Racecards
18:35 Haydock Park
Debra Millar's 40th Handicap (Class 4)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 1m 2f 95y
- Going: Good to Firm
- Surface: Turf
- £8,000 added
- Form 1193-87
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer R Hollinshead
- Jockey P Pickard
prominent, pushed along over 3f out, weakened 2f out
- Form 204290-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer S Gollings
- Jockey J P Spencer
slowly into stride, held up behind, headway on outer over 2f out, led 1f out, soon headed, rallied inside final furlong, led post
- Form 2336-82
- Age 5
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 78
with leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 4794-14
- Age 6
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey D Fentiman
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway on outer over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
- Form 56-4286
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer H A McWilliams
- Jockey P Mathers
slowly into stride, towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened 2f out
- Form 534-7
- Age 4
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey R Smith
tracked leaders, ridden 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 500736-
- Age 7
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer Miss L A Perratt
- Jockey P Makin
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra entering final furlong
- Form 268-475
- Age 7
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer K A Morgan
- Jockey P Cosgrave
slowly into stride, held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous
- Form 3/3-1114
- Age 7
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer B Ellison
- Jockey Barry McHugh
tracked leaders, ridden to lead entering final furlong, kept on, headed post
- Form 632222
- Age 4
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer J Candlish
- Jockey Stephen Craine
held up mid-division, headway to chase leaders over 4f out, led approaching 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened
- Form 21244-4
- Age 4
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer R Hollinshead
- Jockey M Fenton
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
- Form 75/060-0
- Age 10
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer M Mullineaux
- Jockey Greg Fairley
Nonrunner
In depth
Verdict
DANDEREK is on a roll and can go in again back on the grass; Pendragon and Una Pelota can scrap it out for second ahead of Rosbay. Richard Fahey's charge makes his turf flat debut having won a pair of races at Wolverhampton. He's up 5lbs for the second of them and only just got up that day so this rise would appear to mean the handicapper has him, however the key may be this extra distance which can help eke out some improvement. Pendragon landed a hat-trick at Southwell earlier this year and has some similarities with our selection, the concern being whether he'd want quick ground. With that a concern he's opposed despite the fact the horse ran well at Ayr recently. Una Pelota was backed to make a winning debut last time before disappointing but is probably worth another chance under the assumption that money wasn't totally misplaced. Rosbay appears fairly treated just 3lbs above his last winning mark but he really would want some rain and that looks unlikely so he's taken on along with River Ardeche, another who ran well last time but his sole win on turf was on bottomless ground. With conditions likely to help bring about further improvement, Danderek gets the nod.
Formwatch
Iron Out (USA) 20-1 (8-8) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 8, 9l behind Mister New York (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f cnd stks (4yo+) (3) pol in Jan.
Danderek 7-4fav (9-4) Led, ridden over 1f out, soon under pressure, hard ridden inside final furlong, all out, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol beating King's Masque (8-13) by nk, 11 ran.
Russian George (IRE) 33-1 (9-7) In rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 14th of 19, 28l behind Starla Dancer (8-11) at York 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Oct.
River Ardeche 16-1 (8-4) Led, headed over 1f out, one pace, 2nd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Red Somerset (8-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Rosbay (IRE) 14-1 (8-5) Held up in last place, ridden over 2f out, headway approaching final furlong, kept on, not reached leaders, 4th of 12, 7l behind Dangerous Midge (9-2) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (3) gf.
Snow Dancer (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, no impression, 6th of 10, 5l behind Aphrodisia (8-10) at Doncaster 1m 2f fll hcp (0-85) (4yo+) (4) gf.
Una Pelota (IRE) 5-2fav (9-4) Held up in touch, chased leaders 3f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, 7th of 9, 7l behind Kidlat (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Mar.
King's Head (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden 2f out, never on terms, 6th of 8, 14l behind Emirates Champion (9-5) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Oct.
Cry Alot Boy 16-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, behind, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 14, 6l behind Franco Is My Name (9-6) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.
Pendragon (USA) 15-2 (8-3) Behind, headway over 3f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Exit Smiling (9-1) at Redcar 1m hcp 0-85 (4) sft.
Tropical Blue 11-4 (9-13) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 4, 2 3/4l behind Maxim Gorky (8-8) at Leicester 1m 2f mdn stks (5) sft.
Oriental Cavalier 10-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 4l behind Danderek (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Wizard of Us 66-1 (8-4) Chased leader until over 6f out, stayed prominent until weakened over 2f out, 11th of 12, 10l behind Mekong Miss (8-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f app hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jan.