Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 1m 25.40s
  • Off time: 17:32:01
Pos Horse Odds
1st First Bid 14/1
2nd Foot Tapper 10/1
3rd Lovage 9/2
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
2 (4) 6239-3 White, Navy Blue cap, White spots Fine Painting (IRE) 10 3 9-7 D Sweeney G L Moore 70 5/1
3 (5) 33410-8 Black and white check, pink sleeves, black armlets, pink cap Red Mischief (IRE) 23 3 9-7 E Ahern H J L Dunlop 70 50/1
4 (7) 727-7 White, Red hoops, Red cap Arctic Stryker 8 3 9-7 B Doyle J R Best 70 50/1
5 (13) 82532- Yellow, Royal Blue sash, Royal Blue sleeves, Yellow armlets, striped cap Flamborough Breeze 155 3 9-7 R Mullen E F Vaughan 70 28/1
6 (11) 006-53 Grey, Pink epaulets, quartered cap Darrow (IRE) 10 3 9-5 S W Kelly W J Knight 68 9/2
7 (2) 4-42444 Pink, Red epaulets, check cap Millibar (IRE) 56 3 9-5 p C Catlin N P Littmoden 68 25/1
8 (6) 2270-60 White, emerald green star, red sleeves, emerald green cap Jay Bee Blue 16 3 9-5 Sophie Doyle (3) J S Moore 68 33/1
9 (1) 323331 Black, grey chevron, black sleeves, beige stars and stars on cap First Bid 7 (ex6) Distance Winner 3 9-5 b J-P Guillambert J G Given 62 14/1
10 (10) 252-5 Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap Ghalaa (IRE) 39 Beaten Favourite 3 9-2 T P O'Shea M Johnston 65 9/1
11 (8) 93-3 Dark Blue, White spots, Pink cap Stepturn 32 3 9-2 Dane O'Neill George Baker 65 7/2
12 (3) 0445- Dark Blue, Yellow chevron hoop, Yellow cap Lovage 215 3 9-2 J Doyle R Charlton 65 9/2
13 (12) 6358- Black, Orange spots, Black sleeves, Orange cap Baltic Flyer (IRE) 216 Beaten Favourite 3 9-1 Adam Beschizza (3) R Eddery 64 25/1
14 (9) 049-9 Black and Yellow diabolo, Black sleeves, Yellow stars, Black cap, Yellow star Foot Tapper 29 3 9-0 S Sanders (7) C F Wall 63 10/1
Non runners
1 (14)788-2Saratoga Slew (IRE)39-7M BottiT Atkinson70

Verdict

FINE PAINTING caught the eye making up ground in the closing stages to finish third over C&D on her return to action. Gary Moore's filly gave the impression there was more to come and she gets the vote. First Bid was beating lower-rated horses in a seller at Wolverhampton a week ago and will find this tougher but Darrow and Millibar were not beaten far on their latest starts and could figure. Flamborough Breeze, Ghalaa and Lovage are all open to improvement and worthy of a second glance in the betting.

Formwatch

Saratoga Slew (IRE) 5-2fav (9-7) Took keen hold, led 1f, chased leader until 5f out, handy, chased winner 2f out, driven and stayed on in closing stages, always held, 2nd of 12, 3/4l behind Boudoir (9-3) at Lingfield 7f fll hcp (5) pol.

Fine Painting (IRE) 14-1 (9-7) Took keen hold, held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on to 3rd inside final furlong, not pace to reach leading duo, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Boudoir (9-3) at Lingfield 7f fll hcp (5) pol.

Red Mischief (IRE) 40-1 (8-8) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 8, 12l behind Dark Castle (8-13) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Apr.

Arctic Stryker 50-1 (8-11) Steadied start, held up in rear, ridden and struggling inside final 3f, never a factor, 7th of 9, 7l behind Xinbama (8-11) at Lingfield 7f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) pol.

Flamborough Breeze 9-1 (8-9) Led, ridden and hard pressed over 1f out, kept on under pressure until headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Moderator (9-3) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Dec.

Darrow (IRE) 10-1 (9-5) Mid-division, headway entering final 2f, ridden to challenge winner entering final furlong, soon no impression and lost 2nd post, 3rd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Tigers Tale (9-4) at Kempton 1m 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol.

Millibar (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Tracked leader, ridden to challenge over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 7, 1 1/2l behind Lionrock (9-4) at Lingfield 7f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Mar.

Jay Bee Blue 66-1 (8-10) Dwelt, held up towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, never dangerous, 12th of 13, 17l behind Famous Poet (9-3) at Kempton 7f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Apr.

First Bid 9-2 (8-12) Always prominent, led going well over 1f out, ridden clear inside final furlong, won at Wolverhampton 7f 3yo sell stks (6) pol beating Emma Jean (8-7) by 2 3/4l, 10 ran.

Ghalaa (IRE) 3-1fav (8-12) Close up, led over 1f out, soon ridden and headed, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Wolf Spirit (8-9) at Redcar 1m 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Apr.

Stepturn 28-1 (9-3) Chased winner, ridden and edged left over 1f out, stayed on same pace, weakened to 3rd inside final fdurlong, 3rd of 11, 6l behind Verse Of Love (9-3) at Warwick 7f 3yo mdn (5) sft in Apr.

Lovage 6-1 (8-6) Raced wide, held up in rear, ridden 3f out, kept on final furlong, never near leaders, 5th of 10, 6l behind Poetic Lord (9-5) at Goodwood 7f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Oct.

Baltic Flyer (IRE) 11-4fav (9-7) With leader, led narrowly 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 8th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Berlusca (9-4) at Wolverhampton 6f 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Oct.

Foot Tapper 12-1 (8-13) Dwelt, behind, weakened 2f out, 9th of 11, 25l behind Dishy Guru (9-7) at Folkestone 6f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Apr.

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