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Lucy And Steve's Wedding Apprentice Handicap (Class 5)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 161y
  • Going: Good to Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £4,500 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 14.38s
  • Off Time: 17:00:31
  • 9 Ran
1(1)
Silk - White, Royal Blue hoop, White and Royal Blue hooped sleeves and cap

Stamford Blue

37 b CDD
13/2
  • Form 223748
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-13
  • Official Rating 75

led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong

2(9)
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow inverted triangle and sleeves, Red cap
2/1
  • Form 735651
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-11
  • Official Rating 73

steadied start, headway on inside over 3f out, hard ridden and switched right inside, kept on

3(10)
Silk - Red, Black star, White sleeves and cap
8/1
  • Form 6-80647
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 70

held up, headway on outside over 2f out, led well inside final furlong, headed line

4(7)
Silk - White, Red star, chevrons on sleeves, Red cap
14/1
  • Form 232431
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 69

set pace early, hard ridden and headway over 1f out, edging left, keeping on, led line

5(5)
Silk - YELLOW, BLACK star, quartered cap

Thabaat

18 b
14/1
  • Form 090038
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 62

mid-division, weakened 2f out

7(2)
Silk - Red, White disc and sleeves, White cap, Red spots
  • Form 335312
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 62

tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, no extra

8(4)
Silk - Black and Light Green check, Pink sleeves and cap
20/1
  • Form 9-05377
  • Age 9
  • Weight 8-8
  • Official Rating 56

steadied start, in rear, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out

9(3)
Silk - Grey, Red disc, Red cap
11/1
  • Form 532994
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-8
  • Official Rating 55

tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out

10(6)
Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue hoops, checked sleeves and checked cap
15/2
  • Form 223587
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-8
  • Official Rating 51

in touch, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, kept on one pace

6(8)
NR
  • Form 8-78370
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 62

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

An apprentice handicap to round off the card and Matterofact is purely a speculative selection to land it. Malcolm Saunders' charge missed the break last time so taking that into consideration it was not a bad performance from this mare who is now 3lb lower after that outing. Memphis Man comes here on the back of a Haydock victory achieved in bottomless ground. He revels in the mud and is a leading contender here. Harrison's Flyer has slipped down the ratings as a result of the horror run being enjoyed by the Milton Bradley yard. Desperate Dan is competitive off his current mark and was a course and distance winner last time. He is another to consider but Matterofact is the pick.

Formwatch

Stamford Blue 9-1 (8-7) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon held, 8th of 12, 13l behind Phantom Whisper (9-6) at Chepstow 6f hcp 0-100 (2) sft in Jul.

Memphis Man 7-2fav (8-12) Mid-division, headway 3f out, led 2f out, ran on well inside final furlong, won at Haydock 6f hcp 0-70 (5) hvy beating Morse (8-10) by 4l, 10 ran.

Don Pele (IRE) 8-1 (9-9) In touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 10, 10l behind Cape Royal (9-11) at Nottingham 5f hcp 0-60 (5) gf in Jul.

Desperate Dan 11-4fav (9-7) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, ran on to lead close home, won at Bath 5f clm (6) frm in Jul beating Music Box Express (8-6) by 1l, 14 ran.

Thabaat 14-1 (9-11) Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 14, 6l behind Just Spike (8-7) at Leicester 6f hcap (5) gf in Jul.

Matterofact (IRE) 10-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, mid-division, headway halfway, ridden well over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Equuleus Pictor (9-5) at Nottingham 5f hcp 0-70 (5) sft.

Summer Recluse (USA) 12-1 (9-6) Soon ridden, no impression from halfway, 7th of 14, 14l behind Woodsley House (9-7) at Redcar 6f hcp 0-60 (6) gs.

Harrison's Flyer (IRE) 4-1 (8-13) In touch, ridden and outpaced 2f out, rallied close home, 4th of 9, 2 1/2l behind Jayanjay (9-0) at Brighton 5f hcp 0-60 (6) gd.

Kyllachy Storm 9-1 (8-9) Soon pushed along in rear, driven halfway, never dangerous, 7th of 11, 6l behind Kelamon (9-4) at Newbury 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jul.

Loyal Royal (IRE) 20-1 (9-11) Bumped start, chased leaders over 3f, 13th of 14, 17l behind Patavium Prince (9-10) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Jul.