Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 16:40 Fee Club Handicap1m 2f

  • Weighed In - (Class 2), £20,000 added, 3yo+, 13 runners
  • Winner £12,938 2nd £3,850 3rd £1,924 4th £962
  • Going: Good to Firm Surface: Turf

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 2m 3.25s
  • Off time: 16:42:10
Pos Horse Odds
1st Area Fifty One 5/1
2nd Unex El Greco 8/1
3rd Licence To Till (USA) 14/1
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 (1) 62-3430 Royal blue Start Right 91 Course Winner 5 10-0 L Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 100 12/1
2 (9) 1/0767-0 Orange and White (quartered), Orange sleeves Dangerous Midge (USA) 14 Distance Winner 6 10-0 P Hills (3) B J Meehan 100 33/1
3 (11) 41583-0 Pink, Dark Blue cross belts Classic Punch (IRE) 21 Course Winner Distance Winner Course and Distance Winner 9 10-0 B Doyle D R C Elsworth 100 22/1
4 (15) 016610 Pink, grey seams and armlets Licence To Till (USA) 7 Distance Winner 5 9-9 K Fallon M Johnston 95 14/1
5 (2) 90-7176 Purple, Yellow seams, Yellow sleeves, Purple armlets, Purple cap, Yellow star Resurge (IRE) 21 Distance Winner 7 9-8 b1 S Sanders W S Kittow 94 25/1
6 (13) 1219-78 Lime Green, Royal Blue epaulets and cap Qushchi 21 4 9-7 D Holland W Jarvis 93 16/1
7 (4) 2071-19 Royal blue, red hoops, chevrons on sleeves, striped cap War Poet 21 Distance Winner 5 9-7 v1 M Barzalona D O'Meara 93 10/1
8 (6) 00612-9 Black, Light Blue armlets Pivotman 29 Distance Winner 4 9-7 t T P Queally Mrs A J Perrett 93 16/1
9 (10) 2221-82 Grey, beige star, grey sleeves, beige stars and stars on cap Area Fifty One 14 Distance Winner 4 9-6 D Nolan R A Fahey 92 5/1
10 (14) 213-225 Purple, Royal Blue sleeves King's Warrior (FR) 28 Distance Winner 5 9-5 R Hughes P W Chapple-Hyam 91 10/1
11 (8) 791-121 Dark green, yellow sleeves Media Hype 43 Distance Winner 5 9-5 P Makin Mrs K Burke 91 2/1
13 (3) 2/U0-043 Yellow, Black and Yellow striped sleeves, White cap Unex El Greco 29 4 9-3 A Culhane J H M Gosden 89 8/1
14 (5) 60292-0 Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap Fadhaa (IRE) 43 4 8-12 T P O'Shea C Hills 84 17/2
Non runners
12 (7)040-920Tameen49-4E A L DunlopAshley Morgan90
15 (12)811521John Louis48-11P J McBrideRaul Da Silva83

Verdict

This is wide-open but the progressive and consistent MEDIA HYPE looks sure to run his race. He was winning for the third time in his last four starts when scoring at York last month and may not have finished improving yet. The list of dangers is a long one and includes recent York runner-up Area Fifty One and C&D winner John Louis. Licence To Till is capable if in the mood as he was at Chester earlier this month when he had Resurge and War Poet behind while Start Right is not out of this off top weight. Classic Punch has done most of his winning at this track and Pivotman can also be given a chance on his best form.

Formwatch

Start Right 8-1 (9-7) Held up behind, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous, 13th of 22, 10l behind Brae Hill (9-1) at Doncaster 1m hcp (4yo+) (2) gd in Mar.

Dangerous Midge (USA) (8-11) 98th of 10 Lancelot (9-2) at Lyon-parilly(FR) 1m 4f stk gs.

Classic Punch (IRE) 28-1 (9-8) 11th of 15, 16l behind High Jinx (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp 0-105 (2) gs.

Licence To Till (USA) 16-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, stayed on same pace, weakened inside final furlong, 14th of 18, 22l behind Camborne (9-4) at Royal Ascot 1m 4f hcp 105 (2) gd.

Resurge (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Held up in last pair, driven over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never nearer, 6th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Licence To Till (9-3) at Chester 1m 2f hcp 0-105 (2) sft.

Qushchi 25-1 (9-3) 8th of 15, 10l behind High Jinx (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp 0-105 (2) gs.

War Poet 6-1 (9-7) Behind, outpaced over 2f out, never able to challenge, 9th of 11, 6l behind Licence To Till (9-3) at Chester 1m 2f hcp 0-105 (2) sft.

Pivotman 16-1 (9-5) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, chased leaders until weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 13, 6l behind Gatewood (9-1) at Epsom Downs 1m 2f hcp (2) gd.

Area Fifty One 10-1 (9-2) Close up, went 2nd over 2f out, led inside final furlong, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 12, nk behind Navajo Chief (10-0) at York 1m 1f hcp 105 (2) sft.

King's Warrior (FR) 7-1 (9-1) Took keen hold early, soon steadied in touch, headway on outside 3f out, went 2nd 2f out, one pace in 3rd when not much room entering final furlong, weakened and no impression after, 5th of 13, 5l behind Fiery Lad (9-7) at Epsom Downs 1m 4f hcp 0-100 (2) gf.

Media Hype 6-1fav (9-0) Held up, not much room after 1f, headway going well over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, led and hung left inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at York 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) gd in May beating Troopingthecolour (9-6) by 1 3/4l, 16 ran.

Tameen (8-11) last of 10, 36l behind Brasileira (8-11) at Le Lion D'angers(FR) 1m 2f stk sft.

Unex El Greco 10-1 (8-11) Held up well off the pace towards rear, lugging left from 3f out, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd post, never nearer, 3rd of 17, 4 1/2l behind Highland Knight (9-4) at Epsom Downs 1m hcp 0-105 (2) gd.

Fadhaa (IRE) 9-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, chased leaders 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 13th of 20, 12l behind Danadana (9-4) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) gf in May.

John Louis 12-1 (8-1) Made all, racing alone on stands rail until switched left to join main group over 6f out, clear halfway, reduced lead over 3f out, went clear again over 1f out, stayed on strongly, unchallenged, won at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (3) gs beating Troopingthecolour (9-7) by 2 1/2l, 10 ran.

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