Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 1m 3.98s
  • Off time: 18:09:37
Pos Horse Odds
1st Tioman Pearl 6/4
2nd Courtland Avenue (IRE) 8/1
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 (5) 667- Yellow, black sash, white sleeves, black and white quartered cap Tioman Pearl 184 3 9-7 N Callan R Varian 69 6/4
2 (6) 54510- Mauve, dark blue seams and sleeves, white cap Courtland Avenue (IRE) 219 Distance Winner 3 9-7 Lee Newman J G Portman 69 8/1
3 (4) 527-1 Yellow, Black cap, Yellow spots Pucon 108 Distance Winner 3 9-5 Dane O'Neill R A Teal 67 6/1
4 (1) 522191 Purple, White seams, armlets and cap Russian Bullet 19 Distance Winner 3 9-3 D Sweeney J A Osborne 65 9/2
5 (7) 9410-0 Orange, royal blue hoop, striped sleeves, white cap Subtle Embrace (IRE) 26 Distance Winner 3 9-2 Jim Crowley H J L Dunlop 64 11/1
7 (2) 563-423 Light Blue, Mauve hoop, Dark Blue cap Chicarito 17 3 8-11 v1 Martin Lane J Gallagher 59 11/4
Non runners
6 (3)049-Copp The Lot (USA)39-0D K IvoryS W Kelly62

Verdict

Russian Bullet has won twice on the Polytrack this year but is much more exposed than today's rivals and his ability to handle this ground has to be taken on trust. January's Lingfield winner Pucon races on turf for the first time while Subtle Embrace didn't show much on her return to action though did beat Courtland Avenue over this trip at Bath in August. TIOMAN PEARL made steady progress in his first season and tackles handicap company for the first time today. He doesn't look badly treated on his run at Doncaster in November and gets the vote as Chicarito has had plenty of chances.

Formwatch

Tioman Pearl 25-1 (9-3) Keen held up, gradually came towards stands' side, headway over 1f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish, 7th of 16, 5l behind Tartiflette (8-12) at Doncaster 6f 2yo mdn (5) gs in Nov.

Courtland Avenue (IRE) 28-1 (9-3) Mid-division, outpaced halfway, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 15th of 18, 17l behind Our Cool Cat (9-3) at Ascot 6f 2yo stks (2) gd in Oct.

Pucon 5-2 (8-12) Made all, set steady pace until halfway, hard driven well over 1f out, held on gamely, won at Lingfield 5f 3yo mdn stks (5) pol in Jan beating Place That Face (8-12) by nk, 6 ran.

Russian Bullet 13-8fav (8-10) Tracked leader, led well over 1f out, soon edged right, kept on and just held on, won at Kempton 6f 3yo clm stks 0-70 (6) pol in Apr beating Arabian Flight (8-9) by ns, 5 ran.

Subtle Embrace (IRE) 33-1 (8-10) Tracked leader, under pressure 2f out, soon weakened, last of 11, 13l behind Tigers Tale (8-11) at Lingfield 7f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Apr.

Copp The Lot (USA) 13-2 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 12, 10l behind Free Zone (9-3) at Catterick 5f 2yo mdn aut (6) gd in Aug.

Chicarito 16-1 (9-0) Led, driven and headed over 1f out, faded final furlong, lost 2nd close home, 3rd of 6, 10l behind Lethal Force (9-0) at Bath 6f mdn auc stks (5) gs in Apr.

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