Racecards
17:30 Leicester
Racing Excellence 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Series Handicap (Div 2) (Class 6)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Good to Soft
- Surface: Turf
- £4,000 added
- Winner: £2,588
- 2nd: £770
- 3rd: £385
- 4th: £192
- Form 3959-06
- Age 7
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer A West
- Jockey Kieran Schofield
chased leaders, lost place 5f out, well beaten final 4f
- Form 129771
- Age 5
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer A Carson
- Jockey Liam Doran
chased leaders, led over 1f out, soon headed, edged right inside final furlong, lost 2nd towards finish
- Form 570225
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 61
- Trainer B Barr
- Jockey Joshua Bryan
led, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 60-7555
- Age 6
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey Adam J McNamara
slowly into stride, soon in touch, pushed along and effort over 2f out, one pace inside final furlong
- Form 55-5709
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer M Appleby
- Jockey Ben Sanderson
tracked leader, every chance 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
- Form 742931
- Age 6
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 54
- Trainer M Mullineaux
- Jockey G C O'Neill
held up in rear, pushed along 3f out, headway 1f out, went 2nd towards finish, unable to reach winner
- Form 240413
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 53
- Trainer J G Portman
- Jockey George Wood
held up, in rear, headway 3f out, led over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, ran on
- Form 536092
- Age 7
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer D M Loughnane
- Jockey Toby Eley
Nonrunner
- Form 655505
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 54
- Trainer P W Hiatt
- Jockey Sean Mooney
Nonrunner
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Gulland Rock beat Red Unico by more than three lengths at Wolverhampton in July and won easily at Kempton 12 days ago. He can race off a lower mark back on Turf so has to go on the short-list, though has never won beyond 5f on this surface and not since early 2014. POOR DUKE's recent win at Chepstow came on good to soft but he'd earlier gone close at the same track on a much quicker surface so shouldn't be far away here. Intimately won at Yarmouth before finishing third at Salisbury and also has decent claims but The Dancing Lord remains woefully out of sorts.
Formwatch
The Dancing Lord 66-1 (9-2) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, weakened final furlong, 6th of 10, 6 1/4l behind Cloudberry (9-4) at Sandown 1m hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Gulland Rock 5-1 (9-5) Made all, ridden over 2f out, kept on well, won at Kempton 7f hcp (5) pol in Sep beating Jan Steen (9-6) by 3 3/4l, 7 ran.
Red Unico (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, switched left and effort over 1f out, soon ridden, one pace inside final furlong, no impression, 5th of 7, 3 1/4l behind Wordismybond (9-12) at Lingfield 1m hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Leonard Thomas 7-1 (8-13) Dwelt, pushed along in rear, headway on inner over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 2 1/4l behind Heezararity (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Bunker Hill Lass 33-1 (8-11) Mid-division, ridden 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 15, 8 3/4l behind Etienne Gerard (9-9) at Leicester 6f hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Poor Duke (IRE) 12-1 (8-10) Held up, behind, headway far side 2f out, ridden to lead 1f out, soon hard pressed, kept on towards finish, won at Chepstow 7f hcp (6) gs in Aug beating Wild Flower (8-11) by 3/4l, 15 ran.
Intimately 7-1 (8-10) Dwelt, mid-division, headway over 1f out, went 3rd and ran on inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 3rd of 11, 3 3/4l behind Harmony Bay (9-7) at Salisbury 6f hcp (6) gs in Sep.
For Shia And Lula (IRE) 7-1 (9-6) With winner early, chased winner, ridden over 1f out, kept on and held towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind O Dee (9-4) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (6) pol in Aug.
Olympic Duel (IRE) 17-2 (8-8) Raced wide, held up, pushed along 2f out, never a factor, 5th of 6, 7 1/2l behind Exoplanet Blue (9-13) at Salisbury 7f hcp (5) gf in Aug.