Racecards
14:10 York
Patrington Haven Leisure Park Stakes (Handicap) (Class D)
- 19 Runners
- Distance: 1m 3f 198y
- Going: Good to Firm
- Form 002-400
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
- Trainer J D Bethell
- Jockey P Robinson
steadied start, pulled hard behind, never a factor
Aleron (IRE)
15- Form 233000
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer J Quinn
- Jockey G Duffield
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, hampered over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 241206
- Age 6
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey Kieren Fallon
in touch, ridden over 3f out, switched right over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon edged left, ran on well inside final furlong
- Form 500300
- Age 6
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey J Fanning
mid-division, effort over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
- Form 030611
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer P & O Cole
- Jockey J Bramhill
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
Eton (GER)
10- Form 205331
- Age 7
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer D Nicholls
- Jockey Adrian Nicholls
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, soon eased, tailed off
- Form 452221
- Age 6
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer Mrs A L M King
- Jockey Richard Hughes
mid-division, effort over 3f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 235650
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
held up mid-division, ridden 3f out, headway on outer when hampered over 2f out, ran on well final furlong
- Form 000114-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey Paul Eddery
held up behind, ridden over 3f, never on terms
Dovedon Hero
11- Form 2140
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on inside last
- Form 0-02640
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
always behind, eased over 2f out, tailed off
- Form 536310
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer C E Brittain
- Jockey Ted Durcan
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, headway 2f out, kept on final furlong
- Form 001505
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
took keen hold, tracked leaders, ridden over4f out, hampered over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 000311
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
in touch, ridden over 3f out, stayed on final 2f
- Form 332222
- Age 6
- Weight 8-8
in touch, ridden over 3f out, stayed on final 2f
Jeepstar
11- Form 4-30351
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey D Allan
led, ridden over 3f out, headed over 1f out, kept on
- Form 023314
- Age 4
- Weight 8-0
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey F Norton
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 015353
- Age 7
- Weight 7-13
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey Hayley Turner
very slowly away, towards rear, ridden and headway 3f out, weakened at final furlong
In depth
Verdict
A decent opener here with Swynford Pleasure the selection to outpoint plenty of winning rivals, including Gaelic Roulette and Sovereign Dreamer, and complete a hat-trick. John Hetherton's mare has been in cracking form, yet runs off a mark of 52 here, plus a 5lb penalty for her Ripon win on Saturday, which still gives her every chance of following up. With trip and ground to suit, the seven-year-old can maintain her decent form off a good racing weight. Sovereign Dreamer is another to have been in tremendous form, the colt taking advantage of a drop in the weights to land successive three-year-old handicaps over this trip at Ripon and Newcastle. On the same mark of 75 here for his latest win, he will be hard to beat, but he has to give plenty of weight to the selection and that may just prove to be his undoing. Gaelic Roulette looks to be best of the rest here, but she may well now be exposed after also claiming back-to-back wins at Thirsk and Kempton. The Turtle Island filly has gone up 7lb for those two successes and was hard ridden to win by a short head last time, so the extra weight is not going to help and she may have to settle for a place in what is a competitive affair, and one in which Swynford Pleasure gets our vote.