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16:40 Hamilton Park

Turftv Handicap (Class 5)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 5f 9y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £4,500 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 47.74s
  • Off Time: 16:49:24
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Lady Eclair (IRE)

Evs

    2
    Silk -

    Birkside

    7/1

      1(7)
      Silk - Brown, silver braid, white cap

      Lady Eclair (IRE)

      8
      Evs
      • Form 4141
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 65

      tracked leader, took closer order, over 6f out, ridden to lead over 2f out, edged left inside final furlong, stayed on well, eased towards finish

      2(4)
      Silk - Beige, Dark Blue armlets, Dark Blue cap

      Safebreaker

      47 p
      15/2
      • Form 2123-90
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 68

      led, headed over 2f out, kept on, no extra and lost 2nd place close home

      3(1)
      Silk - Emerald Green, Light Blue sleeves, White armlets and cap

      Planetarium

      16 p
      10/1
      • Form 239/002
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 67

      held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong

      5(6)
      Silk - Brown, Yellow braces, Emerald Green and Yellow hooped sleeves, White cap

      Madamlily (IRE)

      30
      5/2
      • Form 47226-4
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 65

      tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out

      6(5)
      Silk - White and Maroon check, Maroon sleeves, White armlets, Maroon cap

      Birkside

      40 CD
      7/1
      • Form 356-433
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 60

      held up in rear, headway over 5f out, ridden 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, took 2nd place close home

      7(2)
      Silk - Red, White hoops, Black sleeves, Red armlets, Black cap

      Safin (GER)

      15 t
      20/1
      • Form 917347-
      • Age 10
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 58

      tracked leaders, weakened over 4f out

      4(3)
      NR

      Northside Prince (IRE)

      14
      7/2
      • Form 223-072
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 67

      Withdrawn

      Previous results

      2009
      (8)
      Silk -

      Baizically (IRE)

      3/1
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-2

      2008
      (7)
      Silk -

      La Vecchia Scuola (IRE)

      15/8
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7

      In depth

      Verdict

      LADY ECLAIR won impressively at Ffos Las and is hard to oppose as a result; Northside Prince and Planetarium are amongst those that may give her most to do. Mark Johnston's filly isn't well in under a 6lb penalty but there was plenty to like about the way she went about her work at Ffos Las when readily accounting for a fair field having been eased down in the closing stages. Prior to that, she had run inexplicably badly at Yarmouth but should take all the beating here as long as there's no repeat of that performance. Safebreaker is hard to fancy following two poor performances whilst Madamlily still has to prove her stamina for this test and so the biggest challenges may be posed by Northside Prince who ran well in defeat at Southwell behind a Sir Mark Prescott hotpot and Planetarium who ran a blinder behind Tillietudlem (who has won again since) at Musselburgh and may have escaped lightly with just a 3lb rise. He should go well as a result but the cream can rise to the top and Lady Eclair should take the beating.

      Formwatch

      Lady Eclair (IRE) 5-1 (8-11) Tracked leader, led inside final 3f, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well, clear when eased near finish, won at Ffos Las 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in May beating Moonbeam Dancer (8-13) by 1 1/4l, 5 ran.

      Safebreaker 11-1 (8-10) Always in rear, 14th of 15, 15l behind Sir Royal (9-3) at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Apr.

      Planetarium 25-1 (9-7) Held up in rear, driven and headway 3f out, challenged over 1f out, soon ridden and edged left, stayed on and every chance, held near finish, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Tillietudlem (8-2) at Musselburgh 1m 6f app hcp (6) gf in May.

      Madamlily (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Held up mid-division, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 11, 5l behind Monreale (9-1) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in May.

      Birkside 8-1 (8-12) Held up in touch, headway on inside well over 2f out, chased winner 2f out, stayed on one pace inside final furlong, lost 2nd near finish, 3rd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Nayessence (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Apr.

      Safin (GER) 5-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride in rear, kept on final furlong, never nearer, 7th of 14, 16l behind Three Strings (8-11) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Apr '09.

      Northside Prince (IRE) 11-1 (9-3) Keen, tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon headed, driven and stayed on, 2nd of 8, nk behind Speed Dating (9-2) at Southwell 1m 3f hacp 0-70 (5) fbs in May.