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17:15 Beverley

Downey's Diary Classified Stakes (Class F)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 16y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 40.21s
  • 9 Ran
1(8)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE Cross of Lorraine and armlets, check cap
  • Form 103646
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-5

held up, ridden and some headway over 2f out, soon weakened

2(7)
Silk - Purple and yellow (quartered), orange sleeves and cap
14/1
  • Form 002-554
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-5

led, clear halfway, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, edged left entering final furlong, soon hung right, stayed on one pace

3(1)
Silk - Black, Yellow Cross of Lorraine, chevrons on sleeves, Black cap, Yellow star
13/8
  • Form 506541
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-5

chased clear leader, headway over 4f out, ridden to challenge over 2f out, soon every chance until one pace entering final furlong

4(9)
Silk - Maroon, Black star and star on cap

Tbm Can

14
7/2
  • Form 134133
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-5

tracked leaders, headway over 3f out, soon ridden, led over 1f out, clear inside last

5(5)
Silk - WHITE, LIGHT BLUE and YELLOW striped sleeves, quartered cap
  • Form 415000
  • Age 12
  • Weight 9-2

chased leaders, pushed along and outpaced 4f out, not much room over 3f out, in 4th when badly hampered inside last, not recover

6(4)
Silk - White, black and yellow chevrons on sleeves, quartered cap
6/1
  • Form 243504
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-8

mid-division, slightly hampered over 4f out, soon ridden, weakened 3f out

7(3)
Silk - Dark Blue and Purple stripes, Dark Blue sleeves, Yellow armlets, Dark Blue and Purple hooped cap
40/1
  • Form 460040
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-8

mid-division, pushed along halfway, behind from 3f out, eased final 2f

8(6)
Silk - Red, Mauve epaulets and star on cap
15/2
  • Form 603426
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-8

behind, good headway over 4f out, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out

9(2)
Silk - Red, White sash, White sleeves, Red armlets, White cap
  • Form U0-456
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-5

always behind and outpaced

In depth

Verdict

In a weak finale, Red River Rebel gets a confident vote to follow up his recent course and distance victory, with TBM Can and Ipledgeallegiance fancied to chase him home. TBM Can has already won three times this year and showed when third at Kempton last time that he cannot be written off yet, so he has to be respected in a race of this nature. However, Red River Rebel impressed with his attitude when getting the better of Mr Lear over this course and distance last time, with Ipledgeallegiance five lengths away in sixth place. The runner-up has since scored at Ripon, and the selection is fancied to confirm the form with David Chapman's gelding on six pounds worse terms, so we fancy John Norton's five-year-old to score a fourth victory here at Beverley.