Racecards
20:30 Windsor
Swan Claiming Stakes (Class F)
- 17 Runners
- Distance: 1m 3f 135y
- Going: Good to Firm
- Form 6640-00
- Age 4
- Weight 9-12
- Trainer M Tompkins
- Jockey Ted Durcan
started slowly, in rear, headway over 3f out, effort and hard ridden on outside over 2f out, soon no extra and beaten
- Form 300-000
- Age 5
- Weight 9-10
mostly chased leader to inside final 2f, weakened approaching final furlong
Grady
7- Form 00600-0
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer Miss Jacqueline S Doyle
- Jockey J F McDonald
towards rear, struggling over 3f out
- Form 11/00
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer M Quinn
- Jockey E Creighton
mid-division, weakened and behind final 4f, tailed off
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer Mrs L Jewell
- Jockey S W Kelly
started slowly, in rear, headway on inside from 3f out, kept on under pressure, not pace to challenge
- Form 6-00000
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer A Pinder
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
behind, effort on wide outside over 2f out, soon weakened
Nosey Native
10- Form 6/05-400
- Age 10
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer Mrs L Pearce
- Jockey G Carter
behind, kept on under pressure final 2f, never near to challenge
Private Seal
12- Form 006-550
- Age 8
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer Julian Poulton
- Jockey Hayley Turner
chased leaders, until weakened over 1f out
Saddler's Quest
577- Form 100044/
- Age 6
- Weight 9-4
close up, led over 6f out,driven 2f out, clear when edged left well inside final furlong
Petite Futee
41- Form 046-030
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer D Haydn Jones
- Jockey Paul Eddery
mid-division, effort over 2f out, soon no impression and beaten
- Form 155-440
- Age 7
- Weight 9-1
in mid-division, headway over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
- Form 43400-0
- Age 4
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer A Reid
- Jockey L P Keniry
close up, until weakened quickly over 2f out,
- Form 0/0000-0
- Age 5
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer I Wood
- Jockey J Bramhill
always well in rear, tailed off final 4f
- Form 300032
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer J Mullins
- Jockey S J Drowne
prominent, until weakened 3f out
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
distant, started slowly, always well in rear, tailed off final 4f
Harry Anchor
48- Form 56
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
- Trainer J R Jenkins
- Jockey A Mackay
led to halfway, weakened rapidly over 4f out
- Form 6-0002
- Age 3
- Weight 8-2
- Trainer M C Pipe
- Jockey F P Ferris
held up, steady headway on inside from 4f out, chased winner under pressure from well over 1f out, no impression when edged left final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Raybaan can get back to winning ways in a run-of-the-mill claimer, with the 2000 Lingfield Derby Trial winner, Saddler's Quest, and French two-year-old Listed winner, Casual Fame, worth a glance and Academy Brief, Humdinger and Petite Futee proving best of the rest. Raybaan comes out well clear of those with a current rating and a repeat of his Yarmouth win last year would see him go close. Formerly with Gerard Butler, Saddler's Quest won his first three races during 1999/2000, including the Lingfield Derby Trial. He has had his problems since then and has recently been sent hurdling without success. Humdinger is only lightly raced, his best effort being a second in a Goodwood seller. Academy Brief's placed efforts in maidens give him a chance of getting amongst the money, while Scented Air is entitled to her supporters based on her recent Warwick third. Casual Fame, now with Mick Quinn, has shown nothing in two British starts following those heady French days. The others have to improve on what we know.