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15:45 Beverley

Wilford Watts Memorial Handicap (Class 4)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 100y
  • Going: Good to Firm
  • Surface: Turf
  • £8,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 44.56s
  • Off Time: 15:46:42
  • 9 Ran
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1
Silk -

Nevada Desert (IRE)

9/2

    2
    Silk -

    Mesbaah (IRE)

    10/3

      3
      Silk -

      Never Ending Tale

      14/1

        1(2)
        Silk - Orange, Black sleeves, Orange armlets, Black cap

        Exit Smiling

        17 D
        10/1
        • Form 121619
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-0
        • Official Rating 85

        held up, ridden along 3f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on towards finish

        2(4)
        Silk - YELLOW, royal blue stars, striped sleeves, yellow cap

        Mesbaah (IRE)

        18 v C
        10/3
        • Form 000227
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-13
        • Official Rating 84

        led, clear halfway, ridden over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace

        3(9)
        Silk - Maroon, maroon and yellow check sleeves

        Piper's Song (IRE)

        17 p C
        12/1
        • Form 9-04146
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-6
        • Official Rating 77

        started slowly, towards rear, ridden along halfway, never troubled leaders

        4(7)
        Silk - Purple, Mauve chevron, chevrons on sleeves, hooped cap

        Stonehaugh (IRE)

        48 t C
        14/1
        • Form 0/260-20
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-6
        • Official Rating 77

        in touch, effort over 3f out, weakened over 1f out

        5(6)
        Silk - Grey, Maroon triple diamond, White sleeves, Grey cap, Maroon diamonds

        Never Ending Tale

        24
        14/1
        • Form 510
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 83

        held up, reminders halfway, headway over 1f out, kept on final furlong

        6(8)
        Silk - Black, Red epaulets, Grey sleeves, Red cap

        Motafarred (IRE)

        18 D
        11/4
        • Form 69-1663
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 75

        held up, effort over 2f out, some late headway, never reached challenging position

        7(3)
        Silk - Emerald Green, Dark Blue Cross of Lorraine, striped sleeves and cap

        Nevada Desert (IRE)

        10 CDD
        9/2
        • Form 523056
        • Age 8
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 75

        held up behind leaders, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, kept on

        8(1)
        Silk - Dark Blue and Orange (quartered), Orange sleeves, Dark Blue stars, Orange cap, Dark Blue star

        Celtic Strand (IRE)

        10 D
        16/1
        • Form 6215-20
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-11
        • Official Rating 76

        jumped left at start, soon in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out

        9(5)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Red stars

        Feisty Royale

        10
        10/1
        • Form 005425
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-8
        • Official Rating 73

        prominent, driven over 2f out, one pace until weakened inside final furlong

        Previous results

        2007
        (3)
        Silk -

        Nevada Desert (IRE)

        5/1
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-12

        In depth

        Verdict

        Feisty Royale is given the tentative vote ahead of Motafarred and Nevada Desert. The selection has not won since winning a nursery at Newbury last October. Her form this season has been moderate but she has now dropped to what looks like a winnable mark and if recapturing her form at Hamilton on her penultimate run she could prove difficult to beat. Motafarred won at Pontefract in May and although he has failed to show the same level of form since he did run well at Ascot behind Cape Hawk last time so is one to note in the betting market. Nevada Desert is well exposed but he always seems to come good later on in the season so is one to note in the future. So for the winner we return to Feisty Royale.

        Formwatch

        Exit Smiling 10-1 (9-6) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, no impression final furlong, 9th of 14, 9l behind Blue Spinnaker (8-8) at York 1m hcp 0-90 (3) hvy.

        Mesbaah (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders and keen, weakened over 3f out, 7th of 12, 35l behind Ella (8-13) at York 1m 4f hcp 0-100 (2) hvy.

        Piper's Song (IRE) 11-1 (9-6) Held up in rear, ridden over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, not reach leaders, 6th of 14, 7l behind Cheshire Prince (8-13) at Chester 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gd.

        Stonehaugh (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out, beaten and eased final furlong, 11th of 12, 16l behind Blue Tomato (9-5) at Hamilton 6f hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Jun.

        Never Ending Tale 8-1 (9-7) Keen tracking leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 12, 16l behind Palmerin (8-7) at Sandown 1m 2f 3yo hcp (4) gf.

        Motafarred (IRE) 8-1 (8-13) Held up last, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on final furlong, 3rd of 8, 2 1/2l behind Cape Hawk (9-6) at Ascot 1m hcp 0-95 (3) gs.

        Nevada Desert (IRE) 17-2 (9-5) Mid-division, outpaced when not much room 2f out, no impression final furlong, 6th of 11, 7l behind Hula Ballew (9-3) at Ripon 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gd.

        Celtic Strand (IRE) 10-1 (8-11) Led, driven and headed over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 11, 27l behind Hula Ballew (9-3) at Ripon 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gd.

        Feisty Royale 7-2 (9-6) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 7, 22l behind Times Vital (9-2) at Haydock 1m 3f 3yo hcp (5) hvy.