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18:45 Yarmouth

Banham Poultry Conditions Stakes (Class C)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 6f 3y
  • Going: Good to firm - Firm in the back straight
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 14.17s
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Ashdown Express (IRE)

4/7

    2
    Silk -

    Vision of Night

    5/1

      1(6)
      Silk - Royal Blue, White triple diamond, White sleeves, Royal Blue armlets, Royal Blue cap, White diamonds

      Hidden Dragon (USA)

      19
      25/1
      • Form 514603
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-1

      tracked leader, ridden and led 2f out, soon edged left, headed 1f out, no extra

      2(2)
      Silk - Dark Green and White (halved), striped sleeves, Pink cap

      The Trader (IRE)

      12 b
      7/2
      • Form 0-2D551
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-1

      keen, tracked leaders, ridden and every chance 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

      3(1)
      Silk - Emerald Green and Royal Blue (halved horizontally), Blue sleeves, Emerald Green cap

      Vision of Night

      18 b
      5/1
      • Form 602130
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-1

      held up in touch, headway 1f out, stayed on, unable to quicken near finish

      4(3)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Light Blue star, Light Blue and Royal Blue halved sleeves, White cap, Royal Blue star

      Ashdown Express (IRE)

      18
      4/7
      • Form 302242
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-10

      tracked leaders, led 1f out, ridden out

      5(4)
      Silk - ORANGE, PURPLE hooped sleeves, WHITE cap

      Desert Fury

      11
      300/1
      • Form 000050
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-10

      dwelt, in rear, ridden and outpaced over 2f out

      6(5)
      Silk - Yellow, Black disc, armlets and hoop on cap

      Doctor Dennis (IRE)

      25 b
      300/1
      • Form 403650
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-10

      tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong

      7(7)
      Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE Cross of Lorraine and armlets, check cap

      St Pancras (IRE)

      20
      20/1
      • Form 1242-54
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-6

      led for 4f

      In depth

      Verdict

      The race of the day which should concern St Pancras, who presumably has been difficult to train, having made a belated return to action, The Trader, Vision Of Night and Ashdown Express, with the latter getting a narrow vote. Chris Wall's consistent colt is fully effective under these conditions and has nothing to fear from Vision Of Night, who was well beaten at Newbury, yet faces the selection on 5lbs worse terms. The booking of Kieren Fallon is another bonus and Ashdown Express is taken to regain the winning thread. Vision Of Night has been a wonderful servant to John Dunlop. This evergreen campaigner has mixed it with some of the best in recent years and while he may not be as good as he was, he does have his optimum conditions here and is sure to give a good account. The Trader has done all of his winning at five-furlongs and could be up against it competing with these six-furlong specialists, while St Pancras is well drawn on the rails and if back to the form he showed as a two-year-old when runner-up in the Group 2 Champagne Stakes, he would make them all go. Hidden Dragon would be better off in handicaps, while Doctor Dennis and Desert Fury won't see which way these go. So with doubts about The Trader over this trip, Ashdown Express is taken to lead Vision Of Night home.