Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

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

16:15 Leicester Mercury Handicap1m 1f 218y
Weighed In - (Class 5), £4,000 added, 4yo+, 8 runners
Winner £2,588 2nd £770 3rd £385 4th £192
Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places Surface: Turf
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Result
Full result

Weighed In
Winning time: 2m 12.34s
Off time: 16:15:17

Pos	Horse	Odds
1st	Cane Cat (IRE)	14/1
2nd	The Lock Master (IRE)	15/8
3rd	Ice Nelly (IRE)	9/4

No	Form	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
3 (3)	147419-	Ice Nelly (IRE) 203	4	9-4	D Holland	H Morrison	66	9/4
4 (6)	560431	The Lock Master (IRE) 12	5	9-3	T P Queally	M Appleby	65	15/8
5 (8)	14-3840	Yourinthewill (USA) 12	4	9-3	S W Kelly	D M Loughnane	65	11/1
6 (5)	2098-61	Bold Cross (IRE) 12	9	9-2	Matthew Cosham (5)	E G Bevan	64	7/1
7 (1)	5399/0	Taroum (IRE) 12	5	9-1	Aiden Blakemore (7)	A W Carroll	63	33/1
9 (11)	3-42256	Cane Cat (IRE) 15	5	8-12 t	George Downing (7)	A W Carroll	60	14/1
10 (7)	069290-	Burza 292	6	8-12	F Norton	P G Murphy	60	9/1
11 (9)	8272-08	Arashi 21	6	8-11	Martin Dwyer	D Shaw	59	14/1

Non runners
1 (4)	0523/6	The High Man	4	9-7	Ed Walker	William Buick	69
2 (10)	6408-06	Amistress	4	9-5	Eve Johnson Houghton	N Callan	67
8 (2)	600-155	Saint Thomas (IRE)	5	9-1	J Mackie	P Hanagan	63

Verdict

The Lock Master arrives on the back of a win at Southwell and can race off a 13lb lower mark back on this surface. No wins in 19 starts on Turf tempers enthusiasm, however, and BOLD CROSS looks a safer option. He produced a late surge to score at Chepstow last time and looked good value for more than the official winning margin of a neck. This is no tougher and he's taken to follow-up with Nottingham winner Ice Nelly and lightly-raced top weight The High Man making most appeal of the remainder.

Formwatch

The High Man 7-1 (9-7) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 14, 7l behind Resplendent Light (8-6) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in May.

Amistress 12-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, no impression, 6th of 15, 10l behind Elspeth's Boy (8-11) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in May.

Ice Nelly (IRE) 10-1 (8-9) Steadied and switched left start, held up and behind, ridden and struggling over 3f out, never on terms, 9th of 10, 19l behind Dark Dune (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.

The Lock Master (IRE) 5-2fav (9-5) Towards rear and pushed along, headway over 3f out, ridden to chase leader 2f out, kept on to lead towards finish, won at Southwell 1m hcp 0-80 (4) fbs in May beating Alpha Tauri (9-2) by 1/2l, 10 ran.

Yourinthewill (USA) 16-1 (9-6) Held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 10th of 13, 11l behind Bold Cross (8-7) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in May.

Bold Cross (IRE) 10-1 (8-7) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway going well over 2f out, ridden and switched right entering final furlong, ran on to lead close home, won at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in May beating Hamilton Hill (8-2) by nk, 13 ran.

Taroum (IRE) 33-1 (8-10) Held up in rear, took keen hold, well beaten final 3f, 11th of 13, 14l behind Bold Cross (8-7) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in May.

Saint Thomas (IRE) 14-1 (8-10) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, one pace inside final furlong, 5th of 15, 9l behind Elspeth's Boy (8-11) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in May.

Cane Cat (IRE) 9-1 (9-3) Held up in mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 9l behind Ishikawa (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Apr.

Burza 7-1 (9-11) Held up in mid-division, lost place over 8f out, never back in it, 11th of 15, 17l behind Arctic Maiden (8-10) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Aug.

Arashi 10-1 (9-8) Tracked leader, disputed lead and clear 8f out, headed over 3f out, soon weakened, 8th of 10, well behind Delagoa Bay (8-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in May.