Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 1m 16.93s
  • Off time: 15:01:57
Pos Horse Odds
1st Seek The Fair Land 6/1
2nd Emiratesdotcom 4/1
3rd Cocohatchee 15/2
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 (1) 315- ROYAL BLUE, WHITE Cross of Lorraine and armlets, check cap Emkanaat 230 Beaten Favourite 4 9-7 N Callan R Varian 80 6/1
2 (4) 517976 Yellow, emerald green star, white sleeves, yellow cap, emerald green star Seek The Fair Land 23 Distance Winner 6 9-5 b J Fortune J R Boyle 78 6/1
4 (3) 0300-45 Royal blue, red stars, yellow sleeves, red cap, royal blue star Beat The Bell 20 Distance Winner Course and Distance Winner 7 9-4 D Sweeney J A Osborne 77 11/1
5 (10) 778020- Dark Green, Yellow stars, hooped sleeves, Yellow cap Rash Judgement 191 Distance Winner Course and Distance Winner 7 9-3 I Mongan W S Kittow 76 3/1
6 (5) 62-15 Purple, Yellow hoops Aqua Ardens (GER) 66 Distance Winner 4 9-2 P Cosgrave George Baker 75 20/1
7 (6) 51105-6 White, Black cross belts, Yellow sleeves and cap Emiratesdotcom 14 Distance Winner 6 9-1 R L Moore J M Bradley 74 4/1
9 (8) 357478- Orange, dark blue cross belts and star on cap Cardinal 158 Distance Winner Course and Distance Winner 7 8-9 S W Kelly R M H Cowell 68 6/1
10 (9) 5250-07 Brown, beige stars, yellow sleeves and cap Cocohatchee 9 4 8-8 p T E Durcan P Phelan 67 15/2
Non runners
3 (2)44773-0Galatian59-4B R MillmanJ Millman77
8 (7)58806-0Rocket Rob (IRE)68-13W J MussonJ Mackay72

Verdict

Despite only beating one home, Rocket Rob wasn't beaten that far on his reappearance at Doncaster and, though on a long losing run, is well handicapped nowadays. Beat The Bell is another on a decent mark if able to recapture his best while there is surely more to come this year from Emkanaat, a winner at Lingfield last September. RASH JUDGEMENT hasn't raced since October but was only beaten a short-head on a similar surface at Newmarket in the autumn and has gone well fresh in the past. Stuart Kittow's seven-year-old gets the nod, though it would be no surprise to also see a big run from Cardinal off a low weight.

Formwatch

Emkanaat 2-1fav (8-13) Hung right throughout, led on rail, headed inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out, eased final furlong, 5th of 7, 13l behind Mingun Bell (8-12) at Folkestone 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Sep.

Seek The Fair Land 22-1 (8-12) Towards rear, ridden and hung left from over 1f out, kept on final furlong, never nearer, 6th of 12, 5l behind My Freedom (9-4) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Apr.

Galatian 20-1 (9-0) Close up, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 15, 22l behind Global Village (9-0) at Leicester 7f hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Apr.

Beat The Bell 9-4 (8-7) Raced wide tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 6, 4 1/2l behind Punching (9-4) at Southwell 6f sell stks (6) fbs in Apr.

Rash Judgement 12-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, weakened entering final furlong, eased, 17th of 20, 12l behind Yair Hill (9-2) at Newmarket 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Oct.

Aqua Ardens (GER) 8-1 (9-3) Prominent, effort 2f out, ridden and kept on same pace, 5th of 8, 4l behind Titan Triumph (9-6) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Mar.

Emiratesdotcom 16-1 (9-6) Held up and behind, headway far side over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to threaten, 6th of 14, 4l behind Rafaaf (9-4) at Windsor 6f hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Apr.

Rocket Rob (IRE) 18-1 (8-11) Always in rear, 13th of 14, 7l behind Pearl Blue (9-4) at Doncaster 5f hcp 0-85 (4) hvy in Apr.

Cardinal 17-2 (9-2) Outpaced towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, never threatened, 8th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Restless Bay (9-5) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.

Cocohatchee 33-1 (10-8) Always behind, tailed off, 7th of 12, 47l behind Silken Thoughts (11-1) at Sandown 1m hcp 0-80 (4) hvy in Apr.

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