Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Haydock Park - Thu 5th Jul 2012
14:20 14:50 15:20 15:50 16:20 16:50 17:20

17:20 Ritec Clearshield Handicap1m 6f
Weighed In - (Class 5), £3,500 added, 3yo, 10 runners
Winner £2,264 2nd £674 3rd £337 4th £168
Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places Surface: Turf

Result
Full result

Weighed In
Winning time: 3m 3.09s
Off time: 17:22:28

Pos	Horse	Odds
1st	Byron Blue (IRE)	5/1
2nd	Juno The Muffinman (IRE)	3/1
3rd	Key Gold	11/4

No	Form	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
1 (6)	34-1545	Juno The Muffinman (IRE) 22	3	9-7 v	R Kingscote	Tom Dascombe	70	3/1
2 (5)	5-21044	Key Gold 13	3	9-7	J Fanning	M Johnston	70	11/4
3 (10)	7434	Dropzone (USA) 18	3	9-4 b1	J Quinn	M Botti	67	10/1
4 (7)	359-566	Byron Blue (IRE) 21	3	9-2	G Lee	J A Osborne	65	5/1
5 (3)	8-04	Lord Nandi 18	3	9-1	E Ahern	Sir H R A Cecil	64	12/1
6 (1)	75920-7	Bedlam 52	3	8-13 p	D Allan	T D Easterby	62	25/1
7 (9)	047	Eanans Bay (IRE) 57	3	8-7	P Mulrennan	M H Tompkins	56	11/1
8 (4)	60-0389	So Cheeky 9	3	8-6	Adrian Nicholls	P Salmon	55	25/1
9 (8)	00-6426	Micquus (IRE) 28	3	8-4 v	F Norton	A M Balding	53	15/2
10 (2)	099-59	Bells Of Berlin 17	3	8-2 vt	T P O'Shea (ex1)	A J Mccabe	51	50/1

Verdict

Not much to get excited about in this. Fibresand winner Juno The Muffinman is dropped in class and may finish closer while Key Gold has been thereabouts in handicaps without looking like winning. The latter did have Byron Blue a couple of lengths behind at Yarmouth last month and should have a say but a chance is taken on DROPZONE. He gets first-time blinkers after four modest efforts over shorter trips so far but breeding suggests Marco Botti's charge will stay the longer trip and he makes more appeal than fellow Newmarket raider and handicap debutant Lord Nandi.

Formwatch

Juno The Muffinman (IRE) 7-1 (8-12) Led, clear 6f out until over 4f out, stayed on far side in straight, ridden and headed inside final 3f, chased leaders and well there until weakened inside final 2f, soon beaten and hung right, 5th of 7, 11l behind Gassin Golf (9-3) at Haydock 1m 6f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Jun.

Key Gold 8-1 (9-0) Held up, ridden over 3f out, stayed on final furlong, went 4th near finish, not trouble leaders, 4th of 12, 4l behind Dovils Date (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 4f 3yo stk 0-70 (5) gs in Jun.

Dropzone (USA) 3-1 (9-0) Tracked leader until ridden over 3f out, faded final furlong, 4th of 6, 6l behind My Guardian Angel (9-0) at Doncaster 1m 2f 3yo stk 0-70 (5) gs in Jun.

Byron Blue (IRE) 11-2 (9-2) Dwelt, behind, headway over 3f out, never on terms, 6th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Somemothersdohavem (9-3) at Yarmouth 1m 6f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jun.

Lord Nandi 12-1 (8-13) With leader, soon led, headed after 4f, led over 3f out, soon headed, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 6, 12l behind Biographer (8-13) at Doncaster 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gs in Jun.

Bedlam 16-1 (9-1) Chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out, 7th of 11, 15l behind Priestley's Reward (9-4) at Redcar 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) sft in May.

Eanans Bay (IRE) 33-1 (8-11) Behind, headway over 1f out, never on terms, 7th of 13, 15l behind Ballyheigue (8-11) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn auc stks (5) pol in May.

So Cheeky 16-1 (7-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 12, 10l behind Eeny Mac (8-12) at Beverley 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Jun.

Micquus (IRE) 10-3fav (8-11) Tracked leader, led 4f out, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 11l behind Astroscarlet (8-10) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jun.

Bells Of Berlin 16-1 (9-1) Soon pushed along took keen hold and chased leaders on inside, weakened over 2f out, tailed off, 9th of 11, 36l behind Zowaina (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jun.