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18:55 Windsor

William Hill Pick Your Places Racing League Race Twenty-Two (Handicap) (Class 3)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 31y
  • Going: Good to Firm (Good in Places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £50,000 added
  • Winner: £25,770
  • 2nd: £12,085
  • 3rd: £6,045
  • 4th: £3,020
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 41.56s
  • Off Time: 18:55:18
  • 10 Ran
1(7)
Silk - Dark Blue, Dark Blue
25/1
  • Form 92/007-7
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-10
  • Official Rating 90

held up towards rear, some late headway, modest 4th towards finish, never threatened

2(3)
Silk - Mustard,
9/2
  • Form 24-6714
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 88

held up in last pair, some late minor headway, never involved

3(2)
Silk - PURPLE, purple

Hieronymus

22 p D
8/1
  • Form 130-472
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 87

led, narrowly headed 3f out, chased leader, ridden edging left over 1f out, led again inside final furlong, ridden and headed final 110 yards, no chance with winner

4(10)
Silk - Dark Green, Dark Green
12/1
  • Form 73910-8
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 86

raced keenly tracking leaders, headway out wide into 2nd 5f out, led narrowly 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed and weakened quickly inside final furlong

5(4)
Silk - Orange, Orange
4/1
  • Form 32-8946
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 86

held up off the pace in mid-division, headway chasing leaders when not clear run over 2f out, soon switched left, ridden to challenge over 1f out, ran on under pressure to lead final 110 yards, won going away

6(9)
Silk - Red, red

Gin Palace

42 DCD
11/1
  • Form 854250
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 82

raced keenly tracked leader 3f, handy 3rd, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

7(8)
Silk - Light Blue, Light Blue

Paxos (IRE)

69 BF
11/4
  • Form 251122
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 81

mid-division, headway out wide chasing leaders over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

8(1)
Silk - Light Green, Light Green
15/2
  • Form 332234
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-8
  • Official Rating 74

slowly into stride, soon pushed along chasing leaders on inside and raced keenly, edged left from 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, hung left inside final furlong, no extra in 3rd final 110 yards

9(6)
Silk - Pink, Pink
  • Form 423540
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-4
  • Official Rating 76

last pair, no chance when tried to squeeze through narrow gap when no room and hampered inside final furlong, never on terms

10(5)
Silk - Black, Black
25/1
  • Form 531581
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-4
  • Official Rating 65

chased leaders out wide, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, rallied wide chasing leaders 2f out, weakened over 1f out

In depth

Verdict

Via Serendipity is still 3lb higher than when scoring at Ascot a year ago while this is a big step up in class for the penalised Greek Kodiac. Dropped another 2lb, GIN PALACE has his ground back on one of his favourite tracks and he may be able to dominate from a high draw with Lord Neidin no certainty to confirm Pontefract running with Delgrey Boy on 4lb worse terms. Paxos has been doing his winning over 7f on the all-weather but did run a fine race on his Turf debut at York when only caught in the shadows of the post.

Formwatch

Fox Premier (IRE) 16-1 (8-9) Towards rear, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 8, 8 1/4l behind Power Of States (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) pol in Feb.

Lord Neidin 12-1 (9-9) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, ran on towards finish, not reach leaders, 4th of 10, 1 3/4l behind Bonneval (9-4) at Newcastle 1m hcp (3) pol in Jul.

Hieronymus 20-1 (9-4) Prominent, ridden to lead over 2f out, ran on well, caught shortly before line, 2nd of 17, hd behind Magical Wish (9-9) at Goodwood 7f hcp (3) sft in Jul.

Rosmana (FR) 25-1 (9-12) Held up towards rear, 15th halfway, pushed along 2f out, 14th when not clear run entering straight, soon no impression, pushed out inside final furlong, nearest finish, 8th of 16, 5 1/4l behind Dedillon (9-6) at Galway 1m hcp gd in Jul.

Via Serendipity 16-1 (8-11) Held up, ridden 2f out, no impression, 6th of 11, 5 3/4l behind Boardman (8-13) at Chester 1m hcp (2) gs in May.

Gin Palace 25-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders centre, ridden 3f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 14, 9 1/4l behind Path Of Thunder (9-11) at Newmarket 1m hcp (3) gf in Jul.

Paxos (IRE) 4-1fav (8-11) Mid-division on outer, pushed along 2f out, took up lead 1f out, kept on, headed final strides, 2nd of 16, shd behind Gabrial The Wire (9-4) at York 7f hcp (3) gf in Jun.

Delgrey Boy 10-1 (9-4) Chased winner who went clear 3f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 7, 4l behind Ulshaw Bridge (9-7) at Redcar 1m hcp (4) gd in Aug.

Currency Exchange (IRE) 17-2 (8-8) Never closer than mid-division, 10th of 11, 12 3/4l behind Moon Daisy (8-1) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (3) gd in Aug.

Greek Kodiac (IRE) 9-2 (9-2) Made virtually all, pushed along over 2f out, kept on, won at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (5) pol in Aug beating Dourado (9-5) by 2l, 7 ran.