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16:25 Leicester

Weatherbys Handicap (Class 3)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 7f
  • Going: Good to Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £12,900 added
  • Winner: £8,345
  • 2nd: £2,483
  • 3rd: £1,241
  • 4th: £620
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 24.60s
  • Off Time: 16:25:59
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Graphite Storm

9/4

    2
    Silk -

    Easy Tiger

    6/1

      1(4)
      Silk - Black, yellow and black halved sleeves, yellow cap, black star

      War Glory (IRE)

      10 D
      3/1
      • Form 545322
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-9
      • Official Rating 93

      tracked leader 2f, close up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong

      2(2)
      Silk - Maroon, grey triple diamond, hooped sleeves, quartered cap

      Taurean Star (IRE)

      87 D
      13/2
      • Form 355-109
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 91

      always in rear

      3(8)
      Silk - Dark Blue and White diabolo, hooped sleeves and cap

      Smokey Lane (IRE)

      18 C
      33/1
      • Form 107004
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 94

      raced towards stand side, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

      6(7)
      Silk - Yellow, purple epaulets, yellow sleeves, purple stars, purple cap, yellow star

      Qeyaadah (IRE)

      24 D
      7/2
      • Form 513442
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 86

      raced towards stand side until switched right after 2f, tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace

      7(3)
      Silk - White, Royal Blue seams and sleeves, Yellow cap

      Graphite Storm

      24 D
      9/4
      • Form 1-62752
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 89

      held up, pushed along and headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on

      8(1)
      Silk - Red, Dark Green and Red striped sleeves and cap

      Easy Tiger

      17 DCD
      6/1
      • Form 22-2148
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 83

      led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on

      4(5)
      NR

      Baron Bolt

      15 p D
      7/1
      • Form 835361
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 89

      NonRunner

      5(6)
      NR

      Firmdecisions (IRE)

      21 D
      10/1
      • Form 353003
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 88

      NonRunner

      Previous results

      2016
      (2)
      Silk -

      Noble Peace

      8/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9

      2015
      (9)
      Silk -

      Kakatosi

      16/1
      • Age 8
      • Weight 8-13

      2014
      (1)
      Silk -

      Take A Note

      8/1
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-3

      In depth

      Verdict

      War Glory keeps running into one too good and he still hasn’t won on Turf. Raised another 4lb since his latest second at Chester, he’s probably worth opposing again. The Appleby/De Sousa combination has another excellent chance of landing the spoils with QEYAADAH, who is only 2lb higher than when winning a similar race at Redcar in June and was only headed close home in a Class 2 at Doncaster last month. Graphite Storm was back to his best at Newbury last time so looks a danger while reverting to 7f won’t faze Chepstow scorer Baron Bolt. Taurean Star had Firmdecisions behind when making a winning reappearance at Yarmouth but has not reproduced that form since.

      Formwatch

      War Glory (IRE) 5-1 (8-6) Tracked leaders, not clear run over 1f out, effort to press winner entering final furlong, not quicken close home, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Penwortham (8-0) at Chester 1m hcp (2) gd in Sep.

      Taurean Star (IRE) 8-1 (9-8) Dwelt, in rear, pushed along and kept on same pace inside final furlong, 9th of 11, 4 1/4l behind Greenside (9-11) at Sandown 1m hcp (2) gf in Jun.

      Smokey Lane (IRE) 8-1 (9-8) Prominent, effort 2f out, no extra final furlong, 4th of 7, 4 1/2l behind Under The Covers (8-13) at Ffos Las 6f hcp (3) gs in Aug.

      Qeyaadah (IRE) 8-1 (8-10) Close up, led over 1f out, soon pushed along, caught close home, 2nd of 10, nk behind Bertiewhittle (9-2) at Doncaster 7f hcp (2) gd in Aug.

      Graphite Storm 8-1 (8-13) Held up in rear, headway to track leaders when not clear run over 1f out until inside final furlong, ridden and ran on to chase winner final 50 yards, unable to get on terms, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Squats (9-12) at Newbury 7f hcp (3) sft in Aug.

      Easy Tiger 28-1 (8-0) Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 19, 5 1/2l behind Johnny Barnes (9-3) at Goodwood 7f hcp (2) gd in Aug.

      Baron Bolt 3-1 (9-10) Held up in last pair, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead 1f out, ran on well, won at Chepstow 6f hcp (4) gd in Aug beating Major Valentine (9-0) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.

      Firmdecisions (IRE) 14-1 (9-12) Tracked leaders, headway on outer 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner inside final furlong, well held when lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 11, 3 1/2l behind Manton Grange (9-6) at Kempton 7f hcp (3) pol in Aug.