Racecards
14:00 Newcastle
All-Weather Mile Championships Conditions Stakes (Class 2)
- 11 Runners
- Distance: 1m 5y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £150,000 added
- Winner: £77,310
- 2nd: £36,255
- 3rd: £18,135
- 4th: £9,060
- Form 12131-4
- Age 6
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer A G Botti
- Jockey Andrea Atzeni
slowly away, held up in rear, headway from 2f out, chasing leaders over 1f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong
- Form 462-336
- Age 5
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 100
- Trainer M Appleby
- Jockey Alistair Rawlinson
raced keenly, pressed leader, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 206351
- Age 8
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 101
- Trainer D M Simcock
- Jockey J P Spencer
steadied start, held up in rear, headway when not much room and bumped rival over 1f out, switched right entering final furlong, soon went 3rd, kept on
- Form 0421-61
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 102
- Trainer N Caullery
- Jockey Gregory Benoist
held up in rear, headway and bumped over 1f out, hung left inside final furlong, no impression, kept on
- Form 6923-12
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 99
- Trainer A Watson
- Jockey P Mulrennan
tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, fading inside final 100 yards
- Form 2/11-110
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 104
- Trainer R Varian
- Jockey David Egan
held up in touch, pushed along and unable to quicken over 2f out, well held from over 1f out
- Form 3453-16
- Age 5
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 113
- Trainer W J Haggas
- Jockey Tom Marquand
held up in touch, not much room briefly 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, pressed but held on
- Form 433-431
- Age 6
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 105
- Trainer J P O'Brien
- Jockey D McMonagle
tracked leaders, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, rallied towards finish, just held
- Form 169/162
- Age 6
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 101
- Trainer A Watson
- Jockey Hollie Doyle
led until over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 93114-3
- Age 9
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 97
- Trainer Mrs A J Perrett
- Jockey K Shoemark
held up in mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out
In depth
Verdict
MY OBERON made a winning reappearance in the Group 3 Earl Of Sefton at Newmarket last season and his next three starts were at the highest level. He warmed up for a crack at the Dubai Turf with a victory on this surface at Southwell, with Tempus well beaten, and ran well for sixth in the Meydan Group 1. San Andreas didn't have to be at his best to score at Dundalk but his overall form doesn't quite match that of the selection while La Tihaty's winning run on Polytrack came to an end with a poor run on Tapeta at Wolverhampton. Fort Payne arrives from France with four all-weather victories to his credit including at Chantilly last month while Amilcar also had a very good record in France and warmed up for this when finishing strongly in a Wolverhampton Listed contest over 7f.
Formwatch
Amilcar (IRE) 7-1 (9-6) In touch, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 1 3/4l behind Tinker Toy (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f lst stks (1) pol in Mar.
Ayr Harbour 22-1 (9-3) Keen led 1f, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, faded inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 3 1/4l behind Tinker Toy (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f lst stks (1) pol in Mar.
Bless Him (IRE) 13-8fav (9-10) Bumped start, held up in last, headway and switched left over 1f out, challenged inside final furlong, carried right, ridden towards finish, led and edged right close home, won at Newcastle 7f hcp (3) pol in Mar beating Vafortino (9-7) by nk, 11 ran.
Fort Payne (FR) (8-12) won at Chantilly 1m stks pol in Mar beating Salesman (8-12) by 1l, 10 ran.
Freescape (9-0) 8th of 14, 7 3/4l behind Alfareeq (9-0) at Meydan 1m 1f Grp 1 fst in Mar.
Imperial Sands (IRE) 2-1fav (9-5) Disputed lead, pushed along and headed narrowly over 1f out, ridden and led briefly 110 yards out, soon headed and kept on one pace, 2nd of 7, 1 1/4l behind Hafeet Alain (8-13) at Lingfield 1m hcp (2) pol in Feb.
La Tihaty (IRE) 10-3fav (9-10) Raced wide in touch, pushed along and weakened over 2f out, 11th of 12, 14 1/2l behind Notre Belle Bete (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) pol in Mar.
My Oberon (IRE) (9-0) 6th of 14, 4 1/2l behind Lord North (9-0) at Meydan 1m 1f Grp 1 (1) fst in Mar.
San Andreas (IRE) 8-11fav (9-5) Awkward leaving stalls, led early, tracked leader, 3rd halfway, headway to lead 2f out, pushed out and kept on well final furlong, won at Dundalk 1m pol in Mar beating Casanova (9-5) by 1 3/4l, 5 ran.
Tempus 22-1 (9-0) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 4, 2 1/4l behind Chindit (9-0) at Doncaster 1m lst stks (1) gs in Mar.
You're Hired 12-1 (9-11) Held up in rear, headway and switched left over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, 3rd and held close home, 3rd of 5, 1/2l behind Menai Bridge (8-10) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Feb.