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15:45 Newmarket

Hopeful Stakes (Class A)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 6f
  • Going: Good to Firm (Watered)
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 11.62s
  • 6 Ran
2
Silk -
6/5

    1(1)
    Silk - EMERALD GREEN, YELLOW and EMERALD GREEN chevrons on sleeves, WHITE cap, YELLOW star
    • Form 140000
    • Age 6
    • Weight 9-4

    held up, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace

    2(6)
    Silk - Dark blue, beige armlets, red cap

    Somnus

    13
    6/5
    • Form 1-50114
    • Age 3
    • Weight 9-1

    held up, ridden over 2f out, no impression until ran on well inside final furlong

    3(2)
    Silk - Red, Yellow hoop, halved sleeves, Yellow cap
    11/8
    • Form 231110
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-0

    held up, headway 2f out, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on

    4(5)
    Silk - White, Dark Blue armlets and cap
    10/1
    • Form 11423-4
    • Age 3
    • Weight 8-11

    in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

    5(4)
    Silk - Brown and Light Blue diabolo, Light Blue sleeves, Brown cap, Light Blue star
    8/1
    • Form 2-50021
    • Age 3
    • Weight 8-11

    tracked leader, ridden and weakened over 1f out

    6(3)
    Silk - Emerald Green, Maroon epaulets and star on cap
    66/1
    • Form 030442
    • Age 6
    • Weight 8-9

    led, five lengths clear halfway, ridden over 1f out, weakened and headed inside final furlong

    Previous results

    In depth

    Verdict

    A small but select field for the feature race on the card and the vote goes to Somnus ahead of stable mate Fayr Jag while Royal Beacon and Revenue will prove no pushovers. Tim Easterby's charge was a smart juvenile last year and, following a poor start to the season, the three-year-old has bounced back to form with back-to-back wins over this trip at Haydock and in a Listed event at Newbury. The son of Pivotal looked desperately unlucky not to complete a hat-trick at the Shergar Cup meeting when travelleing easily on the bridle but failing to find daylight at the finish and had to settle for fourth placing. Granted better fortune, Somnus should be able to reverse form with the runner-up Royal Beacon who has since advertised the form by taking a handicap over the course and distance last weekend. Fayr Jag has put up a string of smart efforts in valuable handicaps this term and put up his best performance when dead-heading for first in the ultra competitive Wokingham at Royal Ascot. The four-year-old wasn't disgraced form a poor draw behind Patavellian in the Stewards Cup and has strong claims on these terms so rates a big danger. Revenue was placed in Pattern events as a juvenile and will be sharper for a recent Doncaster comeback so can't be ruled out but Somnus has the class to defy a 4lb penalty and should take plenty of beating.