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18:45 Leicester

Battle Of The Bands Handicap (Class 4)

  • 4 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 1f 218y
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £7,250 added
  • Winner: £4,690
  • 2nd: £1,396
  • 3rd: £697
  • 4th: £349
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 9.52s
  • Off Time: 18:45:13
  • 4 Ran
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1
Silk -

Sea The Skies

15/8

    1(5)
    Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue stars, Yellow sleeves, Yellow cap, Royal Blue star

    Go Sakhee

    248 BFD
    7/4
    • Form 415312-
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-7
    • Official Rating 80

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

    2(1)
    Silk - White, Emerald Green stars, Emerald Green sleeves, White armlets, White cap, Emerald Green star

    Cayuga

    19 D
    5/1
    • Form 2-35867
    • Age 6
    • Weight 9-7
    • Official Rating 80

    close up in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, effort to press winner inside final furlong, ran on but always looked held

    3(3)
    Silk - RED, WHITE sleeves, BLUE and WHITE striped cap

    Sea The Skies

    647 BF
    15/8
    • Form 312/
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-5
    • Official Rating 78

    tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon pressed, ran on gamely

    4(4)
    Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, diabolo on sleeves

    Top Diktat

    51 D
    4/1
    • Form 0068-80
    • Age 7
    • Weight 9-3
    • Official Rating 76

    tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, no impression and kept on same pace from over 1f out

    5(2)
    NR

    Chapter And Verse (IRE)

    23 DCD
    11/2
    • Form 40-5971
    • Age 9
    • Weight 8-10
    • Official Rating 69

    Nonrunner

    6(6)
    NR

    Sellingallthetime (IRE)

    2 p
    14/1
    • Form 3-22391
    • Age 4
    • Weight 8-8
    • Official Rating 67

    Nonrunner

    Previous results

    2014
    (1)
    Silk -

    Busatto (USA)

    5/2
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-9

    2013
    (3)
    Silk -

    Dandy (GER)

    20/1
    • Age 4
    • Weight 8-8

    2012
    (4)
    Silk -

    King Zeal (IRE)

    7/2
    • Age 8
    • Weight 8-12

    In depth

    Verdict

    Chapter And Verse is best on the all-weather but still scored for the second time in his career over track and trip last month. But he is upped in class off a higher mark today while though Sea The Skies showed promise over shorter trips in 2013 he has been off the track since. GO SAKHEE makes his seasonal debut having made good progress last year when winning at Windsor and Ripon before going very close at Sandown. Roger Varian's charge gets the vote to make a winning return given the remainder are hard to fancy.

    Formwatch

    Go Sakhee 2-1fav (9-4) Led, ridden over 1f out, hung left inside final furlong, headed final strides, 2nd of 12, hd behind Karam Albaari (9-4) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Sep.

    Cayuga 20-1 (9-0) Held up in touch, squeezed through to track leaders over 5f out, hung left under pressure over 1f out, soon weakened, 7th of 12, 13l behind Directorship (9-1) at Ascot 1m app hcp (0-85) (4yo+) (4) gf in Apr.

    Sea The Skies 4-6fav (9-7) Went right start, led early, keen tracked winner, ridden over 2f out, no impression final furlong, 2nd of 4, 1 1/4l behind Chinese Jade (9-3) at Newmarket 7f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Aug '13.

    Top Diktat 66-1 (8-3) Raced wide mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 10th of 12, 7l behind Noble Gift (8-9) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-105 (2) pol in Mar.

    Chapter And Verse (IRE) 4-1 (9-2) Led after 2f, ridden over 1f out, ran on, won at Leicester 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Apr beating Euroquip Boy (8-9) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.

    Sellingallthetime (IRE) 11-1 (8-13) In touch, challenged 3f out, led over 2f out, soon ridden, clear 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, won at Doncaster 1m 4f app hcp 0-70 (5) gf beating Tapis Libre (8-6) by 1 3/4l, 18 ran.