Racecards
13:52 Stratford
Riverside Stratford Restaurant Open To All Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Class 4)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 2m 6f 7y
- Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £8,700 added
- Winner: £4,738
- 2nd: £2,183
- 3rd: £1,091
- 4th: £546
- Form 65/66-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
raced wide, chased leader, led and went left 2nd, narrowly headed 6th, chased leaders, awkward next, every chance when hung badly right and lost ground home turn, dropped to 3rd and no chance after
- Form 621-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer N B King
- Jockey J M Quinlan
waited with tracking leaders on inside, closer in 3rd and hit 8th, went 2nd home turn, led before last, stayed on well
- Form 226322-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 108
- Trainer B Lund
- Jockey Rex Dingle
led until 2nd, chased leader, hit 4th, led again 6th, hung left and headed before last, stayed on same pace run-in
- Form 5/00663-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer N Lampard
- Jockey Conor Ring
chased leading trio until 5th, behind after, lost touch 8th, tailed off and pulled up in back straight
- Form F/3972-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 110
- Trainer O Sherwood
- Jockey J J Burke
chased leading pair until before 8th, soon pushed along, outpaced before next, ridden and beaten after 2 out
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Placed in all three starts so far over hurdles, GLENGEEVER deserves a change of luck and his experience may give him the edge over bumper winner Give Me A Cuddle. Royal Lake’s second behind Jefferson Cross at Warwick was a decent effort and he wouldn’t need to improve much on that to figure.
Formwatch
Armchair Farmer (IRE) 14-1 (11-0) Held up off the pace in rear, headway hanging right home turn, plugged on, never dangerous, lost modest 5th post, 6th of 17, 12 1/4l behind Hauraki Gulf (11-0) at Warwick 2m (5) sft in Dec.
Give Me A Cuddle (IRE) 10-3 (11-1) Prominent, keen early, led 2f out, ridden and ran on well from over 1f out, won at Huntingdon 2m (5) gd in Apr beating Billy Boi Blue (11-1) by 2 1/2l, 7 ran.
Glengeever (IRE) 11-4 (11-3) Led, strongly pressed before 3 out, bad mistake 3 out and headed narrowly, soon pushed along and held, plugged on run-in to take 2nd, 2nd of 4, 8 1/2l behind Harper's Brook (11-10) at Ffos Las 2m 4f (4) gd in Apr.
Hoochygoochyman 150-1 (11-3) Chased leaders, mistakes, lost touch from 4th, tailed off, last of 3, dist behind Iron Bridge (11-10) at Worcester 2m 4f (4) gd in Apr.
Royal Lake (IRE) 11-1 (11-6) Held up just off the pace in 4th, pushed along and went 3rd 3 out, ridden and went 2nd between last two, stayed on run-in, always held, 2nd of 8, 2 1/4l behind Jeffery's Cross (11-6) at Warwick 2m 5f mdn (4) gd in Mar.