Racecards
16:15 Stratford
Blenheim Water Handicap Chase (Class E)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 2m 1f 110y
- Going: None specified
Roller Blade
25- Form 0/F15PU
- Age 8
- Weight 11-10
- Trainer N & W Twiston-Davies
- Jockey C Llewellyn
tracked leader, led 4th, headed 8th, weakening when mistake 10th, soon beaten
- Form 3065-P5
- Age 10
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer Andrew Turnell
- Jockey G Lee
held up, niggled 6th, headway approaching 9th, went 2nd before next, ridden to lead approaching 2 out, soon clear
- Form 11-6421
- Age 6
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer D Caro
- Jockey T Scudamore
led, hit 2nd, headed 4th, not fluent 7th, ridden after next, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
- Form 35600-P
- Age 10
- Weight 10-2
- Trainer R Carson
- Jockey Dave Crosse
held up, headway after 7th, ridden approaching 9th, weakened quickly next
- Form 23400-4
- Age 11
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer Mrs L Williamson
- Jockey W A Worthington
prominent tracking leaders, hit 6th, led 8th, headed and blundered 2 out, beaten when not fluent last
- Form 01P4-P6
- Age 6
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer O O'Neill
- Jockey V Slattery
in touch and keen, ridden after 5th, weakened 7th, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
- Form 005-400
- Age 7
- Weight 10-0
held up, ridden 8th, lost touch 9th, no headway from next
In depth
Verdict
Gipsy Cricketer has been in excellent heart of late and followed a promising effort at Worcester with an all-the-way success on a return visit to the track last month. However, the son of Anshan has been raised 12lb since and has yet to prove his effectiveness on testing ground so is passed over for Gatflax. The TEAMtalk selection has been struggling of late but is back on a winning mark and will relish the ground so should go well but Roller Blade is out of form and Ulusaba has reportedly had breathing problems.