Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 2m 14.53s
  • Off time: 20:41:17
Pos Horse Odds
1st Laverre (IRE) 2/1
2nd Finity Run (GER) 4/1
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 (7) 522182 Dark Blue, Light Blue disc, Light Blue sleeves, Dark Blue armlets, Red and White check cap Dazzling Valentine 9 Beaten Favourite 4 10-0 Liam Jones A Bailey 68 9/1
2 (5) 10435-2 Mauve, Mauve and White check sleeves, White cap Laverre (IRE) 6 Distance Winner 5 10-0 Adam Beschizza (3) Mrs L Wadham 68 2/1
4 (8) 64505- Maroon, light blue epaulets, light blue sleeves, maroon stars, quartered cap Tamara Bay 254 4 9-4 Kirsty Milczarek J J Davies 58 20/1
5 (1) 613-381 Purple, white triple diamond, striped sleeves, black cap, white star Sweetnessandlight 9 (ex6) 3 9-2 M Stainton J Ward 63 6/1
6 (2) 0463-1 Royal Blue and Pink (quartered), diabolo on sleeves, check cap Lady Arabella (IRE) 38 3 9-1 Leonna Mayor (5) A J Lidderdale 68 7/2
7 (4) 08-208 Royal Blue, Light Green epaulets Finity Run (GER) 15 3 9-1 J Fanning M Johnston 68 4/1
8 (6) U6363-8 Light Blue, Royal Blue sleeves and cap Margo Channing 17 3 8-1 Kelly Harrison Micky Hammond 53 9/1
Non runners
3 (3)9167-72Amana (USA)89-13W M BrisbourneR Winston67

Verdict

Laverre won off a higher mark at Bath just over a year ago and made a promising reappearance behind Maven at Newbury. She has to go on the short-list along with recent Haydock second Amana, but Dazzling Valentine was beaten in a three-runner all-weather seller nine days ago and Sweetnessandlight's recent success, for which she is penalised, also came at the lowest level. Wolverhampton winner Lady Arabella is unproven on Turf so we'll give a chance to C&D second FINITY RUN now she tackles handicaps. The quicker ground may help her cause.

Formwatch

Dazzling Valentine 5-6fav (9-11) Tracked winner, ridden over 3f out, challenged inside final furlong, unable to quicken near finish, 2nd of 3, 1/2l behind Reaction (8-12) at Lingfield 1m 2f Selling Stakes (0-75) (3yo+) (6) gf in May.

Laverre (IRE) 12-1 (10-5) Prominent, ridden to lead over 2f out, edged right over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 15, 2 1/2l behind Maven (10-9) at Newbury 1m 2f am hcp (0-70) (4yo+) (5) gf in May.

Amana (USA) 5-1 (10-1) Held up in touch, closed over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon headed, stayed on, held by winner final 100 yards, 2nd of 9, 1l behind Call Of Duty (9-9) at Haydock 1m 4f ladies hcp 0-70 (5) gf in May.

Tamara Bay 7-1 (9-5) Soon led, headed over 7f out, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, one pace final furlong, 5th of 12, 2 3/4l behind Librettela (8-12) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Sep.

Sweetnessandlight 4-11fav (9-4) With leaders, led over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, eased towards finish, won at Southwell 7f Selling Stakes (0-75) (3yo) (6) fbs in May beating Medam (8-12) by 3 1/2l, 4 ran.

Lady Arabella (IRE) 6-1 (9-7) Towards rear, headway 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden and ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Apr beating Mexican Wave (8-7) by 4 1/2l, 9 ran.

Finity Run (GER) 20-1 (8-12) Led until 3f out, chased leaders until weakened well over 1f out, 8th of 13, 9l behind Reyamour (9-12) at Salisbury 1m 2f fll mdn stks (5) gd in May.

Margo Channing 4-1 (9-1) Held up towards rear, last and driven 4f out, some headway over 1f out, no chance, 8th of 12, 26l behind Bridgehampton (8-13) at Beverley 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) gd in May.

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