Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Haydock Park - Sat 23rd Jun 2012
18:50 19:20 19:50 20:20 20:50 21:20

19:20 Christie Handicap 5f
Weighed In - (Class 5), £5,000 added, 3yo+, 10 runners
Winner £3,234 2nd £962 3rd £481 4th £240
Going: Soft Surface: Turf

Result
Full result

Weighed In
Winning time: 1m 2.78s
Off time: 19:25:34

Pos	Horse	Odds
1st	First In Command (IRE)	5/1
2nd	Fair Passion	12/1
3rd	Jamaican Bolt (IRE)	9/4

No	Form	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
2 (8)	2/135-	Jamaican Bolt (IRE) 320	4	9-12	D Swift (3)	G R Oldroyd	74	9/4
3 (10)	112232	First In Command (IRE) 2	7	9-11 t	Shane B Kelly (5)	D M Loughnane	73	5/1
5 (5)	21311-0	Cool In The Shade 18	4	9-9 b	Ned Curtis (7)	P T Midgley	71	9/2
6 (9)	460-331	Red Roar (IRE) 5 (ex6)	5	9-9	P Aspell	A Berry	65	6/1
8 (7)	240365	Fair Passion 16	5	9-7	F Norton	D Shaw	69	12/1
9 (4)	150573	Absa Lutte (IRE) 5	9	9-5	Stephen Craine	M Mullineaux	67	25/1
10 (6)	239331	Avonvalley 12	5	8-12	R Fitzpatrick	Peter Grayson	60	10/1
11 (3)	830-034	Ballarina 8	6	8-9	Jason Hart (7)	E J Alston	57	16/1
12 (13)	053430	Sally's Swansong 4	6	8-7 p	Neil Farley (5)	E J Alston	50	10/1
13 (11)	007546/	Hyde Lea Flyer 852	7	8-7	R Clark (3) (ex1)	B Leavy	49	22/1

Non runners
1 (2)	180-003	Comptonspirit	8	9-12	B P J Baugh	J Rogers	74
4 (1)	125-808	Baby Queen (IRE)	6	9-9	B P J Baugh	William Carson	71
7 (12)	087-079	Indian Trail	12	9-8	D Nicholls	P M Quinn	70

Verdict

Avonvalley scored in soft ground at Folkestone last time but steps up a grade today while First In Command, second at Ripon on Thursday, has been placed off his current mark on a couple of occasions since landing a double at Southwell in March. Comptonspirit is back on a winning mark and posted a better effort at Beverley recently while Red Roar carries a penalty for last Monday's success at Carlisle. The latter is weighted to confirm last season's running at Beverley with COOL IN THE SHADE but Paul Midgley's filly has shown a big improvement since then, winning three times. She'll have come on for her recent reappearance and gets the nod with a 7lb claimer helping her cause.

Formwatch

Comptonspirit 20-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders on inside, driven 2f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, not reach winner, 3rd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Caranbola (9-7) at Beverley 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.

Jamaican Bolt (IRE) 9-4 (9-0) Pushed along to chase leaders, ridden and hung left over 1f out, soon lost place, 5th of 7, 11l behind York Glory (9-7) at Thirsk 5f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Aug.

First In Command (IRE) 7-2 (9-8) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, effort to chase winner 1f out, no impression, eased final strides and just held on to 2nd, 2nd of 7, 2l behind El Mcglynn (7-13) at Ripon 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gd.

Baby Queen (IRE) 28-1 (9-7) Raced alone centre overall leader until over 1f out, soon weakened, 8th of 9, 19l behind Silvanus (9-3) at Leicester 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gs.

Cool In The Shade 16-1 (8-9) Close up, faded final furlong, 12th of 13, 6l behind Bosun Breese (8-13) at Redcar 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.

Red Roar (IRE) 10-3 (9-7) Towards rear and pushed along, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, driven out, won at Carlisle 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gs beating Fama Mac (8-10) by 1l, 6 ran.

Indian Trail 16-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, hung right over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong, last of 9, 19l behind Bosun Breese (9-3) at Musselburgh 5f hcp (4) gs.

Fair Passion 13-2 (9-6) Steadied start, pulled hard, held up, hung badly right on bend 3f out, never on terms, 5th of 8, 5l behind Redair (8-10) at Wolverhampton 5f clm stks (6) pol.

Absa Lutte (IRE) 20-1 (9-9) In rear, pushed along over 1f out, stayed on well to take 3rd close home, 3rd of 6, 3 1/2l behind Red Roar (9-7) at Carlisle 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gs.

Avonvalley 5-2fav (9-7) Held up on rail, good headway halfway, chased leading pair 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Folkestone 5f hcp 0-55 (6) sft beating Bookiesindex Boy (8-12) by 1l, 11 ran.

Ballarina 10-1 (8-8) Switched to race alone far side, soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Liberty Island (9-11) at Musselburgh 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gs.

Sally's Swansong 11-1 (9-0) Towards rear, effort over 2f out, never dangerous, 10th of 15, 9l behind Tuibama (9-2) at Thirsk 5f hcp 0-65 (6) gs.

Hyde Lea Flyer 8-1 (8-13) Took keen hold, chased leaders, weakened final furlong, 6th of 11, 6l behind Global Village (8-13) at Wolverhampton 7f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb '10.