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15:35 Windsor

Royal Windsor Merry Christmas Standard Open NH Flat Race (Class H )

  • 14 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Soft
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 11.90s
  • 14 Ran
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1
Silk -

Karanja

6/1

    2
    Silk -

    Snakebite (IRE)

    7/2

      3
      Silk -

      Ten Pressed Men (FR)

      4/1

        1
        Silk - LIGHT BLUE, MAROON hoops and armlets

        Karanja

        42
        6/1
        • Form 1
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-8

        held up, headway on outside over 5f out, chased leader and ridden 3f out, led well over 1f out, stayed on well

        2
        Silk - Light Blue, Dark Blue spots, Light Blue sleeves and cap

        Banaluso (IRE)

        18
        12/1
        • Form 4
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-4

        held up, some headway 5f out, weakened over 3f out

        3
        Silk - Mauve and pink check, white sleeves, pink cap

        Grande Creole (FR)

        18
        16/1
        • Form 43-0
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-4

        held up behind, headway from 6f out, stayed on, never nearer

        5
        Silk - Light Blue, Yellow armlets and cap

        Matelot (FR)

        20
        3/1
        • Form 5
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-4

        chased leaders, ridden 5f out, one pace from over 2f out

        7
        Silk - BLACK and WHITE check, YELLOW sleeves, BLACK and WHITE quartered cap

        Snakebite (IRE)

        20
        7/2
        • Form 3
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-4

        prominent, led after 2f, ridden and headed well over 1f out, kept on

        8
        Silk - White, Emerald Green chevron, Royal Blue sleeves and cap

        Star Double (ITY)

        10/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-4

        in touch, ridden and one pace from 3f out

        9
        Silk - Mauve and White diamonds, striped sleeves, White cap

        Ten Pressed Men (FR)

        259
        4/1
        • Form 30-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-4

        chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on same pace

        10
        Silk - LIGHT GREEN, yellow star, dark green sleeves, yellow cap

        The Bees Knees

        33/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-4

        always behind, tailed off

        11
        Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue stripe, armlets and cap

        Tommy Jay (NZ)

        10/1
        • Age 6
        • Weight 11-4

        mid-division, headway 6f out, weakened over 3f out

        12
        Silk - Royal blue and yellow stripes, red cap

        Fleurette

        33/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-11

        held up, headway 6f out, weakened over 2f out

        13
        Silk - Light Blue, Royal Blue chevron, Light Blue sleeves, Royal Blue stars and stars on cap

        It's Gwendolene

        20
        66/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-11

        led for 2f, chased leaders until weakened 4f out

        14
        Silk - Purple, large Yellow spots, Yellow spots on Purple sleeves and cap

        Parsons Fancy

        t
        33/1
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-11

        never better than mid-division

        15
        Silk - Dark Green, Mauve stars, White sleeves, Dark Blue cap, Mauve stars

        Sweet Shooter

        266
        66/1
        • Form 550-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-11

        in touch, ridden over 3f out, kept on same pace

        16
        Silk - Black and light blue check, black sleeves, quartered cap

        Twoee

        66/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-11

        mid-division until halfway, soon tailed off

        4
        NR

        Henry's Pride (IRE)

        28
        • Form 5
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-4

        6
        NR

        Sea The Light

        28
        • Form 3
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-4

        In depth

        Verdict

        Victor Dartnell's Karanja did all that was asked of him when making a winning debut at Sandown but that did not look to be the strongest of races and he looks worth taking on under a penalty which we do with Matelot, who is taken to reverse Newbury form with Snakebite. The selection was caught for toe in a slowly run race at the Berkshire venue on his debut but with the ground bringing stamina into play, regardless of the pace, Francois Doumen's gelding looks worth supporting in a competitive finale. Alan King's Sea The Light finished in front of Henry's Pride in the race won by Oscar Park over course and distance last month and there should not be much between the two of them again, while both Banaluso and Grande Creole are entitled to strip fitter for their run behind Earth Man at Newton Abbot recently. The Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained Star Double and Jonjo O'Neill's Ten Pressed Men are others to consider but Francois Doumen does well with his runners in Britain and is taken to plunder another prize, this time with Matelot.