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15:30 Brighton

British Open Snooker Handicap (Class E)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 1f 209y
  • Going: Good to Soft
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 6.38s
  • 13 Ran
1(10)
Silk - Royal Blue and Yellow diamonds, striped sleeves, Yellow cap
5/1
  • Form 000413
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-12

mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden to chase winner and kept on reluctantly final furlong, no impression

2(11)
Silk - Yellow, Light Green spots, Light Green cap
  • Form 332004
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-0

chased leader, led over 4f out to over 2f out, stayed chasing winner to entering final furlong, no extra

4(3)
Silk - Black and pink diabolo, black cap
25/1
  • Form 342010
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-11

chased leaders 6f

5(14)
Silk - Black, Yellow epaulets, Yellow sleeves, Black stars and stars on cap
  • Form 052206
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-11

held up and behind, ridden and headway 3f out, never going pace to reach leaders

6(9)
Silk - LIGHT BLUE, BEIGE star
  • Form 016550
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-10

mid-division, headway 4f out, pressed leaders 3f out, soon weakened

8(4)
Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue seams, Royal Blue and Yellow hooped sleeves and cap
  • Form 520250
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-9

mid-division, effort 3f out, soon ridden and beaten

9(6)
Silk - YELLOW, BLACK seams, BLACK cap
  • Form 003414
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-7

held up in rear, ridden and struggling 3f out

10(15)
Silk - RED, WHITE sleeves, EMERALD GREEN armlets, EMERALD GREEN cap
33/1
  • Form 5-60000
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-3

started slowly, always well in rear

11(1)
Silk - DARK BLUE and LIGHT BLUE diabolo, LIGHT BLUE cap
  • Form 000
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-1

behind and always struggling

12(5)
Silk - Black, White diamond
  • Form 000000
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-1

mid-division, weakened and behind final 2f

13(13)
Silk - Dark Blue and Yellow diabolo, striped sleeves, Yellow cap, Dark Blue diamonds
  • Form 560002
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-1

mid-division, good headway from halfway, led over 2f out, edged left final furlong, ran on

14(7)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE and WHITE (quartered), RED sleeves and cap
7/1
  • Form 656110
  • Age 5
  • Weight 7-13

in touch on outer, one pace when not much room over 2f out, soon switched left and no impression final furlong

15(8)
Silk - Grey, Dark Green cross belts

Beltane

391
100/1
  • Form 00100/0-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 7-12

slowly into stride, recovered and soon led, headed over 4f out, weakened rapidly, pulled up and dismounted final furlong

3(12)
NR
  • Form 134222
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-12

Nonrunner

7(2)
NR
  • Form 010002
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-9

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Fife And Drum has been knocking at the door and can come good here, with topweight Mad Carew, Khuzdar and Dangerous Beans others to consider. Fife And Drum was bought in for 6,400gns after landing a Yarmouth seller for John Akehurst in July and since then has finished runner-up no less than three times, including at Goodwood in a claiming handicap won by Mad Carew. Receiving seven pounds on that occasion, Fife And Drum now renews rivalry on a further seven pounds better terms for three and a half lengths and can turn the tables on the topweight. Dangerous Beans showed signs of a return to form when touched off at Brighton, the drop back in trip obviously suiting him. Khuzdar likes these sort of tracks, and Mick Channon's Bath winner is another who can go well. All in all, this is a most competitive affair in which Fife And Drum gets the vote to small stakes.