Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Folkestone - Tue 18th Sep 2012
14:20 14:50 15:20 15:50 16:20 16:50 17:20

16:50 ladbrokesgames.com Handicap1m 4f
Weighed In - (Class 4), £7,500 added, 3yo+, 8 runners
Winner £4,852 2nd £1,444 3rd £722 4th £361
Going: Good to Firm Surface: Turf

Result
Full result

Weighed In
Winning time: 2m 35.18s
Off time: 16:51:31

Pos	Horse	Odds
1st	Enery (IRE)	7/2
2nd	Saint Helena (IRE)	20/1
3rd	Silken Thoughts	33/1

No	Form	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
1 (8)	102907	Silken Thoughts 16	4	9-10	Catherine Gannon	John Berry	83	33/1
2 (4)	1/U30-04	Tuscan Gold 32	5	9-9	I Mongan	Mrs L J Mongan	82	12/1
4 (6)	8-33122	Al Baidaa 13	3	9-4 h	N Callan	R Varian	85	5/2
5 (7)	31-10	Future Security (IRE) 24	3	9-2	S De Sousa	Saeed bin Suroor	83	3/1
6 (2)	455503	Saint Helena (IRE) 31	4	9-1 h	J Doyle	H J L Dunlop	74	20/1
7 (9)	231	Infinite Hope (USA) 26	3	9-1 h	Kirsty Milczarek	L M Cumani	82	11/1
8 (5)	536104	Trend Is My Friend (USA) 18	3	9-0	E Ahern	Mrs A J Perrett	81	7/1
9 (1)	145311	Enery (IRE) 10	3	8-13	F Norton	M Johnston	80	7/2

Non runners
3 (3)	1-33335		Knightly Escapade	4	9-5	J L Dunlop	Non Runner	78

Verdict

Silken Thoughts and Al Baidaa have a shout on their best form over 1m2f while Tuscan Gold stays the trip well enough and also has claims on his recent fourth at Newbury. Enery continues to improve and bids for a hat trick after wins at Epsom and Kempton last time but Future Security makes more appeal. He appeared to find 1m6f at York too far last month but had shown progressive form with a couple of victories before that and looks the safest option. However, a punt is taken on INFINITE HOPE as her pedigree suggests she'll show her best over today's trip having won her maiden over 1m2f here last time.

Formwatch

Silken Thoughts 8-1 (9-12) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 17l behind Sound Hearts (9-5) at Folkestone 1m 2f flls hcp 0-85 (4) gf.

Tuscan Gold 50-1 (9-9) Raced wide, chased leaders, went 2nd over 5f out, led 3f out, clear and driven over 2f out, headed over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, outpaced to 4th close home, 4th of 15, 2 3/4l behind Lily In Pink (10-0) at Newbury 1m 5f hcp 0-90 (3) gd in Aug.

Knightly Escapade 10-1 (9-8) Dwelt in rear, headway on outer entering final 2f, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 9l behind Fleeting Image (8-3) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Aug.

Al Baidaa 4-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden when not much room over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd near finish, not trouble winner, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Debating Society (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf.

Future Security (IRE) 10-1 (8-7) Held up towards rear, headway on outer 3f out, hung left over 1f out, soon weakened and eased, 12th of 16, 29l behind Guarantee (9-4) at York 1m 6f 3yo hcp 0-105 (2) gs in Aug.

Saint Helena (IRE) 10-1 (10-3) Led early, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace in 3rd final 2f, 3rd of 9, 5l behind The Quarterjack (9-1) at Newbury 1m 4f ladys hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Aug.

Infinite Hope (USA) 5-4fav (8-12) Tracked leaders, led after about 1f, soon headed, led again well over 1f out, soon ridden and hard pressed, just held on towards finish, won at Folkestone 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gf in Aug beating Opera Box (9-6) by nk, 9 ran.

Trend Is My Friend (USA) 3-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders in 3rd, challenged 3f out, ridden over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Varnish (9-1) at Salisbury 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Aug.

Enery (IRE) 9-2 (8-12) Tracked leaders, chased leader over 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on, won at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-85 (4) pol beating Rawaki (9-12) by 3/4l, 12 ran.