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15:50 Leicester

Leicester Mercury Family Fun Day Fillies' Handicap (Class 4)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 7f 9y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £10,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 26.11s
  • Off Time: 15:50:40
  • 8 Ran
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1
Silk -

Arabian Pearl (IRE)

4/1

    2
    Silk -

    Penzena

    7/2

      3
      Silk -

      My Best Bet

      7/2

        1(2)
        Silk - Pink and Royal Blue diabolo, diamonds on sleeves and cap

        Poppet's Lovein

        27 D
        7/1
        • Form 71150-4
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 78

        in rear, ridden 2f out, never on terms

        2(3)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow star, checked sleeves, Yellow cap

        My Best Bet

        27 D
        7/2
        • Form 3-53692
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-2
        • Official Rating 76

        keen, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace

        3(5)
        Silk - BLACK, EMERALD GREEN triple diamond, diamonds on sleeves, BLACK cap, EMERALD GREEN diamond

        Ogre (USA)

        10 t D
        11/2
        • Form 7126-05
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-2
        • Official Rating 76

        raced wide, intouch, ridden over 2f out, edged left and kept on same pace from over 1f out

        4(1)
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE and YELLOW diamonds, ROYAL BLUE sleeves, RED cap

        Cut The Cackle (IRE)

        28
        12/1
        • Form 94255-5
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-1
        • Official Rating 75

        pulled hard in rear, ridden and no impression 2f out, eased final furlong

        5(6)
        Silk - Dark Blue and Light Blue check, Light Blue cap

        Romanticize

        345
        10/1
        • Form 128-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-1
        • Official Rating 75

        in touch, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out

        6(4)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Orange diamond, stars on sleeves and star on cap

        Penzena

        175 BF
        7/2
        • Form 492415-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-12
        • Official Rating 72

        led, ridden and headed over 1f, driven and kept on one pace final furlong

        7(7)
        Silk - Dark green, red cross belts, hooped sleeves, red cap

        Perfect Friend

        42 D
        25/1
        • Form 085-766
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-10
        • Official Rating 70

        raced wide, held up, ridden and kept on from over 1f out, edged left final furlong, not trouble leaders

        8(8)
        Silk - White and Emerald Green (quartered), White sleeves, Emerald Green stars, White cap, Emerald Green star

        Arabian Pearl (IRE)

        16 b D
        4/1
        • Form 488-445
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-9
        • Official Rating 69

        tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon hung badly right, ran on

        In depth

        Verdict

        A tight fillies' handicap in which Andrew Balding's Penzena could return to action with a win, whilst My Best Bet and Poppet's Lovein could provide the main challenges to our selection, OGRE. Ogre had some very respectable performances at Epsom last year and has won a third of the races she has run in. The conditions are to her liking and despite two weak runs recently, may have just been rusty after a break. Interestingly she showed similar form last year and needed a couple of runs to shake the cobwebs away. Although Penzena has not run particularly well in handicaps in the past, a good maiden run last November on the all-weather at Kempton when beating Mainstay by four lengths could translate to better performances after a break. Poppet's Lovein won a handicap last August over 7f and is not ruled out of the picture in this race. My Best Bet has been unlucky in recent races and only just lost out to Very Well Red at Bath when pressing hard. However, our selection is Ogre to score the win.

        Formwatch

        Poppet's Lovein 9-2 (9-2) Held up in rear, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, stayed on, 4th of 7, 1l behind Turn Me On (8-11) at Catterick 7f hcp 0-80 (4) fm.

        My Best Bet 11-2 (9-4) Dwelt, soon in touch, headway over 2f out, not clearest of runs and switched right over 1f out, chased winer and strong run inside final furlong, finished well, just failed, 2nd of 11, shd behind Very Well Red (8-13) at Bath 1m fll hcp (0-75) (5) gd.

        Ogre (USA) 9-2 (8-10) Keen, chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened soon after, 5th of 9, 4l behind Satwa Laird (9-4) at Chepstow 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gf.

        Cut The Cackle (IRE) 7-1 (8-12) Held up in rear, ridden 2f out, ran on, not reach leaders, 5th of 7, 2 1/2l behind Ray Of Joy (8-12) at Kempton 6f fll hcp (4) pol.

        Romanticize 6-1 (9-0) Keen, prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened 1f out, 8th of 10, 5l behind Cyflymder (9-8) at Newmarket 7f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jun.

        Penzena 5-2fav (9-1) Led, ridden 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Young Dottie (8-13) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.

        Perfect Friend 14-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, well in rear, still last and plenty to do over 2f out, headway and switched left over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 6th of 15, 9l behind Beat The Bell (9-3) at Windsor 6f app hcp (5) gf in Apr.

        Arabian Pearl (IRE) 10-1 (8-9) Stumbled start, raced in rear, some late headway, never nearer, 5th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Day Of The Eagle (9-1) at Newmarket 7f hcp 0-80 (4) gf.