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16:30 Brighton

Harry Bloom Memorial Handicap (Class E) (Class E)

  • 15 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 59y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good to Firm/Firm in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 1.18s
  • 15 Ran
1
Silk -
25/1

    2
    Silk -
    16/1

      1(4)
      Silk - Dark Green, Red disc, Yellow sleeves
      • Form 0-42250
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-10

      chased leaders, effort and every chance over 1f out, soon hung left, unable to quicken inside final furlong

      2(5)
      Silk - Dark Blue and Light Blue check, halved sleeves, quartered cap

      Zargus

      17 b
      9/1
      • Form 0040-50
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-5

      track leader, ridden over 2f out, weakening when short of room approaching final furlong

      3(10)
      Silk - White, Red cross belts, Black cap, White star
      25/1
      • Form 0000-00
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-4

      chased leaders, weakened final furlong

      4(1)
      Silk - White and Royal Blue check, diabolo on sleeves, White cap
      20/1
      • Form 000-566
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-2

      chased leaders, ridden half way, badly hampered and snatched up over 1f out, not recover

      5(2)
      Silk - Emerald green, large red spots

      Guns Blazing

      188 v
      14/1
      • Form 501000-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-1

      mid-division, ridden and hampered over 1f out, not recover

      6(9)
      Silk - Black, large Light Green spots, Light Green cap
      11/4
      • Form 121302
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-1

      dwelt, towards rear, ridden over 1f out, some headway under pressure, eased inside final furlong

      7(12)
      Silk - Grey, Pink epaulets, quartered cap

      Pulse

      8
      16/1
      • Form 1256-00
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-0

      jumped ackwardly, behind, headway over 1f out, every chance inside final furllong, ran on

      8(11)
      Silk - Yellow, large Royal Blue spots, halved sleeves

      Erracht

      58
      25/1
      • Form 2030-05
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-0

      led 1st furlong, remained close up, ridden and led again inside final furlong, ran on

      9(16)
      Silk - Dark Green, Red epaulets, chevrons on sleeves
      7/1
      • Form 560022
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-0

      broke well, led after 1f, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra

      10(8)
      Silk - ORANGE and PURPLE (quartered), EMERALD GREEN sleeves and cap

      Taboor (IRE)

      13 hb
      5/1
      • Form 000500
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-11

      held up, headway over 1f out, ridden and stayed on same pace

      11(3)
      Silk - Red, White cross belts, Light Blue sleeves and cap
      25/1
      • Form 510600
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-10

      slowly into stride, behind, headway and not clear run approaching final furlong, still plenty to do when switched right, 1f out, ran on strongly nearest finish

      12(7)
      Silk - Orange, Light Green chevrons, quartered cap
      25/1
      • Form 320020-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-10

      hampered start, towards rear, ridden halfway, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace

      13(14)
      Silk - Orange, Purple triple diamond, sleeves and diamonds on cap

      Yorkie

      37
      20/1
      • Form 200-100
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-10

      slowly into stride, behind, headway and not clear run from over 1f out, ran on near finish

      14(6)
      Silk - Pink, Grey triple diamond, diabolo on sleeves
      20/1
      • Form 405400-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-9

      slowly into stride, always towards rear

      15(13)
      Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE stripe, striped sleeves, YELLOW cap
      50/1
      • Form 002000
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-8

      keen, chased leaders over 3f

      16(15)
      NR
      • Form 55050-0
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-8

      Nonrunner

      In depth

      Verdict

      We'll take a chance here on Guns Blazing, with Tappit, Pulse, Lady Pekan and Taboor being others to consider in a tricky contest. The selection is a course and distance winner who now races from just a one-pound higher mark than for his last win. Knowing that a horse acts well on this idiosyncratic track is a useful pointer when assessing the race. As such, course winner Tappit, who will be wearing cheekpieces today and is back on a winning mark, has to be given consideration, as does Pulse, who is just two-pounds higher than his best winning mark and is a course and distance scorer. While Lady Pekan has never won here, she holds very solid claims based on her good second to Cape Royal at Epsom - which is not dissimilar to this track - last time and looks very reasonably weighted. Taboor, with Kieren Fallon booked, can be given a squeak, as could Yorkie, were it not for the fact that he is probably better at six furlongs. As we say, it's a tricky race, and one in which we will side with Guns Blazing.