Racecards
19:30 Warwick
Hbg Construction Ltd Handicap Hurdle (Class D) (Class D)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Firm
- Form 50525-1
- Age 11
- Weight 12-5
- Trainer M C Pipe
- Jockey T Scudamore
chased leader, ridden 4 out, weakened 2 out
Lanzlo (FR)
21- Form 115500-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey R Johnson
tracked leaders, lost place 3rd, ridden 3 out, stayed on to go 2nd last, no chance with winner
- Form 413456-
- Age 6
- Weight 10-13
held up, mistake 2nd and 4th, ridden 3 out, weakened next
Dabarpour (IRE)
149- Form 003124-
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer Ian Williams
- Jockey D R Dennis
held up, took closer order after 3rd, led after 3 out, mistake 2 out, clear last, comfortably
- Form 44303-5
- Age 12
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer Dr P Pritchard
- Jockey Dr P Pritchard
led, ridden and headed after 3 out, stayed on flat
In depth
Verdict
Potentate had been struggling in handicaps until taking advantage of a drop in class to lift a claimer at Plumpton and faces no easy task here under a welter weight burden. Pipe's charge has to concede 15lb to Lanzlo which can see the Philip Hobbs-trained gelding back in the winners' enclosure having dropped down to a most attractive handicap mark. The five-year-old is 1lb lower than when successful at Stratford last September and, with ground conditions in his favour, he should prove up to the task with Dabarpour returning on a stiffish mark after an absence of five months.