Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 1m 12.85s
  • Off time: 13:26:32
Pos Horse Odds
1st Vallarta (IRE) 5/2
2nd Homage (IRE) 7/2
3rd Caramack 10/3
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 (12) Pink, Emerald Green chevron, halved sleeves, quartered cap Bluegrass Blues (IRE) 2 9-3 J P Spencer P F I Cole 33/1
2 (3) 832 Pink, large Purple spots, hooped sleeves Caramack 16 2 9-3 R Hughes R Hannon 77 10/3
3 (11) Royal Blue, Yellow sash Correspondent 2 9-3 K Fallon B J Meehan 8/1
4 (7) 76 Purple, Light Blue chevron, Light Blue cap Desert Command 14 2 9-3 J Fortune A M Balding 20/1
5 (2) Dark Blue, Yellow chevron hoop, Yellow cap Don Marco 2 9-3 h J Doyle R Charlton 16/1
6 (8) 3 Light blue, dark blue armlets, dark blue cap Homage (IRE) 27 2 9-3 William Buick J Noseda 7/2
7 (4) 55 White and Yellow (halved), sleeves reversed, Red and White striped cap Newtown Cross (IRE) 35 2 9-3 K T O'Neill J C Fox 100/1
8 (9) Purple, Mauve spots on sleeves, Mauve cap Rathnaree 2 9-3 R Thomas R M Beckett 40/1
9 (10) 3 Orange and White check, Emerald Green sleeves and cap Senator Bong 49 2 9-3 T E Durcan D R C Elsworth 10/1
10 (5) 263 Dark Green, Yellow epaulets, sleeves and cap Vallarta (IRE) 13 2 9-3 Martin Harley M R Channon 85 5/2
11 (6) 00 Black and White diamonds, Black cap Anna Law (IRE) 48 2 8-12 M Hills C Hills 100/1
12 (1) Royal Blue, Red chevrons, White and Red striped sleeves, Red and White quartered cap Carry On Clapping (IRE) 2 8-12 P Dobbs R Hannon 25/1

Verdict

VALLARTA's only poor run so far came when there was plenty of give in the ground at Salisbury. His latest third at Ascot came in an above-average maiden and Mick Channon's colt, who still holds an entry in Redcar's Two-Year-Old Trophy, can open his account here. Caramack was only beaten a head at Lingfield earlier this month and Richard Hughes prefers him to newcomer Carry On Clapping while Homage and Senator Bong are almost certain to improve on promising debuts. The former was only beaten a length-and-a-half behind Mutazamen at Newmarket while the latter was a two-length third to Chief Inspector at HQ last month. Correspondent may prove the pick of the newcomers as it's a little off-putting to see Don Marco wearing a hood on debut.

Formwatch

Bluegrass Blues (IRE) Dark Angel colt out of Dear Catch.

Caramack 11-2 (9-3) Raced wide close up, ridden and effort entering final furlong, soon pressed winner, not quicken near finish, 2nd of 10, hd behind African Oil (9-3) at Lingfield 6f 2yo mdn (5) gf.

Correspondent Exceed And Excel colt out of Indian Love Bird.

Desert Command 12-1 (9-3) Led, headed approaching 2f out, kept on final furlong, weakened inside last 100 yards, 6th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Inka Surprise (9-3) at Kempton 6f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol.

Don Marco Choisir gelding out of Dolma.

Homage (IRE) 9-2 (9-3) Dwelt, soon switched right to race against stand side rail, chased leaders, effort over 1f out, never able to challenge, 3rd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Mutazamen (9-3) at Newmarket 6f 2yo mdn (4) gf in Aug.

Newtown Cross (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Towards rear, ridden 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to get involved, 5th of 13, 12l behind Glean (9-3) at Newbury 7f 2yo mdn (4) gd in Aug.

Rathnaree Intikhab gelding out of United Passion.

Senator Bong 33-1 (9-3) Bumped start, pulled hard and prominent, ridden to challenge over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra close home, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Chief Inspector (9-3) at Newmarket 6f 2yo mdn (4) gf in Aug.

Vallarta (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Raced stands side, chased leaders, led over 1f out, soon strongly challenged, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 17, 1 1/2l behind Snow King (9-3) at Ascot 7f 2yo mdn (4) gf.

Anna Law (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 13, 19l behind Shrimper Roo (9-3) at Thirsk 5f 2yo mdn (4) gd in Aug.

Carry On Clapping (IRE) Acclamation filly out of Embassy Belle.

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