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15:00 Newmarket

Betfair Acca Edge Handicap (Class 2)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 6f
  • Going: Good to Firm (Good in places, Watered)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £30,000 added
  • Winner: £18,675
  • 2nd: £5,592
  • 3rd: £2,796
  • 4th: £1,398
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 0.36s
  • Off Time: 15:00:57
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Desert Encounter (IRE)

2/1

    2
    Silk -

    Poyle Thomas

    17/2

      1(5)
      Silk - Emerald Green, Red stripe, halved sleeves, Emerald Green and Red striped cap

      Vive Ma Fille (GER)

      247
      7/1
      • Form 224530-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 97

      led after 2f, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong

      2(7)
      Silk - Royal blue

      Wolfcatcher (IRE)

      59 p
      4/1
      • Form 541122-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 94

      tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong

      3(3)
      Silk - Royal blue, white stripe, white sleeves, royal blue stars, check cap

      Hardstone (USA)

      35
      12/1
      • Form 50P15-7
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 92

      led 2f, led again over 2f out, ridden and joined approaching final furlong, headed final 75 yards, stayed on

      4(4)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Light Blue sleeves, Light Blue and Yellow quartered cap

      Poyle Thomas

      682 BF
      17/2
      • Form 110012/
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 90

      held up, headway on outer over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, not quite reach winner

      5(6)
      Silk - Yellow, dark blue sleeves, yellow stars, yellow cap, dark blue star

      Desert Encounter (IRE)

      14
      2/1
      • Form 42/31-1
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 89

      held up in rear, headway on inner over 3f out, switched left over 2f out, joined leader approaching final furlong, ridden to lead final 75 yards, just held on

      6(2)
      Silk - Purple and pink diamonds, pink sleeves, purple diamonds, purple cap

      Intense Tango

      105
      9/1
      • Form 4325-23
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 88

      close up, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out

      7(1)
      Silk - Red, black triple diamond, striped sleeves, hooped cap

      Resiliency (IRE)

      13
      5/1
      • Form 2/4400-4
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-10
      • Official Rating 86

      close up, outpaced 3f out, kept on inside final furlong

      Previous results

      2015
      (4)
      Silk -

      Elidor

      11/2
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-7

      2014
      (9)
      Silk -

      Van Percy

      11/4
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-10

      2013
      (3)
      Silk -

      Tiger Cliff (IRE)

      5/1
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-8

      In depth

      Verdict

      Wolfcatcher won for Andre Fabre in France and over hurdles for John Ferguson last year. He’s now joined Charlie Appleby though the handicapper has taken no chances rating him 94 back on the Flat. DESERT ENCOUNTER looks a safer bet as he continued his good progress to land a handicap at Doncaster a fortnight ago and this extra distance should suit. Vive Ma Fille still looks high enough in the weights, despite a further drop, but Intense Tango went close off a similar mark at Chelmsford in January. It remains to be seen if Poyle Thomas retains all his ability having missed the whole of last year but he did win over 1m7f here in 2014.

      Formwatch

      Vive Ma Fille (GER) 14-1 (8-7) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 11, 8 1/2l behind Gretchen (8-7) at Doncaster 1m 7f Grp 2 fll stks (1) gd in Sep.

      Wolfcatcher (IRE) 33-1 (11-5) Chased leaders, blundered 2 out, soon weakened, 11th of 22, 25 3/4l behind Diego Du Charmil (11-1) at Cheltenham 2m hcp (1) gd in Mar.

      Hardstone (USA) 10-1 (9-1) Tracked leader until ridden over 1f out, faded final furlong, 7th of 8, 5 1/4l behind Top Tug (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (2) pol in Apr.

      Poyle Thomas 6-5fav (9-7) Held up off the pace in 6th, driven along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd final 50 yards and closed on winner, not quite get up, 2nd of 9, shd behind Presto Volante (9-3) at Kempton 2m hcp (3) pol in Jul.

      Desert Encounter (IRE) 5-2 (9-6) Held up in touch, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, driven clear inside final furlong, ran on strongly, won at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Apr beating Craggaknock (9-7) by 2 1/4l, 5 ran.

      Intense Tango 8-1 (11-5) Held up towards rear in 5th, ridden and weakened before 2 out, 6th of 7, 21l behind Smart Talk (11-5) at Doncaster 2m 1f (1) gd in Jan.

      Resiliency (IRE) 9-1 (9-3) Held up in touch, effort over 2f out, never able to challenge, 4th of 12, 7 1/2l behind Rideonastar (8-5) at Salisbury 1m 6f hcp (3) gs in May.