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16:40 Goodwood

Royal Sussex Regiment Handicap (Class 2)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £20,000 added
  • Winner: £12,602
  • 2nd: £3,772
  • 3rd: £1,886
  • 4th: £944
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 32.60s
  • Off Time: 16:40:22
  • 7 Ran
1(5)
Silk - Royal Blue and White (quartered), White sleeves, Red armlets, Royal Blue cap, White diamonds
9/1
  • Form 10-5408
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 101

tracked winner, challenged out wide 3f out, ridden hung right and lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened final furlong

2(1)
Silk - Yellow, Dark Blue epaulets, Yellow sleeves, Dark Blue spots
7/1
  • Form 6-60718
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 92

held up in 5th, headway on inside 2f out, soon ridden, went 2nd inside final 150 yards, never able to challenge

3(3)
Silk - Purple and White (quartered), White sleeves
15/2
  • Form 431493
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 91

slowly into stride, held up last, driven along out wide inside final 2f, plugged on in moderate 4th inside final furlong

4(7)
Silk - Royal blue, white stars, pink sleeves, pink cap, royal blue star

Seinesational

10 v CD
17/2
  • Form 4-38011
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 89

held up in 4th, pushed along edging right over 2f out, hung right and weakened inside final 2f

5(6)
Silk - Red, dark blue seams, dark blue sleeves, red armlets, striped cap
  • Form 220-131
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 88

stumbled leaving stalls, raced keenly tracking leading pair, ridden and weakening when slightly hampered over 1f out

6(4)
Silk - Black and White diabolo, White sleeves, Black armlets, Black and White quartered cap

Platitude

16 C
10/1
  • Form 8-45246
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 86

held up in last pair, headway and switched left to outside 2f out, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, no chance with winner and weakened into 3rd inside final 150 yards

7(2)
Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue Cross of Lorraine, armlets and cap

Stag Horn

14 p C
13/8
  • Form 34-1341
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-6
  • Official Rating 90

made all and set decent pace, went clear over 2f out, stayed on strongly, unchallenged

In depth

Verdict

Only Smart Champion of these has not so far won on this track and he is closely matched with Just Hubert on their run together here over an extra half-mile at the end of July when subsequent dual winner Seinesational was unplaced. Stag Horn has won twice over 1m6f this year but the three-year-old has yet to prove he stays this far. Themaxwecan has almost three lengths to find on latest running here and is worse off at the weights but this can go to NUIT ST GEORGES. David Menusier’s stayer is on a career-high mark but has improved again this year and reverts to this trip having shown excellent form over 1m6f this season.

Formwatch

Themaxwecan (IRE) 6-1 (9-8) Held up in mid-division, pushed along and effort over 3f out, not much room and lost place over 2f out, well beaten from over 1f out, 8th of 9, 6l behind Hochfeld (8-12) at Goodwood 1m 6f hcp (2) gf in Aug.

Just Hubert (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Towards rear, ridden over 4f out, never a factor, 8th of 17, 9 3/4l behind Summer Moon (9-8) at York 2m hcp (2) gd in Aug.

Smart Champion 13-2 (8-9) Ion rear, wide and headway over 1f out, ridden and ran on, not reach leaders, 3rd of 15, 1l behind Just Hubert (8-8) at Goodwood 2m 5f hcp (2) gd in Jul.

Seinesational 3-1fav (9-9) Tracked leaders and keen, ridden and went 2nd inside final 2f, led inside final 150 yards, stayed on well, won at Goodwood 1m 6f hcp (4) sft in Aug beating C'Est No Mour (9-7) by 3/4l, 9 ran.

Nuits St Georges (IRE) 13-8fav (8-13) Tracked leaders, headway to lead over 1f out, ridden out (hand time), won at Newmarket 1m 6f hcp (3) gf in Jul beating Sexy Beast (8-8) by 1/2l, 4 ran.

Platitude 8-1 (9-12) Held up towards rear, headway tracking leaders over 3f out, every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 7 1/4l behind Seinesational (9-4) at Sandown 1m 6f hcp (3) gd in Aug.

Stag Horn 13-8fav (9-3) Made all, 4 lengths clear over 2f out, unchallenged, won at Catterick 1m 6f hcp (4) hvy in Aug beating Trumpet Man (8-12) by 10l, 8 ran.