Racecards
20:30 Haydock Park
Racing TV Handicap (Class 4)
- 11 Runners
- Distance: 1m 37y
- Going: Good to Soft (Good in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £13,100 added
- Winner: £7,439
- 2nd: £2,214
- 3rd: £1,106
- 4th: £553
- Form 44-5420
- Age 6
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer M Scudamore
- Jockey Toby Eley
slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway on inside over 2f out, not clear run and switched right over 1f out, stayed on into 3rd inside final furlong, nearest finish
- Form 549090
- Age 6
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey Jane Elliott
stumbled start, mid-division, headway when not clear run over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, ridden out
- Form 136-415
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer T D Barron
- Jockey T Hamilton
chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, led approaching over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
- Form 549-038
- Age 6
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey P Mulrennan
mid-division, headway over 2f out, no impression
- Form 363294
- Age 5
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer J Candlish
- Jockey D Nolan
prominent, keen, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 746-203
- Age 5
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 77
held up towards rear, headway when not clear run over 1f out, never on terms
- Form 3-73678
- Age 5
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer D Loughnane
- Jockey Laura Coughlan
pulled hard, tracked leaders, every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace
Bertog
25- Form 42233-7
- Age 4
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer J Mackie
- Jockey Rossa Ryan
chased leaders, under pressure over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 221-359
- Age 4
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey D Fentiman
led, hard driven when headed over 1f out, soon lost place
- Form 52-3424
- Age 8
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 69
held up towards rear, headway when not clear run over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
Verdict
Labrega won a novices' event over the track and trip on good to soft last May but her only decent subsequent starts have been at Chelmsford. KRIPKE (NAP) was well supported to land a Pontefract handicap at this level then ran in a Class 2 at Ripon from 5lb higher. Back in this grade and dropped 2lb, he looks the one to beat. Confrontational has dropped to his last winning mark in Ireland while Redgrave ran a bit better at Windsor and will like the conditions. Lawmaking has been running in better company since last summer's double though a bigger threat may emerge from Newmarket Warrior, who has raced almost exclusively at Newcastle since scoring from a 1lb higher mark on soft ground at Ayr in September.
Formwatch
Labrega 12-1 (8-9) Raced keenly, soon tracking leaders, pushed along 3f out, soon weakened, behind and eased final 2f, last of 9, 29 1/4l behind Bubble And Squeak (8-10) at Ascot 1m hcp fll (2) gs in May.
Lawmaking 25-1 (8-1) Behind, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, 10th of 11, 9 1/4l behind Mountain Angel (9-4) at Epsom 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in May.
Arcanada (IRE) 20-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, headway over 3f out, ridden and effort when edged left 2f out, kept on same pace, weakened final furlong, 10th of 17, 12 1/2l behind Poet's Dawn (9-0) at York 1m 1f hcp (4) gs in Jun.
Kripke (IRE) 11-2 (8-2) Chased leaders, outpaced over 3f out, ridden 2f out, kept on, never able to challenge, 5th of 10, 7l behind Fayez (8-6) at Ripon 1m 1f hcp (2) gd in May.
Calder Prince (IRE) 20-1 (9-5) Dwelt outpaced, never near leaders, 8th of 14, 4 1/4l behind Quick Look (9-5) at Chester 6f hcp (4) sft in Jun.
Confrontational (IRE) 11-2 (9-7) Keen close up, effort 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Regular Income (9-5) at Chester 1m 2f hcp (4) sft in Jun.
Redgrave (IRE) 9-1 (9-4) Held up in mid-division, headway over 2f out, switched left over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 3rd of 11, 2l behind Grapevine (9-2) at Windsor 1m hcp (4) gs in Jun.
Critical Thinking (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 10, 9 3/4l behind Martineo (9-5) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Bertog 9-2 (8-10) Chased leaders, lost place slightly halfway, never on terms after, ridden 2f out, held when slightly hampered just inside final furlong, last of 7, 5 1/4l behind Tommy G (8-12) at Ayr 7f hcp (4) gf in May.
Make Me 9-2 (9-9) Held up in mid-division, headway and switched left over 1f out, never on terms, 9th of 14, 6 1/4l behind Redarna (9-10) at Carlisle 1m hcp (5) gs in Jun.
Newmarket Warrior (IRE) 12-1 (8-12) Dwelt, raced keenly and soon prominent in main group, disputing 2nd inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 4th of 10, 2l behind Tum Tum (9-1) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Apr.