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16:35 Leicester

Balaclava Handicap (Class 3)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 5f
  • Going: Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £15,000 added
  • Winner: £8,100
  • 2nd: £3,802
  • 3rd: £1,902
  • 4th: £951
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 1.93s
  • Off Time: 16:35:16
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Ey Up It's Maggie

13/8

    2
    Silk -

    Lipsink (IRE)

    20/1

      1(2)
      Silk - White, Dark Blue seams, Dark Blue and White striped sleeves and cap

      Lipsink (IRE)

      12 v D
      20/1
      • Form 86-0016
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 87

      led, pushed along over 1f out, ridden and headed final strides

      2(1)
      Silk - Light Green, Yellow diamond, armlets and cap

      Ey Up It's Maggie

      7 p BFD
      13/8
      • Form 335643
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 85

      tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, driven and stayed on to lead final strides

      3(5)
      Silk - Emerald green, pink star, striped sleeves and cap

      Spoof

      17 D
      13/2
      • Form 175640
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 84

      tracked leader, pushed along over 1f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish

      4(6)
      Silk - Emerald Green and Primrose (quartered), Flame sleeves, Flame and White check cap

      Ishvara

      20 p D
      10/1
      • Form 020703
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 81

      in touch in rear, ridden approaching final furlong, soon weakened

      5(3)
      Silk - Yellow, Black chevron, Black sleeves, Yellow stars, Black cap, Yellow star

      Tawny Port

      235 t D
      16/1
      • Form 334554
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 80

      in touch, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong

      6(4)
      Silk - LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets

      Ventura Flame (IRE)

      14 D
      9/2
      • Form 530132
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-10
      • Official Rating 76

      slowly away, in touch in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace

      7(7)
      Silk - Yellow, Black inverted triangle, striped sleeves and cap

      Four Adaay

      20 BFD
      3/1
      • Form 246632
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 74

      tracked leaders, pushed along over 1f out, ridden and unable to quicken inside final furlong, no extra towards finish

      In depth

      Verdict

      Spoof hasn’t been running badly and is now a pound lower than when scoring at Chester in June. Ventura Flame likes a stiff 5f and handles soft going so is entitled to be thereabouts again while James Doyle has been getting the best out of Ishvara this season. The latter, however, has a couple of lengths to find with FOUR ADAAY on recent course and distance running so Rod Millman’s filly gets the vote ahead of fellow three-year-old Ey Up It's Maggie.

      Formwatch

      Lipsink (IRE) 20-1 (9-11) Went badly left start, led, ridden and headed inside final 2f, weakened quickly final furlong, 6th of 7, 8 1/4l behind Raasel (9-2) at Nottingham 5f hcp (4) gs in Oct.

      Ey Up It's Maggie 4-1fav (9-7) Tracked leaders, raced freely, headway and disputed lead after 2f, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on, 3rd of 14, 1 1/4l behind Black Friday (9-7) at Pontefract 5f hcp (4) sft in Oct.

      Spoof 15-2 (8-11) Held up off the pace and always towards rear, 11th of 19, 5 1/2l behind Illusionist (8-10) at York 5f hcp (3) sft in Oct.

      Ishvara 5-1 (9-0) Raced centre, chased leaders, went 2nd 2f out, no chance with winner weakened into 3rd over 1f out, 3rd of 6, 4 1/2l behind Blue De Vega (9-10) at Leicester 5f hcp (3) hvy in Oct.

      Tawny Port 25-1 (8-10) Dwelt keen hold in touch, pushed along over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never nearer, 4th of 8, 9l behind Stone Soldier (8-7) at Southwell 7f hcp (2) pol in Mar.

      Ventura Flame (IRE) 9-1 (9-4) In rear, pushed along 2f out, headway when switched right 1f out, kept on final furlong, no match for winner, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Never Dark (9-7) at Musselburgh 5f hcp (4) sft in Oct.

      Four Adaay 2-1fav (8-6) Held up in last pair, headway chasing leaders 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, 2nd of 6, 2 1/4l behind Blue De Vega (9-10) at Leicester 5f hcp (3) hvy in Oct.