Racecards
16:40 Ffos Las
Fuchs Lubricants Handicap (Class 4)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f
- Going: Soft
- Surface: Turf
- £7,250 added
- Winner: £4,690
- 2nd: £1,396
- 3rd: £697
- 4th: £349
- Form 5279-11
- Age 4
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer S Durack
- Jockey C O'Farrell
held up in touch, headway in 3rd over 3f out, challenge over 2f out, led approaching 2f out, clear inside final furlong, eased towards finish
- Form 342225
- Age 5
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer B J Llewellyn
- Jockey Daniel Muscutt
held up in touch, pushed along and lost place over 4f out, soon tailed off
- Form 99-6823
- Age 5
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer W S Kittow
- Jockey Michael J M Murphy
in rear, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
- Form 08-4225
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer R M Beckett
- Jockey Martin Lane
with leader, led over 5f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on same pace
- Form 85-8232
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey Oisin Murphy
led, headed over 5f out, ridden to lead over 2f out, soon headed, kept on and no chance with winner
- Form 4-657
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer J Hughes
- Jockey Catherine Gannon
tracked leaders in 3rd and keen, weakened over 3f out, tailed off
- Form 8-55213
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer W R Muir
- Jockey S J Drowne
tracked leaders in 4th, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, one pace
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
A three-year-old won this last year but older horses carrying big weights scored in the two previous runnings and BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY can follow suit. He's been bumped up 8lb since scoring over course and distance at the start of the month but won far more easily that day than the winning margin suggests and can complete the hat-trick. Sunblazer could figure back over 1m4f and appears to have the beating of Thorpe but the others have all struggled to get their head in front recently and White Month has shown his best form so far on Polytrack. Pandorica's second at Chester was fair form but she's since disappointed at Newbury.
Formwatch
Bohemian Rhapsody (IRE) 10-11fav (9-13) Tracked leaders, headway to go 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Ffos Las 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gd beating Mister Fizz (8-12) by 1l, 7 ran.
Pandorica 7-2 (9-6) Tracked winner, pushed along over 5f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 6l behind Laughing Jack (10-2) at Newbury 1m 3f app hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jul.
May Be Some Time 6-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, went 3rd over 1f out, soon ridden, one pace, 3rd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Nile Knight (8-11) at Epsom Downs 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jul.
Thorpe (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Held up, ridden 3f out, never a factor, 5th of 7, 6l behind Alwilda (9-5) at Sandown 1m 6f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Jul.
White Month 6-5fav (9-0) Soon led, ridden over 1f out, headed towards finish, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Could Be (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Jul.
Chief Executive (IRE) 8-1 (9-0) Keen tracked leaders, ridden over 4f out, weakened and eased 3f out, last of 7, well behind Kuantan One (9-0) at Goodwood 1m 3f 3yo stk 0-75 (5) gd in May.
Sunblazer (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) In rear, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, jinked right inside final furlong, ran on, not reach leaders, 3rd of 7, 2 1/4l behind Alwilda (9-5) at Sandown 1m 6f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Jul.