Racecards
13:25 Haydock Park
Follow At BetfairRacing On Twitter Standard Open NH Flat Race (Class 4)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Soft, Heavy in places
- Surface: Turf
- £7,000 added
- Winner: £4,549
- 2nd: £1,336
- 3rd: £668
- 4th: £334
- Form 1-1
- Age 4
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey J M Maguire
tracked leader, led 4f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on and no chance with winner
- Form 152
- Age 4
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer J S Goldie
- Jockey Lucy Alexander
in rear, outpaced before 3f out, went 3rd over 1f out, kept on
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Miss Lucinda V Russell
- Jockey Craig Nichol
held up in touch, ridden before 3f out, led before 2f out, ridden clear 1f out
- Form 4-
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs A C Hamilton
- Jockey P Buchanan
led to 4f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer A Berry
- Jockey B S Hughes
tracked leaders in 3rd, in rear halfway, soon tailed off
Verdict
Not the best of races to have in the middle of a cracking card but that won't concern connections of the penalised pair Baltimoar and MISTER PAGAN. The former, a winning point-to-pointer, will be fancied to follow-up his victory at Carlisle where he spent the latter part of the race wandering around through inexperience. That will have brought him on but it's Jim Goldie's Perth winner who is handed the vote as he produced a tremendous effort in what looked a very strong event won by Broadway Buffalo at Aintree last month. The newcomers Ballyben and Pro Valour have it all to do while Danehills Well, fourth in a point-to-point in Ireland in March, will do better when facing a set of obstacles.
Formwatch
Baltimoar (IRE) 4-5fav (11-0) Tracked leaders, headway to challenge over 4f out, led going well 3f out, ridden and in command when jinked left and right inside final 2f, ran very green and edged left towards stands side rail inside final furlong, just held on, won at Carlisle 2m 1f NH flat (6) sft in Oct beating Henri Parry Morgan (11-4) by 1 1/4l, 10 ran.
Mister Pagan 33-1 (11-4) Held up in rear, headway on outside 4f out, led 2f out, headed inside final furlong, held towards finish, 2nd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Broadway Buffalo (11-7) at Aintree 2m 1f NH flat (6) sft in Oct.
Ballyben (IRE) Beneficial gelding out of I'm Maggy.
Danehills Well (IRE) 3-1 (11-7) Ld/disp until 2nd bef 3out where mstk, 4l 3rd when lft in ld 2out, 2l adv but no ex last, hdd early flat, 4th of 12, 3l behind Tothemoonandback (11-7) at Dromahane 2m ire ptp sft in Mar.
Pro Valour (IRE) Elusive City gelding out of Red Vale.