Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 16:05 PHS Direct Handicap1m

  • Weighed In - (Class 4), £6,300 added, 3yo, 8 runners
  • Winner £4,075 2nd £1,213 3rd £606 4th £303
  • Going: Good to Firm Surface: Turf

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 1m 39.11s
  • Off time: 16:07:08
Pos Horse Odds
1st Basseterre (IRE) 11/4
2nd Devdas (IRE) 6/1
3rd Nelson's Bay 25/1
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 (2) 1350-22 Red, White seams and armlet, Red cap Dance The Rain 13 3 9-7 T Eaves B Smart 82 13/2
2 (6) 51-9 Grey, Pink epaulets, quartered cap Nelson's Bay 19 3 9-5 t1 M Barzalona B J Meehan 80 25/1
3 (7) 42133-8 RED, BLACK stars, RED sleeves Devdas (IRE) 20 Distance Winner 3 9-5 A Kirby C G Cox 80 6/1
5 (4) 631-3 Red, emerald green diamonds on sleeves, red cap, emerald green diamond Farang Kondiew 27 Beaten Favourite 3 9-2 G Gibbons D Carroll 77 5/2
6 (8) 172 EMERALD GREEN, WHITE stars, EMERALD GREEN cap, WHITE star Basseterre (IRE) 10 Distance Winner 3 9-2 K Fallon C Hills 77 11/4
7 (5) 0-3310 DARK GREEN, RED cap, DARK GREEN diamond Three Bards (IRE) 27 Distance Winner 3 9-1 S De Sousa M Johnston 76 20/1
8 (1) 21-8 Dark Blue, Grey triple diamond Third Half 16 3 8-12 R Kingscote Tom Dascombe 73 8/1
9 (9) 10-5 Dark Blue, White seams, striped sleeves, Dark Blue cap Now My Sun 14 Course Winner 3 8-11 P Hanagan Mrs K Burke 72 9/1
Non runners
4 (3)18-0043Zakreet39-4K A RyanJ P Spencer79

Verdict

Dance The Rain made a winning debut on fast going and has been narrowly beaten twice on soft ground recently. However, he's gone up again and this looks tougher. Nelson's Bay looked a nice prospect when scoring at Beverley but found 1m2f on soft ground too far on his return at Newmarket. This looks more his trip and ground so he's one to note while Devdas looked in need of the run at Newmarket and would have a chance on his juvenile form. Farang Kondiew hails from a yard going well and ran well enough at Doncaster but NOW MY SUN looks the one to be on. He made a winning debut here in July and reappeared at Ascot where he led for a long way. With that under his belt he can make all here though Basseterre looks a big threat after being caught on the line at Kempton.

Formwatch

Dance The Rain 9-2 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on and every chance inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, 2nd of 7, hd behind Trail Blaze (8-12) at Haydock 1m 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gs.

Nelson's Bay 33-1 (8-10) Close up, joined leader 7f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 9th of 10, 28l behind Sparkling Portrait (8-13) at Newmarket 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-100 (2) sft.

Devdas (IRE) 9-1 (8-10) Keen held up, effort 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 8th of 11, 12l behind Rewarded (8-12) at Newmarket 1m 3yo hcp 0-105 (2) gs.

Zakreet 8-1 (8-13) Set strong gallop, ridden clear 3f out, headed and hung right over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 7, 5l behind Last Shadow (8-11) at Nottingham 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) sft.

Farang Kondiew 4-1fav (8-11) Held up mid-division, headway 3f out, went 3rd over 1f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 11, 3 1/2l behind Nameitwhatyoulike (8-12) at Doncaster 1m 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) sft in Apr.

Basseterre (IRE) 5-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, good headway on wide outside 3f out, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, pressed inside final furlong, headed last stride, 2nd of 11, shd behind Curzon Line (9-7) at Kempton 1m 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) pol.

Three Bards (IRE) 16-1 (8-13) Chased leaders to halfway, last of 11, well behind Nameitwhatyoulike (8-12) at Doncaster 1m 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) sft in Apr.

Third Half 10-1 (8-10) Mid-division on inside, weakened 3f out, 8th of 11, 14l behind Rosslyn Castle (9-6) at Chester 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) sft.

Now My Sun 4-1 (8-11) Soon led, ridden and headed inside final 2f, weakend over 1f out, 5th of 7, 9l behind Warfare (8-13) at Ascot 1m 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) sft.

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