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14:45 Haydock Park

Akzo Nobel Handicap (Class C1) (Class 1)

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 6f
  • Going: Soft, Heavy in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 17.64s
  • 12 Ran
1(4)
Silk - White, Red star, Red sleeves, White armlets, White cap, Red star
16/1
  • Form 600010
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-10

chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakening when not much room over 2f out

2(8)
Silk - WHITE, large BLACK spots, BLACK cap
7/4
  • Form 133111
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-7

chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, led 1f out, ran on

3(6)
Silk - Emerald Green, White sash, Emerald Green sleeves, White stars, hooped cap
  • Form 261150
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-5

led early, chased leaders, ridden and edged left over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

4(10)
Silk - Royal Blue and White (quartered), Royal Blue sleeves, White stars, Red cap
  • Form 1-50051
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3

chased leaders, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong

5(2)
Silk - EMERALD GREEN, WHITE stars, EMERALD GREEN cap, WHITE star

Spliff

13
10/1
  • Form 100005
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3

held up, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

6(5)
Silk - Light Blue and Red diamonds, Light Blue sleeves, Red cap, Light Blue diamond
  • Form 000004
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3

held up, never troubled leaders

7(1)
Silk - Grey, Emerald Green inverted triangle, sleeves and cap
50/1
  • Form 11-1400
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-2

held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

8(11)
Silk - Emerald Green, Orange sash, White sleeves, Emerald Green and Orange quartered cap
  • Form 200451
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-0

chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, hampered over 1f out, soon weakened

9(7)
Silk - Red, Beige sash, Emerald Green sleeves, Beige and Emerald Green quartered cap
  • Form 220341
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-12

slowly into stride, soon in touch, ridden and headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon headed, weakened inside final furlong

10(3)
Silk - Red, Yellow triple diamond, sleeves and diamonds on cap
  • Form 244431
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-12

held up, headway over 2f out, not clear run and switched right over 1f out, ridden to chase winner inside final furlong, not quicken

11(12)
Silk - White, Purple sash and sleeves, White and Purple quartered cap
16/1
  • Form 060001
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-11

soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

12(9)
Silk - Yellow, Dark Green seams, striped sleeves, Yellow cap
50/1
  • Form 0-04110
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-10

with leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out

In depth

Verdict

Eisteddfod is in tremendous form and is fancied to land a four-timer here, with Commando Scott and Solar Power the main dangers. There are a number of in-form horses in this field, but none more so than Paul Cole's filly, who was recording her fourth win from just six career starts when landing the Ayr Silver Cup last weekend. Commando Scott is seven pounds higher than when winning at Doncaster in July, but likes soft ground and has decent place claims. So does James Fanshawe's Solar Power, who stayed on strongly to win on fast ground over course and distance last time, but is also effective on this surface and may give the selection most to do. The going puts us off the progressive Bo McGinty and Jilly Why, but Eisteddfod is a very progressive folly who recorded a fast time at Ayr and is still unexposed in handicap grade.