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18:40 Leicester

John Ferneley Handicap (Class 4)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 218y
  • Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £7,500 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 10.79s
  • Off Time: 18:41:04
  • 11 Ran
1(2)
Silk - Red, Purple cap
14/1
  • Form 630224-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 80

mid-division, under pressure halfway, soon beaten

2(3)
Silk - Royal Blue, White striped sleeves, White cap
12/1
  • Form 3-61
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 79

mid-division, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, stayed on strongly

3(10)
Silk - Red, Green hoops, Yellow cap, Green hoop
20/1
  • Form 50-1116
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 79

tracked leaders, driven to lead over 1f out, soon edged right, ran on well

4(11)
Silk - Grey, Pink epaulets, quartered cap
  • Form 41
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 79

slowly into stride, held up in touch, hard driven over 2f out, soon one pace

5(8)
Silk - Dark Blue, Red cross belts, White sleeves, Dark Blue armlets
15/2
  • Form 21-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 77

held up, never dangerous

6(9)
Silk - Light blue, white epaulets, armlets and cap
  • Form 3092-48
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 76

led, headed well over 1f out, soon one pace

7(7)
Silk - Purple, Light Blue chevron, Light Blue cap
2/1
  • Form 8-1
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 75

tracked leaders, hard driven to challenge 2f out, weakened over 1f out

8(5)
Silk - Grey, Pink diamond, diabolo on sleeves, quartered cap
  • Form 45241-4
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 75

chased leaders, under pressure over 2f out, gradually weakened

9(6)
Silk - Maroon, White hoops, Maroon sleeves, White spots, White cap
33/1
  • Form 2152-55
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-5
  • Official Rating 67

mid-division, under pressure approaching 2f out, soon weakened

10(1)
Silk - Red, White stars, Royal Blue sleeves, White armlets
20/1
  • Form 505-622
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-4
  • Official Rating 65

chased leaders until ridden and weakened halfway

11(4)
Silk - Red and White check, Black sleeves, Light Blue cap
50/1
  • Form 040-8
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-4
  • Official Rating 65

mid-division, hard ridden over 2f out, soon beaten

In depth

Verdict

Rapid Water, Time Medicean and DEVIL YOU KNOW are the three to note with the vote going to the last named. The selection ran well on his debut at Nottingham and improved to win on his second outing at the same venue. He runs off a mark of 79 on his handicap debut and that could make him potentially well treated and with further improvement still to come he has every chance of following up. The same can be said about Rapid Water who improved from his debut to land a maiden at Salisbury last time out. His stable are in fantastic form at present so any market moves should be noted. Time Medicean landed a maiden race at Pontefract last month having had two warm up runs. He runs off a mark of 79 on his handicap debut an should be closely monitored in the betting market, however, Devil You Know looks a horse with great potential and is taken to land this handicap.

Formwatch

Kate The Great 15-2 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on well final furlong, not pace to challenge, 4th of 10, 2 1/2l behind The Magic Of Rio (9-7) at Great Leighs 5f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Aug.

Time Medicean 3-1 (9-0) Held up, headway over 1f, driven to lead entering final furlong, ran on, won at Pontefract 6f mdn stks (5) fm in Apr beating Standpoint (9-0) by 2l, 14 ran.

Esprit de Midas 5-2 (9-7) Ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, last of 6, 4 1/2l behind West Leake (8-2) at Southwell 6f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) fbs in Apr.

Devil You Know (IRE) Evensfav (9-3) Slowly into stride, soon chased leaders, ridden to lead 1f out, ran on, won at Nottingham 6f 3yo mdn aut (5) gf beating Trading Nation (9-3) by 1 1/4l, 17 ran.

Audemar (IRE) 1-5fav (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, driven to lead and edged left inside final furlong, won at Great Leighs 6f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Oct beating Dynamo Dane (9-3) by 1 1/4l, 6 ran.

Evelyn May (IRE) 16-1 (8-4) Held up on outside, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous, 8th of 11, 15l behind Master Of Disguise (8-10) at Sandown 5f hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Apr.

Rapid Water 4-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders on rail, eased out and going well 2f out, shaken up to lead over 1f out, pushed out final furlong and ran on well (hand timed), won at Salisbury 6f mdn stks (5) gf beating Hajoum (9-0) by 3l, 11 ran.

Saif Al Fahad (IRE) 16-1 (8-5) Prominent, soon pushed along, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 10, 4l behind Doctor Parkes (8-7) at Chester 5f hcp 0-100 (2) gf.

Rocket Rob (IRE) 6-1 (8-7) Outpaced and behind, headway on outer over 2f out, driven and one pace until weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 4 1/2l behind Sloop Johnb (9-4) at Beverley 5f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf.

Spit And Polish 7-2 (8-3) Soon led, clear over 2f out, reduced lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 14, 5l behind Seneschal (9-7) at Brighton 7f sell stks (6) fm.

Turkish Lokum 33-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, hard ridden 2f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out, 8th of 13, 6l behind Volochkova (9-4) at Lingfield 7f fll hcp (5) pol in Apr.