Age 6
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer B Hanbury
- Jockey J P Gadsby
held up in rear, headway when not clear run and switched right over 1f out, stayed on
- Form 00-2040
- Age 6
- Weight 8-10
chased leaders, losing place when bumped over 2f out, ran on again final furlong, never nearer
Suave Performer
151- Form 100666-
- Age 6
- Weight 7-13
- Trainer S C Williams
- Jockey F P Ferris
pulled hard in rear, staying on same pace when hampered inside final furlong
In depth
Verdict
A tricky way to close the card but Rule Britannia is open to any amount of improvement and should make a bold bid to pick up where she left off last term. She hails from a yard that mean business with their placement of horses of this type and, although she will come on for the run, she is taken to get her season off to a flyer. The presence of Mcbain should ensure that there is plenty of pace in the early stages, which should enable Tight Squeeze and Misty Dancer to scrap it out if Rule Britannia just needs the run.