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20:35 Hamilton Park

Braveheart Stakes (listed Handicap) (Class 1)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 17y
  • Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 40.23s
  • 6 Ran
1
Silk -
20/1

    1(6)
    Silk - Black, Grey epaulets, sleeves and cap
    6/4
    • Form 511111-
    • Age 5
    • Weight 9-7
    • Official Rating 105

    held up, smooth headway over 2f out, soon ridden, hung right inside final furlong, headed, no extra close home

    2(4)
    Silk - Royal Blue, White chevron, Light Blue cap
    • Form 43528-4
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-4
    • Official Rating 102

    led, ridden over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong

    3(5)
    Silk - Emerald Green, White chevron, White sleeves, Emerald Green armlets, Red cap

    Akarem

    20 D
    20/1
    • Form 34702-5
    • Age 5
    • Weight 9-4
    • Official Rating 102

    tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, every chance, led inside final furlong, kept on

    4(2)
    Silk - Black, Red disc, Black and White check sleeves, White cap
    • Form 688-814
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-2
    • Official Rating 100

    tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, not much room over 2f out, kept on again inside final furlong

    5(1)
    Silk - Light Blue, Pink chevrons, Light Blue sleeves, Light Blue cap, Pink star
    11/4
    • Form 64165-5
    • Age 4
    • Weight 8-13
    • Official Rating 97

    tracked leader, every chance over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong

    6(3)
    Silk - WHITE, large BLACK spots, BLACK cap

    Rehearsal

    104 BF
    6/1
    • Form 3303-24
    • Age 5
    • Weight 8-9
    • Official Rating 93

    held up, smooth headway over 6f out, disputed lead over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, soon one pace

    In depth

    Verdict

    The choice in this Listed event is the very consistent Ouninpohja, trained by Alan Swinbank and ridden by Dean McKeown. He is looking for his sixth victory on the bounce. He ended last season with a really gutsy impressive win over Camrose at Newmarket in September and can go in again. The biggest dangers are Brahminy Kate,ridden by Kevin Darley,who really improved on his first run of the season when fourth to Hearthstead Wings at Ripon in April. Rehearsal, from Len Lungo's yard has been jumping, but ran well at Lingfield behind Sri Diamond in February. Karl Burke's Akarem looked badly in need of the race at Ripon first time out but needs to improve to take a hand. The selection though is Ouninpohja to win six in a row.

    Formwatch

    Ouninpohja (IRE) 7-2jt-fav (9-4) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, hung right over 1f out, held on well, won at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Sept beating Camrose (9-3) by 2 1/2l, 12 ran.

    Brahminy Kite (USA) 9-2 (8-8) Led, headed over 3f out, soon outpaced, weakened final furlong, 4th of 6, 11l behind Hearthstead Wings (8-8) at Ripon 1m 4f stk (3) gd in Apr.

    Akarem 4-1 (8-9) Held up in touch, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened, 5th of 6, 33l behind Hearthstead Wings (8-8) at Ripon 1m 4f stk (3) gd in Apr.

    Profit's Reality (IRE) 9-2co-fav (9-1) Chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, ridden, stayed on inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 4 1/2l behind All That And More (8-7) at Epsom 1m 2f hcap (2) gd in Apr.

    I'm So Lucky 9-1 (9-3) Led, headed over 6f out, led again over 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 11, 6l behind Wild Savannah (9-4) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp 0-100 (2) gf.

    Rehearsal 7-2fav (9-1) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra, 4th of 9, 3l behind Sri Diamond (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-100 (2) pol in Feb.