Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 14:50 Betfred The Bonus King Handicap1m 14y

  • Weighed In - (Class 2), £35,000 added, 3yo+, 13 runners
  • Winner £21,788 2nd £6,524 3rd £3,262 4th £1,631
  • Going: Soft (Round Course: Good to Soft in places) Surface: Turf

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 1m 45.04s
  • Off time: 14:52:38
Pos Horse Odds
1st Fennell Bay (IRE) 8/1
2nd Prince Of Sorrento 9/2
3rd Karaka Jack 14/1
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 (1) 221554/ Yellow and Purple (quartered), Purple sleeves, Yellow stars Morana (IRE) 772 Distance Winner 5 10-0 E Ahern W Greatrex 98 28/1
2 (10) 1411-00 Black and white diabolo, black sleeves, white stars and stars on cap Take It To The Max 56 Distance Winner 5 9-11 Shane B Kelly (5) R A Fahey 95 22/1
3 (4) 332-913 Purple, Yellow seams, Yellow sleeves, Purple armlets, Purple cap, Yellow star Weapon Of Choice (IRE) 16 Distance Winner Course and Distance Winner 4 9-7 I Mongan W S Kittow 91 7/1
4 (6) 0-00078 Maroon, light blue and maroon check sleeves, light blue cap Lowther 16 Distance Winner 7 9-3 Accursio Romeo (7) B R Johnson 87 33/1
5 (8) 17000-0 Orange, Dark Green disc Leviathan 77 Distance Winner 5 9-3 Martin Lane A G Newcombe 87 11/1
6 (9) 1100-33 Yellow, Black hoop, White sleeves, Black armlets Stage Attraction (IRE) 35 Distance Winner Course and Distance Winner 4 9-3 R L Moore A M Balding 87 4/1
7 (13) 311311 Maroon, White hoops, Maroon sleeves, White spots, White cap Prince Of Sorrento 37 Distance Winner 5 9-0 R Hughes L Carter 84 9/2
8 (3) 6805-22 Yellow, emerald green braces, yellow sleeves, black armlets, emerald green cap Sam Sharp (USA) 21 Beaten Favourite Distance Winner 6 9-0 R Ffrench Ian Williams 84 15/2
9 (7) 0-14094 Dark Blue, Orange seams and armlets, quartered cap Karaka Jack 7 5 8-13 Adrian Nicholls D Nicholls 83 14/1
10 (12) 6919-00 Red and White (halved), White sleeves, Red stars, White cap, Red star Fantasy Gladiator 35 Distance Winner 6 8-12 p Martin Harley R M H Cowell 82 25/1
11 (5) 348010 White and Red check, hooped sleeves, Red cap Sinfonico (IRE) 16 Course Winner Distance Winner 4 8-11 Jim Crowley R Hannon 81 16/1
12 (2) 732 MAROON, GOLD sleeves, LIGHT BLUE cap Standing Strong (IRE) 15 4 8-9 R Havlin R Mills 78 16/1
13 (11) 131255 DARK GREEN, RED cap, DARK GREEN diamond Fennell Bay (IRE) 8 Distance Winner 3 8-1 J Fanning M Johnston 81 8/1

Verdict

STAGE ATTRACTION won on soft going at Chepstow around this time last year and followed up subsequently over today's C&D. He was doing his best work at the finish behind Bronze Prince on the Polytrack at Lingfield last month and can open his account for the season now. Weapon Of Choice and Sam Sharp are closely matched on their run together on heavy ground over C&D in April and both have run well since while Prince Of Sorrento has won four of his last five starts. He sluiced through the heavy ground at Yarmouth last time but is now on a career-high mark. Lowther and Leviathan could both be given a chance at the weights but have been below their best lately and more interesting is recent Doncaster fourth Karaka Jack.

Formwatch

Morana (IRE) 7-2 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, stayed on same pace under pressure from over 1f out, no impression, 4th of 7, 10l behind Ted Spread (8-12) at Chester 1m 4f 3yo Grp 3 (1) gs in May '10.

Take It To The Max 33-1 (9-0) Took keen hold, chased leaders 5f, last of 22, well behind Captain Bertie (8-7) at Newbury 1m hcp 0-105 (2) sft in Apr.

Weapon Of Choice (IRE) 11-1 (9-4) Pulled hard, switched to outer over 6f out, headway soon after, tracked winner 5f out, challenged 2f out, not quicken inside final furlong, 3rd of 13, 1/2l behind Highland Colori (8-13) at Sandown 1m hcp 0-95 (3) gf in May.

Lowther 33-1 (9-4) Keen tracked winner until 5f out, ridden 3f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 13, 4l behind Highland Colori (8-13) at Sandown 1m hcp 0-95 (3) gf in May.

Leviathan 8-1 (9-7) Held up behind, effort over 2f out, never dangerous, 16th of 22, 17l behind Norse Blues (9-3) at Doncaster 1m hcp (3) gd in Mar.

Stage Attraction (IRE) 12-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 1l behind Bronze Prince (9-5) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-95 (3) pol in May.

Prince Of Sorrento 7-2 (9-4) Tracked leader, led over 4f out, ridden clear final furlong, comfortable, won at Yarmouth 1m hcp 0-80 (4) hvy in May beating European Dream (9-4) by 7l, 6 ran.

Sam Sharp (USA) 7-2fav (9-5) Held up in last pair, not clearest of runs and switched right to outside entering final 2f, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, went 2nd post, unable to reach winner, 2nd of 12, 3/4l behind Ree's Rascal (9-1) at Newbury 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gf in May.

Karaka Jack 14-1 (8-3) Behind, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, never nearer, 4th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Tariq Too (8-7) at Doncaster 7f hcp 0-105 (2) sft.

Fantasy Gladiator 40-1 (8-0) Restless in stalls, raced far side in touch, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 13th of 24, 7l behind Global Village (8-5) at Ascot 7f hcp (2) sft in May.

Sinfonico (IRE) 10-1 (8-12) Held up, never on terms, 12th of 13, 9l behind Highland Colori (8-13) at Sandown 1m hcp 0-95 (3) gf in May.

Standing Strong (IRE) 2-1 (10-0) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, soon challenged, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Tawaasul (8-12) at Haydock 1m mdn stks (5) gf.

Fennell Bay (IRE) 8-1 (8-10) Chased leaders, effort when not clear run over 1f out, kept on closing stages, never able to challenge, 5th of 9, 6l behind Thomas Chippendale (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) sft.

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