Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 2m 9.92s
  • Off time: 15:36:59
Pos Horse Odds
1st Expense Claim (IRE) 9/2
2nd Perfect Delight 5/1
3rd Cades Reef (IRE) 10/1
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 (7) 34587-4 White, Dark Blue spots, Dark Blue sleeves, White spots Jack Who's He (IRE) 13 3 9-7 p Matthew Cosham (5) P D Evans 84 6/1
2 (2) 41-0 Royal blue Handsome Man (IRE) 17 3 9-2 T E Durcan Saeed bin Suroor 79 8/1
3 (4) 573-1 Light Blue, Dark Blue braces and armlets Expense Claim (IRE) 25 3 9-2 L P Keniry A M Balding 79 9/2
4 (5) 32298-3 Dark Blue, Light Blue epaulets, Dark Blue and Orange striped sleeves, Orange cap Perfect Delight 13 3 9-2 J P Fahy C G Cox 79 5/1
5 (3) 321- Royal blue, white cap Rebel Song (IRE) 176 3 9-1 R Hughes M Al Zarooni 78 9/4
6 (1) 531-66 Emerald green and red diamonds, emerald green cap Holly Martins 11 3 8-11 ht Nicole Nordblad (7) H Adielsson 74 16/1
7 (8) 3108-12 Red, Black hoop and armlets, Primrose cap Sheila's Buddy 25 Distance Winner 3 8-9 T P O'Shea J S Moore 72 8/1
8 (9) 0051-32 Dark Blue, Mauve stars on sleeves Island Melody (IRE) 83 3 8-8 L Morris J S Moore 71 20/1
9 (6) 096- White, Emerald Green hoops, Dark Blue sleeves and cap Cades Reef (IRE) 240 3 8-8 Simon Pearce (3) A M Balding 71 10/1

Verdict

Saeed Bin Suroor boasts a decent strike rate here with his three-year-olds and HANDSOME MAN, already a winner on soft ground, should improve for his run behind Rougemont in a valuable sales race at Newmarket. He's preferred to Mahmood Al Zarooni's Wolverhampton winner Rebel Song and Expense Claim, who won a Kempton maiden last month but has been put up 4lb for his troubles. Sheila's Buddy may have been a little unlucky when only second at Nottingham last time and has improved over the winter. This is a stronger race but he's a better bet than stablemate Island Melody and shouldn't be far away. The maiden Perfect Delight looks the pick of the remainder.

Formwatch

Jack Who's He (IRE) 14-1 (9-1) Took keen hold in mid-division, headway centre over 2f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, never quite going pace to challenge, 4th of 12, 1 3/4l behind Paloma's Prince (8-11) at Windsor 1m 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Apr.

Handsome Man (IRE) 14-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, weakened over 2f out, 11th of 14, 33l behind Rougemont (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 2f 3yo aut stk (2) gs in Apr.

Expense Claim (IRE) 5-4fav (8-8) Tracked leaders, headway on outside 3f out, led 2f out, driven clear final furlong, in command when eased towards finish, won at Kempton 1m 3f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Apr beating Pistol (8-8) by 1 1/4l, 9 ran.

Perfect Delight 11-1 (8-13) Led, riden and narrowly headed over 1f out, pressed winner until inside final furlong, kept on pressing for 2nd, 3rd of 12, 3/4l behind Paloma's Prince (8-11) at Windsor 1m 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Apr.

Rebel Song (IRE) 2-1fav (9-3) Prominent, led after 1f, ridden and edged left over 1f out, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Nov beating King of Dudes (9-3) by 4 1/2l, 13 ran.

Holly Martins 12-1 (8-10) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong, 6th of 13, 8l behind Famous Poet (9-3) at Kempton 7f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Apr.

Sheila's Buddy 13-2 (9-7) Towards rear, ridden and headway when hung right over 1f out, ran on, not reach winner, 2nd of 11, hd behind Dorry K (8-11) at Nottingham 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Apr.

Island Melody (IRE) 6-1 (9-4) Stumbled slightly start, held up, ridden over 3f out, headway over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, held close home, 2nd of 5, 1/2l behind Enery (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.

Cades Reef (IRE) 25-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, pushed along 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 4l behind Emmuska (8-12) at Sandown 1m 2yo mdn (5) gd in Sep.

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