Racecards
14:00 Leicester
Sir Gordon Richards Handicap (Class 2)
- 2 Runners
- Distance: 1m 3f 179y
- Going: Heavy
- Surface: Turf
- £19,000 added
- Winner: £11,972
- 2nd: £3,583
- 3rd: £1,792
- 4th: £897
- Form 718122
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 100
- Trainer H & R Charlton
- Jockey Thomas Greatrex
made all, shaken up 2f out, soon in command, eased from over 1f out
- Form 931361
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer R M Beckett
- Jockey S De Sousa
keen tracked winner, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, eased over 1f out
- Form 612/112
- Age 5
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 97
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey Non Runner
NonRunner
In depth
Verdict
WIN O’CLOCK’s second in a handicap over track and trip earlier this month is working out well and it will be a surprise if Roger Charlton’s three-year-old can’t give 7lb to the older Buriram, who beat lesser opposition over further at Chester and has been raised 4lb.
Formwatch
Win O'Clock 5-2 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on, held by winner, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Arctic Sound (9-7) at Leicester 1m 4f hcp (2) hvy in Oct.
Buriram (IRE) 13-2 (9-3) Chased leaders, going well 3f out, led over 3f out, stayed on well, ridden out, won at Chester 1m 6f hcp (3) gd in Sep beating Singing The Blues (9-5) by 1 1/4l, 12 ran.
Natural History 8-1 (9-4) Led for 2f, pressed leader until led again 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner entering final 150 yards, kept on for clear 2nd, 2nd of 8, 1 3/4l behind Euchen Glen (9-7) at Newbury 1m 4f Grp 3 stks (1) hvy in Oct.