Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Goodwood - Fri 25th May 2012
14:00 14:35 15:10 15:45 16:20 16:55 17:30

15:10 Willis Lease Finance Corporation Handicap7f
Weighed In - (Class 4), £7,500 added, 4yo+, 12 runners
Winner £4,852 2nd £1,444 3rd £722 4th £361
Going: Good (Good to Firm in places; Round Course: Good to Firm) Surface: Turf

Result
Full result

Weighed In
Winning time: 1m 26.50s
Off time: 15:10:25

Pos	Horse	Odds
1st	Shifting Star (IRE)	18/1
2nd	Piscean (USA)	8/1
3rd	Corporal Maddox	10/1

No	Form	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
1 (8)	2-21670	Shifting Star (IRE) 18	7	9-7	S M Levey (3)	J J Bridger	85	18/1
2 (12)	1/6226-4	Kingsdine (IRE) 14	5	9-6	T G McLaughlin	M S Saunders	84	8/1
3 (11)	6-26040	Kingscroft (IRE) 20	4	9-6	M Demuro	M Johnston	84	11/1
4 (3)	514410	Piscean (USA) 19	7	9-4	G Baker	T Keddy	82	8/1
5 (9)	7720-56	Corporal Maddox 14	5	9-4	S Donohoe	J A Osborne	82	10/1
6 (6)	308-050	Space Station 13	6	9-2 b	S Sanders	S Dow	80	11/1
7 (1)	21800-0	Rougette 23	4	9-1	M Hills	C Hills	79	22/1
8 (7)	33211-0	Konstantin (IRE) 25	4	9-1	Hayley Turner	M P Tregoning	79	5/1
9 (10)	9/5-4311	Indian Art (IRE) 31	6	9-1	R Hughes	S Kirk	79	11/2
10 (5)	7110-89	George Baker (IRE) 23	5	9-0	L Dettori	George Baker	78	8/1
11 (2)	8813-10	Rafaaf (IRE) 28	4	9-0	Andrea Atzeni	R Eddery	78	9/1
12 (4)	9555-28	Bunce (IRE) 13	4	8-13 p1	William Buick	P Fitzsimons	77	16/1

Verdict

Indian Art has found a bit of form at Wolverhampton recently and still isn't badly treated on his best form. He's definitely one for the short-lists here as is Bunce, who got outpaced over 6f at Ascot last time after finishing second over this trip at Brighton. Paul Fitzsimmons' four-year-old seems to like undulating tracks. Corporal Maddox was made favourite at Chester earlier this month following a promising reappearance at Lingfield but never threatened and seems to have two ways of running. Kingscroft is capable on his day but holds few secrets from the handicapper while Rafaaf is better over sprint distances. KONSTANTIN won at Brighton and Epsom in August last year so should have no problems with this course and he ran a lot better than the final result suggests on his reappearance at Kempton. He can get back to winning ways here.

Formwatch

Shifting Star (IRE) 50-1 (9-1) Tracked leader, ridden 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 11th of 14, 5l behind Cruiser (9-0) at Kempton 1m hcp (0-90) (3) pol.

Kingsdine (IRE) 12-1 (8-12) Led early, pressed leader, led again over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 5l behind Thunderball (9-3) at Ascot 6f hcp 0-95 (3) sft.

Kingscroft (IRE) 28-1 (8-8) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, soon beaten, 14th of 16, 24l behind Farhh (9-2) at Thirsk 1m hcp 0-100 (2) gs.

Piscean (USA) 25-1 (8-5) Always towards rear far side, beaten when eased entering final furlong, last of 24, 26l behind Maarek (9-8) at Newmarket 6f hcp (2) gs.

Corporal Maddox 8-1 (9-6) Dwelt towards rear, headway halfway, switched right over 1f out, soon went 3rd, ridden and weakened final furlong, 6th of 13, 14l behind Viva Ronaldo (9-6) at Chester 7f hcp 0-85 (4) sft.

Space Station 50-1 (7-10) Raced centre, always behind, ridden and beaten over 2f out, 22nd of 24, 19l behind Global Village (8-5) at Ascot 7f hcp (2) sft.

Rougette 16-1 (9-4) Chased leaders on outside, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 2f out, eased final furlong, last of 12, 9l behind Great Shot (8-8) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol.

Konstantin (IRE) 9-1 (9-1) Chased leadrs, ridden and weakened well over 1f out, 11th of 12, 10l behind Esprit De Midas (9-4) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Apr.

Indian Art (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Held up, wide into straight 2f out, soon ridden, headway to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Apr beating My Kingdom (9-5) by nk, 11 ran.

George Baker (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Held up in last pair, ridden over 1f out, never involved, 9th of 12, 7l behind Great Shot (8-8) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol.

Rafaaf (IRE) 4-1fav (8-12) Always in rear, 12th of 14, 7l behind Pearl Blue (9-4) at Doncaster 5f hcp 0-85 (4) hvy in Apr.

Bunce (IRE) 9-2fav (9-4) In touch, effort and ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 12, 5l behind Italian Tom (8-7) at Ascot 6f hcp 0-80 (4) gs.