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15:00 Haydock Park

Field Marshal Rated Stakes (Class A Handicap) (Listed Race) (Class A)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 5f
  • Going: Soft, Heavy in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 3.32s
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

If Paradise

7/1

    2
    Silk -

    Crafty Fancy (IRE)

    4/1

      1(4)
      Silk - Purple, Purple and Red diabolo on sleeves

      Nights Cross (IRE)

      182
      2/1
      • Form 303212-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7

      tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, one pace final furlong

      2(1)
      Silk - Red, Emerald Green triple diamond, armlets and diamond on cap

      If Paradise

      205
      7/1
      • Form 416205-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-3

      tracked leader, pushed along halfway, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, kept on inside final furlong

      3(2)
      Silk - Black and White diagonal stripes, hooped cap

      Harry Up

      9
      3/1
      • Form 61040-2
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9

      led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, stayed on same pace

      4(5)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow hollow box and sleeves, quartered cap

      Crafty Fancy (IRE)

      162
      4/1
      • Form 065655-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-7

      soon outpaced, ridden over 2f out, ran on final furlong

      5(3)
      Silk - BLACK and RED (quartered), BLACK sleeves, RED armlets, RED cap, BLACK spots

      Lake Garda

      207
      11/2
      • Form 22001-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-7

      close up, switched right after 1f to race alone stand side, ridden over 1f out, no impression

      In depth

      Verdict

      A poor turnout for a quality early season prize. Nights Cross possessed the best juvenile form of these five and should see off the challenges of If Paradise and Crafty Fancy.Mick Channon's representative finished second in the Cornwallis at Ascot and while he is faced with the prospect of giving lumps of weight away, if he has trained on there is every chance that he should be up to the task. He will be encountering this surface for the first time and while this is an obvious worry, as a son of Cape Cross, there is plenty of encouragement from a breeding perspective. Crafty Fancy has previously been spoken of as a soft-ground prospect by Dominic Ffrench-Davies. She certainly possesses a soft ground action and could be the most likely danger despite being out of the handicap.If Paradise had decent two-year-old form including a fourth at Salisbury to Milk It Mick. He is closely related to a son of Indian Ridge on breeding so there is a least a modicum of hope that he'll handle today's prevailing conditions. Harry Up was well beaten by a useful recruit in Sevilliano on his racecourse reappearance. Lake Garda needs a career best. Nights Cross looks best of these and should be up to the task.