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15:35 Haydock Park

Thwaites Smooth Beer Conditions Stakes (Class C) (Class C)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 6f
  • Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 16.48s
  • 8 Ran
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1
Silk -

Quito (IRE)

7/4

    2
    Silk -

    Dazzling Bay

    10/3

      3
      Silk -

      Continent

      8/1

        2(9)
        Silk - BLACK and WHITE check, hooped sleeves

        Tom Tun

        30 b
        12/1
        • Form 010-020
        • Age 9
        • Weight 9-1

        held up, effort 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong

        3(2)
        Silk - White, Dark Blue hoop and sleeves, Yellow cap

        Circuit Dancer (IRE)

        14
        11/2
        • Form 6-34010
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-10

        led, headed over 2f out, soon ridden, no extra inside final furlong

        4(4)
        Silk - BLACK, WHITE chevron hoop and cap

        Continent

        301
        8/1
        • Form 0/00600-
        • Age 7
        • Weight 8-10

        slowly into stride, behind, chased leaders over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon led, headed inside final furlong, one pace

        5(6)
        Silk - Orange, Light Blue stars, Orange sleeves, Light Blue cap

        Dazzling Bay

        14 b
        10/3
        • Form 06-6035
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-10

        held up in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, led, wandered inside final furlong, soon headed, no extra close home

        6(8)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue epaulets, hooped sleeves

        Jalouhar

        6
        125/1
        • Form 206020
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-10

        chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out

        7(7)
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE Cross of Lorraine and armlets, check cap

        Quito (IRE)

        7 b
        7/4
        • Form 561065
        • Age 7
        • Weight 8-10

        held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, bumped inside final furlong, soon led, ran on

        8(5)
        Silk - WHITE, ROYAL BLUE hollow box, RED cap

        Rosselli (USA)

        6
        125/1
        • Form 4-00000
        • Age 8
        • Weight 8-10

        with leader, ridden and weakened over 2f out

        9(1)
        Silk - Apricot

        Dowager

        21
        7/1
        • Form 2461-54
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-4

        chased leaders, led over 2f out, headed final furlong, weakened inside final furlong

        1(3)
        NR

        Chookie Heiton (IRE)

        62
        • Form 0010-45
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-1

        Nonrunner

        In depth

        Verdict

        Although the Wokingham form has already taken a knock or two, Dazzling Bay has a cracking chance of reversing recent form with Circuit Dancer and is selected in the hope that he can bounce back to something like his best. The admirable Quito, along with Chookie Heiton, will also do their bit to make sure that this is no easy task for the selection and add further spice to another competitive heat on Haddock's most valuable day of the Flat season up to date. Whereas it will also be dangerous to rule out Continent if the long lay off has rekindled the enthusiasm for racing for the David Nicholls-trained gelding. However, he has tended to need his first outing in recent seasons and may be best watched today. Tom Tun will have his supporters now that there is some ease in the ground, but he will need the rest to perform well below their best if he were to reverse York form with Quito. Dazzling Bay also has form liked in with his David Chapman-trained rival and will also have to work hard to get the better of the old-boy this afternoon. Nevertheless Dazzling Bay is 13lb better off on last season's Ayr Gold Cup form and can provide the key to the race if there is no appreciable deterioration in the state of the ground overnight.