Racecards
18:55 Warwick
Turftv Handicap (Class 5)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 1m 6f 213y
- Going: Good to Firm
- Surface: Turf
- £5,500 added
- Form 1046/3-3
- Age 5
- Weight 9-11
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer M Scudamore
- Jockey P Hills
led, clear when ridden over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, caught post
Garafena
31- Form 22/431-5
- Age 5
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer B G Powell
- Jockey T Quinn
in touch, ridden well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 3408-87
- Age 9
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer Mrs A L M King
- Jockey Ted Durcan
held up in rear, headway when not clear run briefly 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
Merrymaker
28- Form 74118-5
- Age 8
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer W M Brisbourne
- Jockey S W Kelly
slowly into stride, soon mid-division, ridden when not much room over 1f out, staying on when not clear run well inside final furlong, never able to challenge
- Form 164193
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer Karen George
- Jockey D Holland
dwelt, held up in rear, switched right and headway well over 1f out, soon ridden, wandered final furlong, stayed on
Dansilver
18- Form 007/25-1
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 61
- Trainer D J Wintle
- Jockey V Slattery
prominent, 2nd 5f out, ridden over 2f out, weakening when not much room well inside final furlong
- Form 8-58318
- Age 5
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 57
- Trainer M Blanshard
- Jockey James Doyle
held up in rear, headway on inside over 2f out, soon ridden, switched right well inside final furlong, ran on to lead post
- Form 1400-18
- Age 4
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer B G Powell
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Icansingarainbow
213- Form 830-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 57
- Trainer R Hollinshead
- Jockey J Fanning
took keen hold, tracked leader after 1f until 5f out, dropped out 4f out, tailed off
- Form 403896
- Age 8
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 61
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey Catherine Gannon
Nonrunner
Lit Et Mixe (FR)
222- Form 1408/09-
- Age 5
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer Noel T Chance
- Jockey Richard Hughes
Nonrunner
In depth
Verdict
Another tricky race for punters to assess and Dansilver is the suggestion, with King's Fable, Sovietta and Garafena others to consider. The selection was the easy winner of a Southwell handicap last time despite Neil Callan losing his whip some way out. He has gone up a fair looking 8lbs for that success, but he looks capable of going in again. King's Fable has not yet won beyond 12f and even this extra couple of furlongs looks a bit of a problem to the Karen George-trained gelding, so we will take him on for stamina reasons. Lupita will have no trouble on that score and won over 2m 1f at Bath last month. Her last run was too bad to be true, so you'd have to put a line through it if you fancy a punt and trust her to return to the form of that previous effort. Sovietta was a 1m 4f Kempton winner last time out and has not scored over any further than that trip, which does not augur well for this handicap, though she does acts around this track. Garafena looks a doubtful stayer on pedigree, but Merrymaker gets every yard of this and is back on a winning mark, so if handling the track and conditions he looks a dangerous opponent, but preference here is for Dansilver.
Formwatch
Command Marshal (FR) 22-1 (8-9) Held up mid-division, stayed on well from over 1f out, took 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 4 1/2l behind Red Wine (8-8) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gs.
Garafena 12-1 (8-11) Chased clear leader, hard ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 8l behind Proper (8-1) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Apr.
Great View (IRE) 20-1 (9-12) Raced wide, held up mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 7th of 8, 12l behind Rock 'n' Roller (9-9) at Folkestone 1m 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Apr.
Merrymaker 13-2 (9-11) Held up, ridden over 4f, no impression, 5th of 6, 17l behind Wind Flow (8-10) at W'hampton 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Apr.
King's Fable (USA) 9-2 (8-7) Slowly into stride, in rear, ridden and effort 3f out, hung left and kept on from over 1f out, 3rd of 6, 7l behind Chocolate Caramel (9-11) at Great Leighs 1m 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Apr.
Dansilver 9-1 (8-12) Held up mid-division, chased leaders over 4f out, led 2f out, rider dropped whip and hung badly right over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Southwell 2m hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Apr beating Blue Jet (8-11) by 6l, 12 ran.
Synonymy 8-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden 4f out, soon lost place, weakened over 3f out, 8th of 11, 21l behind Coda Agency (8-13) at Kempton 2m hcap (5) pol.
Lupita (IRE) 9-4fav (8-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, eased well over 1f out, last of 8, well behind Rock 'n' Roller (9-9) at Folkestone 1m 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Apr.
Icansingarainbow 33-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders and keen, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 13th of 14, 15l behind Envisage (9-3) at Nottingham 1m 2f mdn stk (5) gs in Oct.
Stoop To Conquer 33-1 (8-8) Led after 1f, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 10, 9l behind Red Wine (8-8) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gs.
Lit Et Mixe (FR) 50-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, recovered to chase leaders, weakened over 3f out, last of 9, 21l behind Young Bertie (9-4) at Brighton 1m app hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Sovietta (IRE) 8-1 (9-0) Mid-division, chased leaders 2f out, led approaching final furlong, asserted inside final furlong, driven out, won at Kempton 1m 4f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Mar beating Faraday (9-0) by 1l, 14 ran.