Racecards
16:50 Windsor
Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 535 Handicap (Class 5)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 1m 3f 99y
- Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £9,000 added
- Winner: £4,536
- 2nd: £2,129
- 3rd: £1,065
- 4th: £533
- Form 572336
- Age 3
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer H & R Charlton
- Jockey David Probert
towards rear, wide and headway 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
- Form 521230
- Age 3
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer Rae Guest
- Jockey Rossa Ryan
towards rear, wide and headway over 1f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong
- Form 35350
- Age 3
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer H & R Charlton
- Jockey R Kingscote
towards rear, pushed along 2f out, never on terms
Byker (IRE)
11- Form 5672
- Age 3
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 70
made most, ridden over 1f , ran on strongly
- Form 32-7534
- Age 3
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 69
tracked winner, reminders 4f out, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 458471
- Age 3
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer W J Knight
- Jockey Benoit D L Sayette
in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong
- Form 704-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer R M Beckett
- Jockey Rob Hornby
tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, weakened 2f out
- Form 621216
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer R Hughes
- Jockey Finley Marsh
tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, kept on one pace
- Form 3-82555
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey Nicola Currie
in rear, pushed along over 2f out, ran on final furlong, nearest finish
Gargle
20- Form 473720
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey S Hitchcott
in touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out
- Form 805-780
- Age 3
- Weight 8-5
- Official Rating 52
- Trainer M J Attwater
- Jockey Theodore Ladd
in touch, pushed along and weakened over 2f out
- Form 003686
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer J J Bridger
- Jockey Aidan Keeley
in touch, pushed along and weakened 2f out
In depth
Verdict
Strega De Vega is making a belated reappearance and Tessy Lad, Ward Castle and Eklil were all a little disappointing last time. Arab Cinder is penalised for an easy win at Wolverhampton but his rider’s claim halves the extra. Teagarden Jazz should have done better at Newcastle and cheekpieces are now applied so a tentative vote goes to BYKER, who is probably high enough in the weights but has shown ability on a couple of occasions now.
Formwatch
Teagarden Jazz 7-2 (9-11) Midfield, pushed along home turn, ridden over 3f out, not reach leaders, 6th of 7, 17 1/2l behind Seeola (9-8) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp fll (5) pol in Sep.
Eklil 6-1 (8-11) Prominent, ridden along before 2f out disputing 3rd, one pace thereafter, 11th of 14, 6 1/4l behind Sir Rumi (10-2) at Newbury 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Shared 18-1 (9-4) Chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 12th of 13, 18 3/4l behind Natchez Trace (9-10) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Byker (IRE) 22-1 (9-4) Prominent, pushed along 2f out, ridden and kept on final furlong, no chance with easy winner, 2nd of 9, 3 3/4l behind Sonnerie Power (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Ward Castle (IRE) 3-1 (9-5) Tracked winner, pushed along over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 9 3/4l behind Bellstreet Bridie (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gf in Aug.
Arab Cinder (IRE) 7-1 (9-8) Midfield, smooth headway to lead when racing wide 2f out, pushed along over 1f, easily, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Oct beating Rochebrune (8-13) by 5 1/2l, 8 ran.
Strega De Vega (IRE) 17-2 (9-0) Steadied and went left start, soon in mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, kept on final furlong, 4th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Queenlet (9-0) at Newbury 1m fll stks (4) sft in Oct.
Tessy Lad (IRE) 8-1 (8-5) Midfield, headway over 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, ran on same pace, 6th of 11, 3 1/4l behind Haunted Dream (9-12) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (3) pol in Sep.
Dream Harder (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 5th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Dark Island (9-9) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Gargle 18-1 (8-7) Always towards rear, 11th of 12, 9 1/4l behind Euraquilo (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Long Time Comin 100-1 (8-11) Handy, ridden 3f out, dropped away 2f out, tailed off, 10th of 12, dist behind Miss Down Under (9-5) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp fll (5) sft in Sep.
Elementofsurprise 150-1 (9-0) Always towards rear, 6th of 8, 10 1/2l behind Dark Kris (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (6) pol in Sep.