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17:40 Haydock Park

Armstrong Family Support The ABF Handicap (Class 3)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 7f 37y
  • Going: Firm (Good to Firm in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £15,000 added
  • Winner: £9,704
  • 2nd: £2,888
  • 3rd: £1,443
  • 4th: £722
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 29.01s
  • Off Time: 17:40:50
  • 5 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Silent Echo

9/1

    2
    Silk -

    Chessman (IRE)

    4/5

      1(2)
      Silk - Light Blue and Red (quartered), White sleeves, Red cap

      Chessman (IRE)

      36 BFD
      4/5
      • Form 1-2
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 90

      held up, not clear run over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, took 2nd close home, not quite reach winner

      4(1)
      Silk - Green, pink sash and cap, white sleeves

      Silent Echo

      22 D
      9/1
      • Form 7-1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 85

      held up in rear, took keen hold, closed going well on outside over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden out

      5(6)
      Silk - Black and yellow check, hooped sleeves

      Tai Sing Yeh (IRE)

      23 t D
      10/1
      • Form 51-2
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 85

      raced freely, tracked leader, ridden 3f out, weakened inside final furlong

      6(3)
      Silk - Purple, light green star, purple sleeves, light green stars, purple cap, light green star

      Mojito (IRE)

      211
      9/4
      • Form 31-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 83

      keen early, tracked leaders, closed over 2f out, soon edged right, led briefly well over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, held and lost 2nd close home

      7(8)
      Silk - Red, white star, white sleeves, dark blue stars, dark blue cap

      Arc Royal

      16 D
      11/1
      • Form 216-538
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 83

      led, ridden over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong

      2(5)
      NR

      Six Strings

      179
      13/2
      • Form 291-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 87

      Withdrawn

      3(4)
      NR

      Letmestopyouthere (IRE)

      16 D
      25/1
      • Form 568276
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 87

      NonRunner

      8(7)
      NR

      Used To Be

      32
      20/1
      • Form 82345-0
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-3
      • Official Rating 72

      NonRunner

      Previous results

      2016
      (6)
      Silk -

      Calder Prince (IRE)

      16/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7

      2015
      (4)
      Silk -

      Amazour (IRE)

      9/4
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5

      2014
      (4)
      Silk -

      Bretherton

      9/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9

      In depth

      Verdict

      Silent Echo, Mojito and Six Strings step up to handicaps having won maiden races on their latest starts with the former having the most recent form. But CHESSMAN was beaten only a neck in a tougher contest than this at Newbury on his reappearance so John Gosden’s colt gets the vote in this lower grade. Tai Sing Yeh also suffered a narrow-margin defeat at Redcar on his handicap debut and is preferred to the more-exposed Letmestopyouthere and Used To Be.

      Formwatch

      Chessman (IRE) 7-4fav (9-2) Held up towards rear, good headway near side over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, finished well, not reach winner, 2nd of 15, nk behind Bacchus (9-7) at Newbury 7f hcp (2) gf in Apr.

      Silent Echo 2-1 (9-0) Made all, pushed along and ran on well final furlong, won at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (5) pol in May beating Time's Arrow (9-0) by 1 1/4l, 10 ran.

      Tai Sing Yeh (IRE) 9-2 (8-13) Soon led, ridden over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, headed close home, 2nd of 9, nk behind Gilgamesh (9-6) at Redcar 7f hcp (4) gf in May.

      Mojito (IRE) 1-2fav (9-5) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, led entering final furlong, stayed on strongly, won at Newcastle 1m mdn stks (4) pol in Oct beating Somnambulist (9-5) by 2 1/4l, 9 ran.

      Arc Royal 14-1 (8-7) Towards rear, ridden over 1f out, never a factor, 8th of 10, 9 1/2l behind Mutawatheb (9-3) at Chester 1m hcp (2) gd in May.

      Six Strings 13-8fav (9-5) Held up in rear, good headway over 1f out, led approaching final furlong, soon joined, ridden and ran on, won at Newcastle 6f mdn stks (4) pol in Nov beating Glorious Politics (9-5) by shd, 9 ran.

      Letmestopyouthere (IRE) 25-1 (8-10) Towards rear and pushed along, ridden over 1f out, no extra, 6th of 10, 7 1/2l behind Mutawatheb (9-3) at Chester 1m hcp (2) gd in May.

      Used To Be 6-1 (9-7) With leader, led over 5f out, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 11, 17 1/4l behind Blue On Blue (9-7) at Yarmouth 7f hcp (5) gf in Apr.