Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 2m 13.11s
  • Off time: 14:00:16
Pos Horse Odds
1st Reaction 9/2
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 (3) 452218 Dark Blue, Light Blue disc, Light Blue sleeves, Dark Blue armlets, Red and White check cap Dazzling Valentine 23 4 9-11 Liam Jones A Bailey 68 5/6
3 (4) 331072 Black, Light Blue chevron and sleeves Marvo 7 Distance Winner 8 9-11 b E Ahern M H Tompkins 67 2/1
4 (1) 355149/ Royal Blue, Pink sash, Royal Blue sleeves, Pink stars, Royal Blue cap, Pink star Reaction 800 6 9-5 p H Poulton (7) Miss S West 63 9/2
Non runners
2 (2)952-R10Indian Violet (IRE)69-11Miss Z C DavisonG Baker63

Verdict

Dazzling Valentine scored over a longer trip at Wolverhampton in April and Indian Violet won over a mile on the Polytrack here earlier in the year. However, neither have won on Turf in a combined total of 32 attempts and MARVO is preferred on that basis. He was ending a long losing run when winning a handicap over today's trip on the all-weather here in March and looks capable of adding to his previous four victories on this surface. Reaction was last seen at the track in 2010 and his only success so far was way back in 2008.

Formwatch

Dazzling Valentine 5-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 4f out until ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 9, 9l behind Wicked Spirit (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Apr.

Indian Violet (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) Mid-division, pushed along 3f out, soon lost place, last of 12, 21l behind Woolston Ferry (9-5) at Lingfield 1m hacp 0-70 (5) pol.

Marvo 8-1 (9-4) Took keen hold, soon steadied tracking leaders, went 2nd over 1f out, led briefly inside final furlong, kept on, not pace of winner, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Legal Legacy (9-3) at Lingfield 1m clm stks 0-75 (6) pol.

Reaction 12-1 (9-2) Chased leaders 6f, 9th of 12, 16l behind Sham Sheer (9-4) at Kempton 1m 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Oct '09.

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