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13:55 Leicester

Sir Gordon Richards Handicap (Class 2)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f 179y
  • Going: Good to Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £20,000 added
  • Winner: £12,602
  • 2nd: £3,772
  • 3rd: £1,886
  • 4th: £944
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 35.16s
  • Off Time: 13:55:14
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Restorer

9/2

    2
    Silk -

    Hochfeld (IRE)

    3/1

      1(6)
      Silk - Silver, tassel on cap

      Hochfeld (IRE)

      44 BFD
      3/1
      • Form 934242
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-9
      • Official Rating 103

      led, strongly challenged from over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, soon rallied and every chance, just failed

      2(5)
      Silk - Royal Blue, White hoops, Yellow and White halved sleeves, Yellow cap

      Banditry (IRE)

      2
      5/1
      • Form 053728
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-8
      • Official Rating 102

      steadied in last, headway over 1f out, no impression

      3(4)
      Silk - Light blue, purple star, dark blue sleeves, orange stars, purple cap, orange stars

      Aasheq (IRE)

      16
      3/1
      • Form 236023
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 97

      chased leaders, effort over 2f out, faded final furlong

      4(3)
      Silk - Grey, beige star, grey sleeves, beige stars and stars on cap

      Restorer

      2
      9/2
      • Form 0-17575
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 97

      held up in touch, headway and not clear run over 2f out, driven to challenge over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon challenged, held on well

      5(1)
      Silk - Pale Blue, Campbell Tartan hooped sleeves, Royal Blue cap

      Not So Sleepy

      20 t
      3/1
      • Form 882422
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 97

      tracked leader, took keen hold, every chance over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong

      8(8)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Red star, White sleeves, Red stars, Royal Blue cap, Red star

      Great Hall

      64 D
      16/1
      • Form 579463
      • Age 8
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 96

      held up, under pressure over 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong

      6(7)
      NR

      Twin Star (IRE)

      45
      7/2
      • Form 5-35521
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 96

      NonRunner

      7(2)
      NR

      Kasperenko

      38 b D
      14/1
      • Form 683-717
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 96

      NonRunner

      Previous results

      2017
      (7)
      Silk -

      Dance The Dream

      5/2
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-3

      2016
      (4)
      Silk -

      Tawdeea

      2/1
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-12

      2015
      (7)
      Silk -

      Noble Gift

      14/1
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-9

      In depth

      Verdict

      HOCHFELD is ultra consistent and deserves to get his head back in front. P J McDonald will need to make plenty of use of him over this trip but he’s a battler who can hold off all-comers. Kasperenko won at Chelmsford in August but is best on Polytrack while Banditry only ran on Saturday at Newbury and never figured. Aasheq was placed over this trip at Ripon in July but his better recent efforts have come over 1m2f. Not So Sleepy has been second twice off this mark over 1m4f lately and Twin Star won at Chester and has only gone up 3lb.

      Formwatch

      Hochfeld (IRE) 7-2jfav (9-3) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no impression on winner towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Blakeney Point (9-3) at Chester 1m 4f lst stks (1) sft in Sep.

      Banditry (IRE) 10-1 (9-9) Held up in mid-division on inside, headway tracking leaders over 3f out, outpaced 2f out, no danger after, 8th of 12, 6 1/4l behind Dukhan (8-6) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp (2) gs in Oct.

      Aasheq (IRE) 9-1 (9-5) Led and set steady pace, ridden and headed over 1f out, lost 2nd final 100 yards, kept on, 3rd of 14, 2 1/4l behind Aquarium (9-4) at York 1m 2f hcp (2) sft in Oct.

      Restorer 12-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 5 1/4l behind Dukhan (8-6) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp (2) gs in Oct.

      Not So Sleepy 4-1 (9-3) Raced wide on back straight, soon tracking leader, ridden to lead well over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 3, nk behind Byron Flyer (9-8) at Leicester 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Oct.

      Great Hall 16-1 (9-12) Tracked leaders, under pressure 3f out, weakened well over 1f out, 3rd of 4, 11l behind Protected Guest (8-3) at Yarmouth 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in Aug.

      Twin Star (IRE) 15-8 (10-0) Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, ridden out, won at Chester 1m 5f hcp (3) sft in Sep beating Super Kid (9-8) by 1 1/2l, 6 ran.

      Kasperenko 25-1 (9-7) Chased leader until 5f out, chased leaders, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 8, 15 3/4l behind Communique (9-5) at Newbury 1m 4f hcp (2) gs in Sep.