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17:00 Wolverhampton

Betway Best For Cheltenham Festival Offers Handicap (Class 4)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 1f 104y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £9,750 added
  • Winner: £5,531
  • 2nd: £1,646
  • 3rd: £823
  • 4th: £411
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 59.68s
  • Off Time: 17:00:22
  • 8 Ran
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1
Silk -

Fayez (IRE)

15/2

    2
    Silk -

    This Girl

    4/1

      3
      Silk -

      Dommersen (IRE)

      15/8

        1(6)
        Silk - Grey, royal blue star, white sleeves, royal blue stars, white cap, royal blue star

        Fayez (IRE)

        17 CD
        15/2
        • Form 654-254
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 85

        in rear, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, all out

        2(8)
        Silk - Orange, dark blue sleeves, light blue diamonds, dark blue cap, light blue diamonds

        Battalion (IRE)

        210
        25/1
        • Form 085054-
        • Age 9
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 85

        tracked leader, led approaching final 2f, edged left and headed inside final furlong

        3(4)
        Silk - LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets

        Dommersen (IRE)

        9 BFCD
        15/8
        • Form 6-22212
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-5
        • Official Rating 83

        held up, ran wide into straight 2f out, headway and switched left inside final furlong, ran on

        4(3)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Light Green epaulets

        Winged Spur (IRE)

        9
        9/1
        • Form 44418-5
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-3
        • Official Rating 81

        close up, ridden to chase leader entering final 2f, kept on same pace final furlong

        5(2)
        Silk - Emerald green, black armlets, black cap

        This Girl

        40 p
        4/1
        • Form 1/334-35
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-13
        • Official Rating 77

        tracked leaders, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, driven and ran on close home

        6(1)
        Silk - Black, pink inverted triangle and armlets

        Mr Minerals

        9 t C
        10/1
        • Form 5926-34
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-12
        • Official Rating 76

        in touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out

        7(5)
        Silk - Maroon and Yellow check, Maroon sleeves, Yellow cap

        Thawry

        9
        10/3
        • Form 29-4541
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-8
        • Official Rating 72

        towards rear, ridden 2f out, kept on final furlong, never nearer

        8(7)
        Silk - White, black diamond, royal blue and white striped sleeves, white and black quartered cap

        Tommy Hallinan (IRE)

        9
        33/1
        • Form 23231/6
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-7
        • Official Rating 70

        led, ridden and headed approaching final 2f, weakened approaching final furlong

        Previous results

        2018
        (1)
        Silk -

        Maratha (IRE)

        2/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-7

        In depth

        Verdict

        Dommersen is not the easiest of rides and just missed out once again when failing to catch Thawry at Newcastle. Both finished in front of WINGED SPUR on that occasion but the latter ran well until fading in the closing stages on her first start since October. Mark Johnston’s charge may well finish a lot closer today with that outing under her belt and gets the nod. This Girl is preferred to Mr Minerals over today’s distance but Fayez has struggled of late.

        Formwatch

        Fayez (IRE) 13-2 (9-10) Held up in rear, switched left and some headway over 1f out, not able to get on terms, 4th of 7, 6 1/2l behind Call Out Loud (9-5) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Feb.

        Battalion (IRE) 10-1 (10-5) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, soon outpaced, stayed on into 4th inside final furlong, never able to challenge, 4th of 6, 12 1/4l behind Mister Belvedere (10-5) at Haydock 1m 4f hcp (3) gf in Aug.

        Dommersen (IRE) 7-4fav (10-3) Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, kept on towards finish, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Thawry (9-5) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Feb.

        Winged Spur (IRE) 10-1 (10-3) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, 5th of 7, 6 1/2l behind Thawry (9-5) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Feb.

        This Girl 7-2 (8-4) Tracked leader, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, no extra when carried right well inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 2 3/4l behind Castle Hill Cassie (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp fll (2) pol in Jan.

        Mr Minerals 6-1 (8-13) Tracked leader, ridden and no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 3 3/4l behind Portledge (9-3) at Newcastle 7f hcp (4) pol in Feb.

        Thawry 6-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on to lead towards finish, all out, won at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Feb beating Dommersen (10-3) by 1/2l, 7 ran.

        Tommy Hallinan (IRE) 18-1 (9-2) Led, headed over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 6, 18 1/4l behind Cry Wolf (9-5) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Feb.