Racecards
14:30 Leicester
Lord Mayor's Appeal Banded Stakes
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 1m 9y
- Going: Soft, Heavy in places
- Surface: Turf
- Form 24-3631
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 45
held up, headway 3f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, stayed on
- Form 936401
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer G Prodromou
- Jockey M Tebbutt
soon pushed along in rear, ridden and headway from over 2f out, driven, stayed on to lead post
- Form 40-6404
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer W M Brisbourne
- Jockey S Sanders
keen, held up, ridden and headway over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 73-1500
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer David Pinder
- Jockey N Chalmers
close up, ridden 3f out, one pace from over 1f out
- Form 869765
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer S L Keightley
- Jockey A Kirby
tracked leaders, short of room over 6f out, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 23/690
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer Miss I E Craig
- Jockey J Fanning
chased leaders, ridden to chase leader 3f out, every chance inside final furlong, stayed on
Rivelli (IRE)
428- Form 00000/0-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer B R Foster
- Jockey D Corby
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 1f out
- Form 593223
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer Mrs N Macauley
- Jockey A Daly
led, ridden 2f out, headed no extra post
- Form 5562-08
- Age 7
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer G M Moore
- Jockey Paul Eddery
held up, headway and edged right 2f out, stayed on one pace
- Form 7-76798
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer I W McInnes
- Jockey R Ffrench
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
Witchcraft
15- Form 8-07433
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer D Shaw
- Jockey S Whitworth
slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden halfway, headway under pressure when hampered 2f out, not recover
- Form 00-0
- Age 3
- Weight 8-1
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer K G Reveley
- Jockey Dale Gibson
towards rear, hampered over 6f out, not trouble leaders
In The Shadows
209- Form 700-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-1
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer W S Kittow
- Jockey N Mackay
always towards rear
- Form 09-996
- Age 3
- Weight 8-1
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer P A Blockley
- Jockey Adrian Nicholls
held up in touch, ridden and weakened over 2f out, soon eased
Verdict
Galley Law and Sriology are both recent winners and should go close in their follow up bids, but Witchcraft has put in some sound efforts in defeat recently and gets the verdict. Derrick Shaw's four-year-old is having his first outing on turf, but has shown enough on the all-weather to suggest he can land a small race. The six pounds he receives from the two previous winners may prove decisive and he looks the one to be on despite the slight concerns about the surface. Galley Law landed a similar race to this at Southwell, beating Haunt The Zoo. He was well beaten on his only two outings on turf so there are major doubts about him. Sriology came good at Yarmouth last time, beating Show Me The Lolly a shade comfortably. If he runs up to that form again he will be hard to keep out of the places. Best of the others should be Sion Hill, but Witchcraft looks the pick today.
Formwatch
Galley Law 5-2fav In touch, led 2f out, soon clear, won at Southwell 1m stk fbs in Apr beating Haunt The Zoo by 12l, 9 ran.
Sriology (IRE) 16-1 Raced centre, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and led over 1f out, driven out, won at Yarmouth 1m stk gd in Apr beating Show Me The Lolly by 2 1/2l, 17 ran.
Befriend (USA) 12-1 Slowly into stride, soon went mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 4th of 16, 7l behind Golden Spectrum at Beverley 1m sll gd in Apr.
Dexileos (IRE) 16-1 Mid-division, lost place when hampered over 1f out, soon behind, 10th of 13, 5l behind Flying Edge at W'hampton 6f stk (H5) pol in Mar.
It Must Be Speech 25-1 Mid-division, ridden from over 2f out, stayed on, 5th of 11, 4l behind Sir Bond at W'hampton 1m 1f stk pol in Mar.
Sion Hill (IRE) 3-1fav Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon one pace, 3rd of 16, 8l behind Essex Star at Yarmouth 7f stk gd in Apr.
The Loose Screw (IRE) 33-1 Slowly away, soon mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, one pace and no impression over 1f out, 8th of 17, 9l behind Lord Conyers at Redcar 7f sll gd in Apr.
Witchcraft 11-2 Slowly into stride, soon in touch, ridden 3f out, one pace final furlong, 3rd of 12, 4l behind Wanna Shout at W'hampton 1m 1f stk pol in Apr.