Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Wolverhampton - Fri 4th May 2012
14:10 14:40 15:10 15:40 16:10 16:40 17:10 17:40

16:40 World Horse Welfare Celebrates 85 Years Handicap1m 4f 50y
Weighed In - (Class 6), £2,500 added, 4yo+, 10 runners
Winner £1,704 2nd £503 3rd £252
Going: Standard Surface: Polytrack
Winning distances: Always be involved in the finish!

Result
Full result

Weighed In
Winning time: 2m 39.98s
Off time: 16:40:19

Pos	Horse	Odds
1st	Teak (IRE)	2/1
2nd	Landesherr (GER)	18/1
3rd	Hurakan (IRE)	7/2

No	Form	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
1 (3)	6678-82	Hurakan (IRE) 13	6	9-7	J Doyle	R J Price	65	7/2
2 (5)	335431/	Kissing Clara (IRE) 218	4	9-7 t	L Morris	Mrs A M Thorpe	65	33/1
3 (7)	21332-1	Ishikawa (IRE) 13	4	9-6	D Sweeney	A King	64	11/4
4 (10)	101125	St Ignatius 10	5	9-6	D Holland	A Bailey	64	11/1
5 (6)	86/933-1	Teak (IRE) 13	5	9-3	R Clark (3)	Ian Williams	61	2/1
6 (2)	361/9-	Landesherr (GER) 174	5	9-2 t	I Mongan	S Gollings	60	18/1
7 (4)	5309-05	Media Stars 8	7	9-0	K Fallon	R Johnson	58	20/1
8 (9)	2643-36	White Deer (USA) 23	8	8-11 p	S De Sousa	G A Harker	55	9/1
9 (8)	572009-	Hurricane Thomas (IRE) 191	8	8-7	Miss G Tutty (7)	Mrs K Tutty	45	66/1
10 (1)	870000/	Gilded Youth 44	8	8-7	R Kennemore (ex1)	David Lewis	45	150/1

Verdict

ISHIKAWA made a winning return to the Flat when scoring over a shorter trip here last time. Today's distance should be no problem for Alan King's charge and he's taken to confirm running with runner-up Hurakan. Winning hurdler Teak scored on his debut for current connections over C&D recently and another bold bid looks likely from him while Landesherr is a winner on the Flat in Germany and may be capable of better as he's lightly-raced for his age. Kieren Fallon takes over on Media Stars and the latter has won off a higher mark on the Polytrack before.

Formwatch

Hurakan (IRE) 7-1 (9-7) Prominent, challenged over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon edged right, headed inside final furlong, not pace of winner, 2nd of 11, 4l behind Ishikawa (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Apr.

Kissing Clara (IRE) 11-4 (8-6) Made all, ridden just under 2f out, kept on, won at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo sell stks (6) pol in Nov '10 beating Silly Billy (8-9) by 1l, 11 ran.

Ishikawa (IRE) 7-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Apr beating Hurakan (9-7) by 4l, 11 ran.

St Ignatius 9-1 (9-11) Steadied start, keen in rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never near leaders, 5th of 9, 11l behind Fade To Grey (9-0) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Apr.

Teak (IRE) 9-2 (8-9) Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, ran on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Apr beating Visions Of Johanna (9-5) by 2 1/2l, 12 ran.

Landesherr (GER) 7-2fav (9-6) Dwelt, took keen hold, soon tracked winner, ridden 2f out, weakened 1f out, 9th of 11, 7l behind Kingaroo (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Mar '11.

Media Stars 100-1 (8-12) Keen towards rear, olutpaced over 3f out, headway over 1f out, kept on, never nearer, 5th of 10, 7l behind Liberty Love (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Apr.

White Deer (USA) 8-1 (9-4) Held up behind, headway 3f out, soon chased leaders, outpaced when switched towards outside well over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 6th of 11, 13l behind Golden Future (8-10) at Catterick 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Apr.

Hurricane Thomas (IRE) 14-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, staying on same pace when hampered and squeezed out over 2f out, weakened soon after, 9th of 12, 9l behind Ice Nelly (9-10) at Nottingham 1m 2f ladies hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Oct.

Gilded Youth 100-1 (10-12) Outpaced, always behind, last of 14, 24l behind Whozart (11-3) at Catterick 5f am hcp (6) gd in Oct '08.