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17:55 Leicester

Simon De Montfort Handicap (Class 5)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 53y
  • Going: Good (Good to Firm in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £7,021 added
  • Winner: £3,752
  • 2nd: £1,116
  • 3rd: £558
  • 4th: £300
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 46.28s
  • Off Time: 17:55:07
  • 8 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Ventura Gold (IRE)

25/1

    2
    Silk -

    Elixsoft (IRE)

    3/1

      3
      Silk -

      Sir Roderic (IRE)

      11/1

        1(4)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue epaulets, Dark Blue and Orange striped sleeves, Orange cap

        Cheerfilly (IRE)

        21 b C
        4/1
        • Form 04205-5
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 70

        driven forward and soon led, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

        2(7)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Maroon sash and star on cap

        Sir Roderic (IRE)

        169 D
        11/1
        • Form 413740-
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 70

        held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, no extra closing stages

        3(3)
        Silk - Red, Dark Blue star, Red sleeves, Dark Blue stars, White cap

        Art Echo

        115 pt
        25/1
        • Form 120700-
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 70

        held up towards rear, outpaced over 2f out, never dangerous

        5(10)
        Silk - LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets

        Ventura Gold (IRE)

        132
        25/1
        • Form 344109-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-6
        • Official Rating 69

        chased leaders, driven to lead over 1f out, stayed on well

        6(6)
        Silk - Black, white cross of lorraine, white and black chevrons on sleeves, black and white quartered cap

        Oud Metha Bridge (IRE)

        121 D
        7/1
        • Form 002308-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 67

        tracked leader, led over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

        8(5)
        Silk - Grey, red spots, grey sleeves, red cap

        Dashing Poet

        21 BFD
        9/4
        • Form 01-2332
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-2
        • Official Rating 65

        in touch, keen, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on into 4th closing stages

        9(1)
        Silk - Dark blue and emerald green diamonds, white and red hooped sleeves, grey cap

        Ghazan (IRE)

        10
        12/1
        • Form 3663-67
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-2
        • Official Rating 65

        chased leaders, hard driven to challenge over 2f out, weakened final furlong

        10(9)
        Silk - Light Blue, Orange epaulets, orange cap

        Elixsoft (IRE)

        7 D
        3/1
        • Form 5-43212
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-2
        • Official Rating 65

        behind, outpaced over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on into 2nd inside final furlong, never reached winner

        4(8)
        NR

        Regular Income (IRE)

        29 b D
        12/1
        • Form 08-4107
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-6
        • Official Rating 69

        NonRunner

        7(2)
        NR

        Angel Palanas

        37 p
        6/1
        • Form 12-7267
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 67

        NonRunner

        In depth

        Verdict

        Cheerfilly wears blinkers for the first time having run well at Lingfield on her debut for Archie Watson but still needs to reverse latest running with runner-up DASHING POET. The latter is taken to go one better in this given she was winning off a similar mark at Chepstow last year. Elixsoft has been in fine form at Newcastle and can race off the same mark as when successful there last month given she’s yet to win on this surface while Southwell specialist Angel Palanas is another allowed to compete off a much lower mark today having had 14 attempts on Turf without success.

        Formwatch

        Cheerfilly (IRE) 5-2 (9-5) Chased leaders, went 2nd 2f out until over 1f out, still pressing leaders inside final furlong, weakened towards finish, 5th of 10, 2l behind Gainsay (9-4) at Lingfield 1m hcp fll (5) pol in Mar.

        Sir Roderic (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Slowly into stride, always behind, last of 10, 13 3/4l behind Compas Scoobie (9-9) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (5) pol in Oct.

        Art Echo 50-1 (9-0) Towards rear, ridden halfway, never a factor, 10th of 13, 16 1/4l behind Angel Palanas (9-0) at Southwell 7f hcp (4) pol in Dec.

        Ventura Gold (IRE) 20-1 (8-13) Chased leaders on outside, pushed along over 3f out, weakened quickly, eased final 2f, last of 9, dist behind Michele Strogoff (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Nov.

        Oud Metha Bridge (IRE) 25-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Juanito Chico (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Dec.

        Dashing Poet 9-4fav (9-3) Mid-division on inside, not clear run over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, went 2nd last strides, never able to challenge, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Gainsay (9-4) at Lingfield 1m hcp fll (5) pol in Mar.

        Ghazan (IRE) 14-1 (9-2) Held up in rear, driven on outside over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never on terms, 7th of 12, 9l behind Anif (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Mar.

        Elixsoft (IRE) 7-2jfav (10-2) Held up behind, good headway over 1f out, shaken up to challenge inside final furlong, soon every chance, kept on, just held towards finish, 2nd of 14, 3/4l behind Insurplus (9-7) at Newcastle 1m hcp (6) pol in Mar.

        Regular Income (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Slowly into stride, towards rear, headway on outside over 1f out, never troubled leaders, 7th of 14, 4 3/4l behind The Night King (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Mar.

        Angel Palanas 9-1 (8-8) Raced wide, soon chasing leaders, weakened inside final 2f, 7th of 9, 12 3/4l behind Weld Al Emarat (8-9) at Southwell 7f hcp (2) pol in Feb.