Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 1m 18.13s
  • Off time: 20:32:11
Pos Horse Odds
1st Rock Canyon (IRE) 10/1
2nd Legal Bond 7/1
3rd Gowanharry (IRE) 3/10
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 (3) 376R00- GREEN, GOLD sash, hooped sleeves, quartered cap Tinzo (IRE) 227 4 9-13 Matthew Hopkins (7) A Berry 40 100/1
2 (6) Brown, Yellow stars, halved sleeves, Yellow cap Way To Finish 415 6 9-13 P Aspell James Moffatt 25/1
3 (1) 652- Black and White check, Light Blue sleeves and cap Great Nicanor (IRE) 148 3 9-3 B McHugh I Semple 63 16/1
4 (8) 0-54 Dark green, white epaulets, sleeves and cap Julier Pass (IRE) 25 3 9-3 G Bartley (3) (ex1) H A McWilliams 60 16/1
5 (5) Royal Blue, Red chevrons, White and Red striped sleeves, Red and White quartered cap Legal Bond 3 9-3 T Eaves B Smart 7/1
6 (4) 6953-75 Purple, Yellow sleeves, Red and Yellow striped cap Rock Canyon (IRE) 16 3 9-3 J Fanning Miss L A Perratt 56 10/1
7 (7) Gold and Black check, Pink sleeves and cap Early Shirley 3 8-12 G Lee K A Ryan 12/1
8 (2) 5-2 Maroon and White check, White sleeves, Maroon armlets and star on White cap Gowanharry (IRE) 20 Beaten Favourite 3 8-12 P Makin M Dods 3/10

Verdict

Early Shirley hails from last year's winning yard and Legal Bond is related to a host of winning sprinters. Both should be monitored in the betting on their debuts but it could pay to stick with the more experienced GOWANHARRY. The latter improved to finish second in soft ground at Thirsk on last month's return to action and there should be more to come from Michael Dods' filly here. Julier Pass also posted a better effort when fourth at Wolverhampton last time and he may have a fitness advantage over December's Southwell second Great Nicanor.

Formwatch

Tinzo (IRE) 80-1 (8-2) Very slowly away, tailed off throughtout, last of 10, well behind Benny The Bear (9-4) at Ayr 7f hcp 0-60 (6) sft in Sep.

Way To Finish 33-1 (11-2) Held up in rear and keen, quickly weakened over 7f out, soon pulled up, in a race won by Ballyclough (10-4) at Haydock 2m nhf (5) gd in Mar '11, 10 ran.

Great Nicanor (IRE) 3-1 (9-0) Held up in touch in rear, headway between horses over 1f out, ridden to join winner inside final furlong when hung left and no extra near finish, 2nd of 6, 1 1/4l behind Cat Queen (8-1) at Southwell 7f 2yo mdn auc stks (6) fbs in Dec.

Julier Pass (IRE) 50-1 (9-0) Always prominent, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 1 3/4l behind Jamhara (8-12) at Wolverhampton 6f mdn stks (5) pol in Apr.

Legal Bond Misu Bond gelding out of Lawless Bridget.

Rock Canyon (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) Prominent, led 4f out, soon headed, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 10, 10l behind Art Dzeko (9-7) at Catterick 7f 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) gs in Apr.

Early Shirley Piccolo filly out of Ailsa.

Gowanharry (IRE) 3-1fav (8-9) Led, ridden 2f out, edged left and headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 12, 2 1/2l behind Jack Dexter (9-0) at Thirsk 6f mdn auc stks (5) sft in Apr.

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