Racecards
14:55 Market Rasen
racinguk.com/anywhere: 3 Devices, 1 Price Novices' Handicap Chase (Class 4)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f
- Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
- Surface: Turf
- £5,800 added
- Winner: £3,769
- 2nd: £1,107
- 3rd: £553
- 4th: £277
- Form 684166-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 106
- Trainer Ian Williams
- Jockey Rob McCarth
held up, took keen hold, not fluent 4th, closed 6th, not fluent 10th, led before 2 out, hit last, headed flat, held towards finish
Dungeness
29- Form 3162F7-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-11
- Official Rating 105
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey Aidan Coleman
tracked leaders, challenged 4th, soon led, headed before 2 out, 4th and beaten when mistake last, weakened flat
- Form 4222P3-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-9
- Official Rating 103
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey A P McCoy
always handy, challenged last, led flat, driven out
- Form 5P6411-
- Age 9
- Weight 11-1
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer M C Chapman
- Jockey Joseph Cornwall
chased leaders, lost place and niggled along before 8th, outpaced from 4 out and well held approaching 3 out, ran on flat, went 3rd towards finish
- Form 14353/P-
- Age 7
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer M C Chapman
- Jockey Mr John Dawson
took keen hold, led until after 4th, jumped right 5th, every chance 3 out, no impression flat
Spiekeroog
23- Form 0/26679-
- Age 8
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer A D Brown
- Jockey David England
tracking leaders when jumped very slowly and dropped rear 1st, closed when jumped slowly 8th, outpaced 10th, well beaten before 3 out
Verdict
McCoy has a decent chance again in this on Old Pals Act but his mount remains on a high enough mark and struggles to get his head in front. Dungeness could be clumsy over hurdles and fell on his only previous try over fences. He'll have to be careful over these tricky obstacles but Tayarat has been a reformed character and is on a hat-trick, though is 8lb higher than for his latest success at Southwell. GHOST OF A SMILE is still a bit of a baby but did win over hurdles at Huntingdon in March and should do even better now tackling fences. He has more scope than these and can defy top weight.
Formwatch
Ghost Of A Smile (IRE) 3-1fav (10-12) Held up in rear, headway on outside 5th, outpaced after 8th, mistake and well held 3 out, 6th of 9, 30l behind Hold Court (11-10) at Ludlow 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-120 (4) gd in Apr.
Dungeness 8-1 (11-0) Led, not fluent 2nd, ridden after 8th, headed before 3 out, weakened next, 7th of 9, 36l behind Hold Court (11-10) at Ludlow 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-120 (4) gd in Apr.
Old Pals Act (IRE) 9-2 (11-12) Prominent, led after 4 out, headed 2 out, soon beaten, lost 2nd flat, 3rd of 9, 15l behind Roc De Guye (10-4) at Bangor 2m 4f hcp chs 0-105 (4) gd in Sep.
Tayarat (IRE) 3-1fav (10-3) Led until 7th, led agin 9th, headed 3 out, led again approaching last, stayed on well, won at Southwell 2m hcp chs 0-105 (4) gd in Apr beating Umustbejoking (10-9) by 1l, 6 ran.
The Society Man (IRE) 33-1 (10-8) Mid-division, weakened after 5 out, pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Surf And Turf (11-11) at Southwell 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gd in Apr, 12 ran.
Spiekeroog 33-1 (11-8) In touch, lost place from 9th, well beaten after 3 out, 9th of 13, 25l behind George Fernbeck (11-5) at Sedgefield 3m 3f hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gd in Apr.