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16:20 Haydock Park

Smarkets Novice Stakes (Class 5)

  • 4 Runners
  • Distance: 6f 212y
  • Going: Good to Firm (Good in Places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £7,500 added
  • Winner: £4,852
  • 2nd: £1,444
  • 3rd: £722
  • 4th: £361
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 27.35s
  • Off Time: 16:20:38
  • 4 Ran
1(4)
Silk - Royal blue
1/5
  • Form 2-1
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-9

tracked winner until over 4f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened

2(2)
Silk - Red, Red cap, White spots
20/1
  • Form 43
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-11

tracked leaders in 3rd, went 2nd over 4f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened and lost 2nd place towards finish

3(3)
Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue sleeves, Yellow armlets, Royal Blue cap
7/1
  • Form 93
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-11

in rear and in touch, ridden to go 3rd over 1f out, soon hung left, kept on to take 2nd place towards finish, no chance with winner

4(1)
Silk - Royal blue, yellow stripe, sleeves and cap
  • Form 5
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-11

made all, ridden over 1f out, soon clear, kept on well

In depth

Verdict

SWISS KNIGHT was well clear at this trip when scoring over a mile here last month and though penalised the 475,000gns colt can go in again. Cale Lane has looked as though this trip would suit in both starts over 6f and cannot be ruled out. Molls Memory hails from a yard in full flight and showed much improved form on Tapeta at Newcastle and like New Day Dawn, who ran well for a long way over a mile on soft ground here in April, is receiving 12lb from the selection.

Formwatch

Swiss Knight 7-4 (9-2) Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Haydock 1m stks (4) gf in Jun beating Caradoc (9-8) by 3/4l, 6 ran.

Cale Lane 5-1 (8-10) Tracked leaders, switched right over 2f out, not quicken 1f out, stayed and went 3rd close home, 3rd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Brexit Time (9-1) at Hamilton 6f stks (5) gf in Jul.

Molls Memory 14-1 (8-10) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, every chance approaching final furlong, no extra closing stages, 3rd of 10, 1l behind Mubhij (9-1) at Newcastle 7f stks (5) pol in Jun.

New Day Dawn (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden and effort on inside over 2f out, kept on same pace, weakened inside final 100 yards, 5th of 7, 6 1/2l behind Fondest (9-0) at Haydock 1m fll stks (5) sft in Apr.