Racecards
20:10 Haydock Park
Halliwell Jones Bmw 'joy' Handicap (Class 5)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 1m 6f
- Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
- Surface: Turf
- £4,500 added
- Form 25160/7
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer Ian Williams
- Jockey S Donohoe
held up, progress to track leaders over 8f out, ridden and weakened 3f out
- Form 2221-22
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer L M Cumani
- Jockey Kieren Fallon
tracked leader, led narrowly over 3f out, ridden and edged left inside final furlong, just prevailed
- Form 69314-1
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer R Hollinshead
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
led, headed narrowly over 3f out, pressed winner after, ridden and every chance when short of room and bumped inside final furlong, rallied near finish
- Form 48-2384
- Age 8
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer R A Fahey
- Jockey T Hamilton
chased leading pair, ridden 3f out, kept on one pace from over 1f out
- Form 123-126
- Age 7
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer C C Bealby
- Jockey J F McDonald
dwelt in rear, ridden 3f out, no impression
- Form 4448-14
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer M H Tompkins
- Jockey Ted Durcan
held up, headway to chase leading pair 1f out, kept on one pace
Verdict
Unexposed over this trip KAZBOW can overcome a mark rise despite defeat last time and win here at the expense of last time out winner My Mate Max and Chocolate Caramel looks best of the rest. The selection looked to improve when only just held last time when trying this test for the first time. Luca Cumani's gelding is consistent and the feeling is there is more to come from him over this distance. My Mate Max just held on when running on over a furlong extra on his last run. Both of his career wins have been over that trip and he now looks high enough in the handicap. Chocolate Caramel is well weighted on the pick of his form but hasn't shown anything like that recently and Locum can be considered after not missing out by much under this burden last time. A sextet of runners to choose from and Kazbow should carry on improving over this distance.
Formwatch
Dalhaan (USA) 9-1 (9-0) Held up, never near leaders, 7th of 10, 6l behind Kames Park (9-1) at Beverley 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Apr.
Kazbow (IRE) 15-8fav (9-8) Led, driven over 2f out, ridden and hard pressed over 1f out, stayed on under pressure until headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 5, 3/4l behind Royal Premier (7-12) at Yarmouth 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
My Mate Max 11-10fav (9-11) Made virtually all, bumped into rival over 2f out when beginning to tack across towards stands side, stayed on under pressure inside final fulong, won at Warwick 1m 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gd beating Moon Star (9-4) by 1/2l, 6 ran.
Chocolate Caramel (USA) 6-1 (9-1) Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, never able to challenge, 4th of 7, 5l behind Lady Hestia (8-8) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Leyte Gulf (USA) 7-2 (9-13) Held up, mid-division, effort over 2f out, soon no impression, 6th of 9, 5l behind Augustus John (10-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Locum 13-8fav (9-4) Held up in touch, headway on inside 2f out, ridden to challenge 1f out, stayed on and every chance inside final furlong, just held near finish, 4th of 7, 3/4l behind Capable Guest (9-1) at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp 0-70 (5) gf.