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15:20 Brighton

Danny Baker Selling Stakes (Class G)

  • 16 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f 196y
  • Going: Firm, Good to Firm in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 32.51s
  • 16 Ran
1(13)
Silk - Pink, Purple stars, Pink sleeves, Purple cap, Pink star
  • Form 4200-04
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-8

never better than mid-division

2(7)
Silk - Dark Blue, Maroon hoops, Dark Blue sleeves, Maroon cap

Esenin

16
33/1
  • Form 000-000
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8

never better than mid-division

3(2)
Silk - Maroon and Yellow check, Yellow sleeves
  • Form 056-002
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8

made all, clear over 1f out, ridden out

4(11)
Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue star, White sleeves and cap
  • Form 6126-00
  • Age 10
  • Weight 9-8

held up, headway 4f out, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out

5(16)
Silk - ORANGE, BLACK seams, ORANGE cap, BLACK star

Kew

70
66/1
  • Form 2460-00
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8

always towards rear

6(14)
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow hoops, Royal Blue sleeves and cap
  • Form 02250-3
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-8

held up, headway 4f out, wide and effort to chase winner approaching 2f out, weakened final furlong

7(1)
Silk - Dark Green and Beige diabolo, White cap

Rojabaa

15
16/1
  • Form 05000-2
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8

held up in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out

8(6)
Silk - Dark Green, Grey epaulets
  • Form 1535-00
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-8

held up, headway and hung left over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, not reach winner

9(12)
Silk - Emerald Green, Black stars
  • Form 10/60-00
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-8

slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden over 3f out, stayed on final furlong, nearest finish

10(3)
Silk - Maroon, Blue hoop, Black sleeves, Gold cap
  • Form 0000-03
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-3

soon tracked winner, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out

11(4)
Silk - Royal Blue and Light Blue diabolo, quartered cap
  • Form 000-305
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3

slow into stride, towards rear, headway over 6f out, chased leaders over 3f out, weakened final 2f

12(5)
Silk - White, emerald green triple diamond, sleeves and diamonds on cap
50/1
  • Form 3/00000-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3

always towards rear

13(15)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE and EMERALD GREEN diabolo, ROYAL BLUE sleeves, quartered cap
12/1
  • Form 403-650
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3

held up in touch, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace

14(9)
Silk - Light Blue and Brown (halved), striped sleeves, Light Green cap
40/1
  • Form 0/61006-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-3

held up, ridden over 3f out, never dangerous

15(10)
Silk - Grey, Pink stars, hooped sleeves and star on cap

Violent

15
66/1
  • Form 00000-0
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-3

mid-division, some headway 4f out, ridden and soon weakened

16(8)
Silk - Royal Blue, White stripe and armlets, hooped cap
12/1
  • Form 005320
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-3

tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out

In depth

Verdict

There is a large turnout for this moderate contest, but many can be discounted, so the short list is Flying Spirit, Noble Calling and Rojabaa, with the latter taken to score. Trained by Bill Turner, Rojabaa had shown little in the past, including on this card 12 months ago, until finishing second at Bath on his last engagement on the Flat. Fit from a spin over hurdles at Ludlow, he can make up for lost time to open his account. Flying Spirit ran second on the turf course at Southwell last time but was beaten by a rival rated 20lb inferior, while a wide draw may prove the downfall of Noble Calling.