Racecards
16:30 Haydock Park
Tensational Saturdays At Haydock Park Handicap (Class 3)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 1m 3f 140y
- Going: Good to Soft (Good in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £14,000 added
- Winner: £9,057
- 2nd: £2,695
- 3rd: £1,347
- 4th: £673

Mustajeer
38- Form 41/23-90
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer Owen Burrows
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, no impression

- Form 8036-55
- Age 6
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer K Dalgleish
- Jockey J P Spencer
very slowly away, in rear, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened

- Form 6428-11
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 88
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, went 3rd over 1f out, kept on to take 2nd towards finish

Parish Boy
34- Form 116/0-07
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer D Loughnane
- Jockey Josephine Gordon
tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

- Form 371-220
- Age 4
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer M D I Usher
- Jockey S J Drowne
led, pressed over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well to draw clear inside final furlong

- Form 221-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 83
tracked winner, challenged and every chance over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on and lost 2nd place towards finish
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
First Voyage got off the mark over 1m2f at Nottingham in the autumn but the cheekpieces he wore that day are absent here. He may be well handicapper, however, and the step up to 1m4f should suit. But the penny has dropped with MUTADAFFEQ this year and it would be no surprise if there was more to come now he encounters an easy surface – a hat-trick beckons. Marmajuke Bay is a course and distance winner but it’s difficult to make a case for any of the others on what they’ve been showing.
Formwatch
Mustajeer 9-1 (9-7) Keen soon led, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened 2f out, 11th of 12, dist behind Frontiersman (9-10) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (2) gf in May.
Sindarban (IRE) 13-2 (9-7) Keen, tracked winner until 3f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out, 5th of 9, 11 1/2l behind Galapiat (9-11) at Epsom 1m 4f hcp (3) gd in Apr.
Mutadaffeq (IRE) 3-1fav (9-9) Held up in mid-division, smooth headway on outside 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Pontefract 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in May beating Itlaaq (9-2) by 1 1/2l, 12 ran.
Parish Boy 40-1 (8-9) Dwelt, towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 7, 11 1/2l behind Khairaat (8-7) at Chester 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in May.
Marmajuke Bay 9-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 6f out, lost place over 3f out, 12th of 16, 35l behind Zain Arion (8-13) at York 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in May.
First Voyage (IRE) 3-1 (9-5) Made all, strongly challenged from well over 2f out, kept on well under pressure, won at Nottingham 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gd in Oct beating Bybrook (9-0) by 3/4l, 13 ran.