Racecards
13:40 Wolverhampton
Bet Direct On Channel 4 Page 613 Nursery Handicap (Class E3) (Class 3)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- Form 0366
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 72
held up in touch, ridden for headway over 1f out, every chance final furlong, just denied
- Form 210500
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer R F Fisher
- Jockey Tony Culhane
slowly into stride, headway 2f out, hung left 1f out
High Dyke
79- Form 05650
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer D Haydn Jones
- Jockey T P Queally
in touch, ridden 3f out, not clear run over 1f out, stayed on
- Form 00604
- Age 2
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out
- Form 000400
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 72
soon led, headed after 2f, stayed prominent until weakened over 1f out
- Form 006002
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer A P Jarvis
- Jockey I Mongan
keen, led over 5f out, weakening when headed over 2f out
- Form 0123
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer W J Haggas
- Jockey P Hanagan
slowly into stride, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
Bogaz (IRE)
14- Form 000351
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 57
- Trainer P A Blockley
- Jockey C Ely
towards rear, ridden 3f out, headway and hung left over 1f out, plugged on
- Form 005622
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 60
in touch and going well, ridden to lead over 2f out, challenged inside final furlong just held on
Ladruca
95- Form 00510
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer G G Margarson
- Jockey A McCarthy
tracked leaders, lost place over 3f out
- Form 006532
- Age 2
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer J Gallagher
- Jockey J Quinn
keen in mid-division, headway to chase leaders 5f out, ran on near finish
In depth
Verdict
A tough nursery can go to Manic, who just edges the vote over Tiger Dawn and King After, who both merit plenty of respect on these terms. The latter was unlucky to come across a well handicapped type here five days ago but, still went down fighting in a similar contest. He looks sure to be a leading player if in the same mood this afternoon and is a definite for the shortlist. So too is Tiger Dawn who, having only raced four times so far, is still open to a fair amount of improvement. The trip and surface should not be a problem for the William Haggas-trained gelding and he has to be considered as the biggest threat to the selection after a solid piece of form registered at Lingfield on his latest start. However, Manic holds the edge in terms of the quality of opponents he has already faced and, even though the handicapper may have to adjust his assumption that he is an 8lb better horse than Tiger Dawn, there is still enough scope held by Manic to hold off the challenge today