Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 16:35 Betfred Bonus King Bingo Handicap1m 6f

  • Weighed In - (Class 5), £3,500 added, 4yo+, 5 runners
  • Winner £2,264 2nd £674 3rd £337 4th £168
  • Going: Standard Surface: Fibresand

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 3m 7.15s
  • Off time: 16:36:02
Pos Horse Odds
1st Rory Boy (USA) 9/2
2nd Dorset Square (IRE) 17/2
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 (1) 110234- Pink, Black and White striped sleeves, White cap Dorset Square (IRE) 46 Distance Winner 8 9-10 t C Catlin Mrs S J Humphrey 71 17/2
2 (4) 50346-1 Light Blue, Light Blue and White check sleeves, White cap Wicked Spirit (IRE) 9 (ex6) 4 9-10 Daryl Byrne (5) M Johnston 66 6/5
3 (3) 9340-07 DARK GREEN, YELLOW stripe, armlets and cap Rajeh (IRE) 23 Distance Winner 9 9-8 R Fitzpatrick Peter Grayson 69 20/1
4 (2) 771510 Black, royal blue chevrons, black and maroon chevrons on sleeves, black cap Carnac (IRE) 13 Course Winner Course and Distance Winner 6 9-5 p Nora Looby (7) A J Mccabe 66 5/2
5 (5) 00/5-4 Black, red epaulets, checked sleeves, red cap Rory Boy (USA) 25 Course Winner 7 9-0 v1 M Stainton G McPherson 61 9/2

Verdict

WICKED SPIRIT's ability to handle Fibresand has to be taken on trust after making all at Wolverhampton on her reappearance. Daryl Byrne's claim negates most of a penalty and Mark Johnston's filly is taken to follow up. Dorset Square has claims on his Flat form in Ireland but has shown nothing over hurdles of late while the unpredictable Carnac posted one of his poorer efforts last time having scored over C&D before that. Rory Boy is a bumper winner on the Fibresand, however, and Rajeh has been given a chance by the handicapper racing off a much lower mark than when placed at Newmarket last summer.

Formwatch

Dorset Square (IRE) 11-2 (8-9) Mid-division, headway into 6th 3f out, ridden into 4th 2f out, no impression over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 18, 6l behind Harrison's Cave (9-2) at Navan 1m 5f hcp 60-90 sft in Oct.

Wicked Spirit (IRE) 7-2 (9-2) Made all, pushed along over 1f out, readily, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Apr beating Shabak Hom (9-7) by 1l, 9 ran.

Rajeh (IRE) 66-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, always behind, 7th of 8, 32l behind Al Khawaneej (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Apr.

Carnac (IRE) 6-1 (9-7) Tracked leader, pushed along 6f out, weakened over 3f out, last of 10, 34l behind Liberty Love (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Apr.

Rory Boy (USA) 5-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, hard driven over 5f out, soon lost place, rallied over 1f out, stayed on well, 4th of 7, 8l behind Blackmore (9-12) at Southwell 2m hacp 0-70 (5) fbs in Feb.

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