Racecards
15:10 Wolverhampton
Littlewoods Bet Direct Selling Stakes (Class G4) (Class 4)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- Form 0-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
held up, headway on inside over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd towards finish
- Form 060020-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer A P Jarvis
- Jockey N Callan
made all, ridden over 1f out, ran on
Namking
2- Form 0004-6
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 56
- Trainer C W Thornton
- Jockey J Fanning
prominent until weakened over 2f out
- Form 30040-5
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 52
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey J F Egan
held up, headway over 3f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 000-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
held up, behind final 3f
Tiger Bond
12- Form 050-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 52
chased winner after 1f until over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 004-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey F Norton
took keen hold and prominent, went 2nd over 3f out until 2f out, one pace
- Form 325-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer P Morris
- Jockey P Cosgrave
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon struggling
- Form 532360-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer J Gallagher
- Jockey J Quinn
took keen hold, tracked leaders, chased winner 2f out, lost 2nd towards finish
- Form 6360-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer D M Simcock
- Jockey C Catlin
slowly into stride, held up, some headway over 1f out, never near leaders
In depth
Verdict
David Loder does not run too many in this type of company on the all-weather, so Bahamian Spring will be a popular choice, with Perianth, Valiant Act and Val d'Isere also worth a mention. Bahamian Spring was beaten out of sight when last of 12 on his Newmarket debut last August and has not been seen since. The fact that he reappears in this lowly company is worrying and for that reason he should not be treated as a good thing despite his connections. However, if the market does speak in his favour then he may well go on to outclass this opposition, the best of whom can prove to be Perianth who is owned by Pat Eddery Racing. One of two Brian Meehan runners, he was fifth in a Lingfield claimer last time and may be suited by the step up in trip today. Stablemate Val d'Isere has not show as much even when tried in blinkers and does not make as much appeal. Without being too confident, it is Bahamian Spring who rates the pick in the hope that he has more ability than he showed first time out.