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14:05 Sandown Park

Evc Nursery Handicap (Class D)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 7f 16y
  • Going: Good to Soft (Soft in places (Rnd); Soft (Sprint))
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 33.47s
  • 8 Ran
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1
Silk -

Zweibrucken (IRE)

6/1

    2
    Silk -

    Queenstown (IRE)

    7/2

      3
      Silk -

      Bailaora (IRE)

      10/1

        1(6)
        Silk - Orange and White check, Emerald Green sleeves and cap

        Love Triangle (IRE)

        9
        3/1
        • Form 353214
        • Age 2
        • Weight 9-7

        in touch, hard ridden and no response 2f out, soon weakened

        2(7)
        Silk - Black, Yellow chevrons, Black sleeves, Yellow spots, Yellow cap

        Queenstown (IRE)

        21
        7/2
        • Form 426
        • Age 2
        • Weight 9-7

        led, ridden final furlong not quicken, headed final 100 yards

        3(4)
        Silk - Dark blue, pink sash, chevrons on sleeves, quartered cap

        Bailaora (IRE)

        38
        10/1
        • Form 444
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-13

        in touch, headway on outer over 2f out, ridden to press leaders over 1f out, one pace final furlong

        4(1)
        Silk - Purple and White diabolo, White sleeves, Purple cap

        Bee Minor

        19
        9/1
        • Form 42653
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-11

        raced wide in touch, taken to race alone on stands rail 3f out, never able to challenge

        5(2)
        Silk - White, Red star, Red sleeves, White stars, Red cap, White star

        Zweibrucken (IRE)

        19
        6/1
        • Form 032
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-11

        tracked leader to 4f out, went 2nd again 2f out, hard driven final furlong, stayed on to lead final 100 yards

        6(8)
        Silk - PINK, BLACK cap

        Rules For Jokers (IRE)

        42
        5/1
        • Form 435
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-8

        keen, behind leaders, ridden 3f out, soon beaten, eased when no chance final furlong

        7(5)
        Silk - PINK, GREY spots and sleeves, PINK cap

        Eezaa Geezer (IRE)

        17
        7/1
        • Form 04551
        • Age 2
        • Weight 8-7

        held up in rear, headway to press leaders over 1f out, one pace final furlong

        8(3)
        Silk - Purple, Pink chevrons, Purple sleeves, Pink seams, Purple cap

        Knickyknackienoo

        15
        40/1
        • Form 066040
        • Age 2
        • Weight 7-12

        pulled very hard, soon tracked leaders, chased leader 4f out to 2f out, weakened quickly 1f out

        In depth

        Verdict

        The winner of a maiden in Ireland, Love Triangle looks to have plenty on his plate giving weight away all round, but his run at York, in a better race than this was a decent effort, and off the same mark here is sure to be involved, however, handicap debutante Queenstown looks the one to be with. Outclassed, but not disgraced in a valuable contest at Ascot, Brian Meehan's colt had previously made Prince Of Thebes pull out all the stops at Epsom, despite clearly not handling the undulations at the Surrey venue. The third that day Papeete has since scored, giving the form a boost and while the Handicapper looks to have taken no chances in alotting him a mark of 85, he is open to improvement. Bailaora is another to make his Nursery debut and has shown enough to suggest he can make his mark. However, as he is out of a mare that stayed middle-distances, he may do better when faced with a stiffer test. Bee Minor doesn't look good enough at this level, while Zweibrucken may be flattered by her run at Folkestone, where she had the best of the draw. Jamie Osbourne relies on Rules For Jokers from two entries, but he will have to find improvement if he is to trouble the best of these, but a case can be made for the lightly weighted Eezza Geezer, whoose defeat of Rabitatit was made to look better when the latter scrambled home in a seller last week. Off a mark of 71 he is sure to make his presence felt, but this is something of a drop in class for Queenstown, who is taken to get off the mark.