Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Leicester - Mon 4th Jun 2012
14:00 14:30 15:05 15:40 16:15 16:50 17:20

15:40 Leicester Mercury Fillies' Handicap7f 9y
Weighed In - (Class 4), £8,000 added, 4yo+, 9 runners
Winner £4,980 2nd £1,491 3rd £746 4th £373
Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places Surface: Turf
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Result
Full result

Weighed In
Winning time: 1m 28.74s
Off time: 15:40:45

Pos	Horse	Odds
1st	Russian Rave	7/2
2nd	Choral	6/1
3rd	Fenella Fudge	20/1

No	Form	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
1 (4)	1900-13	Miss Bootylishes 19	7	9-7	David Kenny (5)	P Burgoyne	79	16/1
2 (1)	31/8228-	Little Curtsey 224	4	9-7	D Holland	H Morrison	79	7/1
3 (3)	5355-73	Russian Rave 23	6	9-6	Stephen Craine	J G Portman	78	7/2
4 (9)	329-219	Choral 23	4	9-6	R L Moore	R Hannon	78	6/1
5 (2)	21109-6	Mrs Greeley 16	4	9-2	William Carson	Eve Johnson Houghton	74	9/2
6 (10)	316-212	Viking Rose (IRE) 10	4	8-13	William Buick	J M P Eustace	71	7/2
7 (8)	2453-01	Sairaam (IRE) 7 (ex6)	6	8-11	Kirsty Milczarek	C Smith	63	12/1
8 (7)	9-95240	Shes Rosie 19	4	8-10	D Sweeney	J G M O'Shea	68	12/1
9 (6)	40434-0	Fenella Fudge 13	4	8-5	Martin Dwyer (ex1)	D Shaw	63	20/1

Non runners
10 (5)	18687-9		Stilettoesinthemud (IRE)	4	8-2	J G Given	F Norton	60

Verdict

Russian Rave is 6lb higher than when winning last year's renewal but against that, she looks to be running into form with a decent third in better company at Ascot last month. Both Choral and Miss Bootylishes failed to figure off higher marks last time having won their previous outings and Sairaam is upped a grade after scoring over C&D a week ago. Recent Yarmouth winner Viking Rose arrives in good heart and is another to consider but MRS GREELEY shaped well on her return at Newmarket and will go very close if running anywhere the same level as last season's three length victory at Chepstow.

Formwatch

Miss Bootylishes 9-2 (9-8) Held up in rear, headway 3f out, went 3rd over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2l behind Tidal Run (9-2) at Bath 1m fll hcp (0-75) (5) gs in May.

Little Curtsey 9-2 (9-3) Held up in mid-division, headway on outside over 2f out, staying on one pace when slightly hampered over 1f out, soon beaten, 8th of 11, 12l behind Iron Step (9-2) at Leicester 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Oct.

Russian Rave 14-1 (8-10) Steadied start, held up in rear, steady headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd inside final furlong, not pace of leading duo, 3rd of 11, 2l behind Making Eyes (9-2) at Ascot 1m fll hcp (2) sft in May.

Choral 10-1 (9-3) Held up towards rear, ridden and some headway over 1f out, never on terms, 9th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Ongoodform (9-3) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in May.

Mrs Greeley 28-1 (9-1) In touch, ridden 3f out, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 15, 2 3/4l behind Highland Colori (9-7) at Newmarket 7f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in May.

Viking Rose (IRE) 10-3 (8-10) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner 2f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 7, 2 3/4l behind Amoya (8-11) at Yarmouth 1m fll hcp (0-85) (4yo+) (4) fm in May.

Sairaam (IRE) 15-2 (9-0) Made all, ridden over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, just held on, won at Leicester 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in May beating Daruband (9-7) by ns, 11 ran.

Shes Rosie 6-1fav (9-7) Chased leaders 3f, 10th of 16, 13l behind Valmina (8-11) at Bath 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in May.

Fenella Fudge 14-1 (9-6) Raced keenly, in touch, lost place over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 13, 12l behind Diplomatic (9-3) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in May.

Stilettoesinthemud (IRE) 16-1 (8-9) Stumbled start, towards rear, ridden 2f out, never a factor, 9th of 11, 10l behind Lucky Dan (8-10) at Chester 6f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in May.