Racecards
20:40 Wetherby
Rocom Handicap Chase (Class E)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 3m 1f
- Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
Master Wood
65- Form F31/PPP-
- Age 11
- Weight 11-10
- Trainer C Grant
- Jockey Mr L Bates
held up in mid-division, chased leaders 4 out, soon weakened
- Form PPP33-2
- Age 9
- Weight 11-8
tracked leaders, ridden and not fluent 5 out, soon weakened, pulled up before 4 out
Aegean
293- Form 332444-
- Age 8
- Weight 11-5
- Trainer J Parkinson & S Smith
- Jockey Jim Crowley
held up in rear, ridden and weakened after 5 out, pulled up before 3 out
- Form 551F6-0
- Age 9
- Weight 10-13
- Trainer Mrs H Dalton
- Jockey J Mogford
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 5 out, pulled up before next, tailed off
- Form 4PPP14-
- Age 9
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer Mrs A Naughton
- Jockey G Supple
mid-division, reminders after 3rd and 4th, headway to chase winner 4 out, kept on from 2 out
- Form 35245-5
- Age 11
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer B G Powell
- Jockey R Greene
soon led, blundered and headed 5th, led again 7th to approaching 9th, ridden approaching 5 out, soon weakened, pulled up before 3 out
- Form 410/0P5-
- Age 12
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer J Parkinson & S Smith
- Jockey S Stronge
tracked leader, led 5th until 7th, led again approaching 9th, ridden approaching 4 out, stayed on well under pressure from 2 out
Mr Mahdlo
59- Form 2PP/PPP-
- Age 8
- Weight 10-1
- Trainer R D E Woodhouse
- Jockey G Lee
mid-division, lost place 4th, headway 6th, ridden approaching 4 out, no impression from 3 out
- Form 15/PF4-P
- Age 8
- Weight 10-0
tracked leaders, ridden approaching 5 out, soon weakened, pulled up before 4 out
In depth
Verdict
A tricky race but Lively Dessert will certainly have his supporters. He was second to Jowoody on his latest start, proving once again that staying is his forte. Master Wood has won from higher marks than today's rating, but he is probably at his best when the going is not too firm. Aegean tends to run consistently but his last win came off a mark of 95 (now 103). Joyce Bel is an Irish import,. He won twice in his native country but made no show on his British debut for Heather Dalton. Ballyline has won four times and is well-handicapped on the best of those while Grate Deel is a course and distance winner but looks fairly weighted.