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15:20 Newmarket

Close Brothers Premium Finance Handicap (Class 2)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 6f
  • Going: Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £15,000 added
  • Winner: £9,704
  • 2nd: £2,888
  • 3rd: £1,443
  • 4th: £722
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 57.90s
  • Off Time: 15:20:36
  • 7 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Believe In Love (IRE)

11/4

    2
    Silk -

    Mondain

    10/1

      1(4)
      Silk - Light Blue and Red diamonds, Light Blue sleeves, Red cap, Light Blue diamond

      Amazing Red (IRE)

      39 CCD
      14/1
      • Form 76-5037
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 97

      tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out

      2(5)
      Silk - Purple, Emerald Green striped sleeves, White cap

      Entangling (IRE)

      8
      11/1
      • Form 3-23554
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 94

      behind early, headway 4f out, ridden 3f out, chased winner 2f out until inside final furlong, no extra

      3(6)
      Silk - Dark green and white diabolo, white and dark green diabolo on sleeves, dark green and white quartered cap

      Moon King (FR)

      41 b D
      10/3
      • Form 146-189
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 93

      close up, ridden and lost place 4f out, tailed off

      4(2)
      Silk - Royal blue, white hoop, striped sleeves, white cap, royal blue star

      Fox Vardy (USA)

      21 C
      2/1
      • Form 629-133
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 92

      prominent, led after 3f, ridden over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

      5(7)
      Silk - Silver, tassel on cap

      Mondain

      13
      10/1
      • Form 8-91424
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 91

      held up, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 2f out, kept on to chase clear winner inside final furlong, no chance

      6(1)
      Silk - Dark Green and Purple (halved), White sleeves, Purple diamonds, Purple cap

      Mukha Magic

      6 p
      25/1
      • Form 116358
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 88

      led 3f, prominent, ridden and weakened 3f out, tailed off

      7(3)
      Silk - Light blue, red cross belts, red sleeves, light blue armlets, quartered cap

      Believe In Love (IRE)

      14 CD
      11/4
      • Form 622111
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 97

      close up, headway 3f out, led on bit over 2f out, shaken up and soon clear over 1f out, comfortable

      Previous results

      2019
      (6)
      Silk -

      Saroog

      11/8
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-2

      2018
      (6)
      Silk -

      Star Of The East (IRE)

      8/1
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-2

      2017
      (7)
      Silk -

      Hochfeld (IRE)

      9/4
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9

      In depth

      Verdict

      BELIEVE IN LOVE is a filly in fine form having won her last three. She proved she stayed this trip over course and distance last time and will be tough to beat. Fox Vardy has solid form over 1m4f but didn’t impress when tried over 1m6f last year at York when finishing behind Mondain. The latter is trained by Mark Johnston, who has won this three times in the last four years. Moon King has been racing over further but has won over this trip and has a good strike-rate. He could be a threat if first-time blinkers have the desired effect but Amazing Red could still be a few pounds too high.

      Formwatch

      Amazing Red (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Towards rear, wide and effort 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 7, 7 1/4l behind Mancini (9-0) at Sandown 1m 6f hcp (2) gf in Jul.

      Entangling (IRE) 20-1 (9-4) In rear, pushed along 5f out, ridden and headway 2f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 9, 6l behind Alfaatik (9-3) at York 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Aug.

      Moon King (FR) 15-2 (9-0) Tracked leaders on inside, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 9th of 11, 8 1/4l behind Reshoun (9-3) at Newbury 2m hcp (2) gd in Jul.

      Fox Vardy (USA) 7-1 (8-13) Raced keenly in mid-division, headway on inside tracking leaders 8f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, went 3rd final strides, 3rd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Look Closely (9-3) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp (2) gf in Aug.

      Mondain 3-1 (10-2) Mid-division, not clear run 2f out, stayed on again final furlong, 4th of 6, 3 1/4l behind Zeeband (8-3) at Ripon 1m 6f hcp (3) gs in Aug.

      Mukha Magic 20-1 (9-12) Pushed along from stalls and led 4f, tracked leader, every chance 2f out, soon ridden, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 12, 8 1/2l behind Seinesational (9-4) at Sandown 1m 6f hcp (3) gd in Aug.

      Believe In Love (IRE) 5-4fav (8-9) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, ran on strongly (hand time), won at Newmarket 1m 6f hcp fll (2) gf in Aug beating Alemagna (8-13) by 4 1/2l, 4 ran.