Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Newbury - Fri 18th May 2012
13:40 14:10 14:40 15:10 15:45 16:20 16:55

16:55 Chris Beek Racing Apprentice Handicap1m 4f 5y
Weighed In - (Class 5), £4,000 added, 4yo+, 12 runners
Winner £2,588 2nd £770 3rd £385 4th £192
Going: Good to Soft (Straight Course: Good, Good to Soft in places) Surface: Turf

Result
Full result

Weighed In
Winning time: 2m 41.30s
Off time: 16:56:04

Pos	Horse	Odds
1st	Lady Rosamunde	9/2
2nd	O Ma Lad (IRE)	11/1
3rd	Resplendent Alpha	16/1

No	Form	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
1 (3)	312-669	O Ma Lad (IRE) 12	4	9-7	Thomas Brown (3)	S Kirk	74	11/1
2 (10)	22/241-3	Lady Rosamunde 28	4	9-7 p	Ned Curtis (3)	M P Tregoning	74	9/2
3 (11)	73834-3	Trend Line (IRE) 134	4	9-6	D E Egan	P W Chapple-Hyam	73	7/1
4 (6)	67736-7	Lady Of Burgundy 7	6	9-5	Jennifer Ferguson (5)	M D I Usher	72	8/1
5 (7)	176335-	Warne's Way (IRE) 118	9	9-4	George Downing	B G Powell	71	15/2
6 (8)	113665-	Tijori (IRE) 321	4	9-2	Daniel Muscutt (7)	B J Llewellyn	69	16/1
7 (2)	1-54145	Thundering Home 62	5	8-12 t	Natasha Eaton	N R Mitchell	65	18/1
8 (4)	21-42D8	Beggers Belief 50	4	8-11 b	Joey Haynes (7)	E A Wheeler	64	16/1
9 (1)	232718	Resplendent Alpha 7 (ex6)	8	8-10	Nicole Nordblad (3)	A J Lidderdale	57	16/1
10 (5)	657651	Darsan (IRE) 8 (ex6)	4	8-8	Jake Payne	P S McEntee	55	9/1
11 (12)	142569	Prohibition (IRE) 12	6	8-7	Semira Pashai (7)	A J Lidderdale	60	28/1
12 (9)	268444-	Eastern Magic 209	5	8-7	Jack Duern	R Hollinshead	60	4/1

Verdict

Lady Rosamunde will have come on for her recent reappearance and the same comment applies to Trend Line. Thundering Home and Beggers Belief have been in decent form on Polytrack of late but Darsan won a lesser contest at Yarmouth last week and this is much tougher under a penalty. O MA LAD doesn't leap off the page given he's been well beaten in three starts so far this year, but those defeats came in much better company and a return to this level may bring out the best in Sylvester Kirk's charge and his best is certainly good enough to land this.

Formwatch

O Ma Lad (IRE) 16-1 (8-4) Held up, headway 12f out, pushed along and lost place over 6f out, weakened over 3f out, 9th of 11, 49l behind Rockfella (8-12) at Salisbury 1m 6f hcp 0-90 (3) sft.

Lady Rosamunde 15-2 (9-2) Tracked leader, keen hold, pushed along over 4f out, effort over 1f out, soon one pace, 3rd of 5, 4l behind Night And Dance (9-4) at Bath 1m 2f flls hcp 0-80 (4) gs in Apr.

Trend Line (IRE) 7-2 (9-4) Led 1f, tracked leaders, chased leading pair over 1f out, one pace, 3rd of 6, 13l behind Shieldmaiden (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jan.

Lady Of Burgundy 16-1 (9-2) Held up in rear, headway 3f out, ridden and no impression from over 1f out, 7th of 14, 12l behind Tilsworth Glenboy (9-9) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) sft.

Warne's Way (IRE) 3-1fav (9-2) Led 2f, tracked leader until led again over 7f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 4l behind Blimey O'Riley (9-5) at Newbury 2m app hcp (5) gf in Oct.

Tijori (IRE) 11-1 (9-4) Held up in 6th, pushed along over 4f out, weakened over 2f out, 5th of 7, 9l behind Set To Music (9-7) at Nottingham 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jul.

Thundering Home 2-1fav (9-2) Held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 5th of 7, 1 1/4l behind Saint Thomas (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Mar.

Beggers Belief 7-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, hard driven over 4f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 8, 23l behind The Blue Dog (9-1) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Mar.

Resplendent Alpha 12-1 (8-7) Slowly away in rear, kept on final furlong, never on terms, 8th of 14, 12l behind Tilsworth Glenboy (9-9) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) sft.

Darsan (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) Led early, chased leader, led over 4f out, soon clear, ridden over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, won at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp 0-60 (6) hvy beating Cuckoo Rock (9-7) by 8l, 8 ran.

Prohibition (IRE) 8-1 (9-10) Dwelt, held up, headway over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, no impression and well held over 1f out, 9th of 10, 9l behind Querido (9-7) at Salisbury 7f ldy hcp 0-65 (6) sft.

Eastern Magic 9-2 (9-7) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, never on terms with leaders, 4th of 10, 8l behind Shades Of Grey (9-6) at Newbury 1m 4f ladies hcap (5) gf in Oct.