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18:35 Newton Abbot

Lord Mildmay Memorial Handicap Chase (Class B) (Class B)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 5f 110y
  • Going: Good to Soft
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 12.60s
  • 11 Ran
1
Silk - Yellow, Emerald Green braces, armlets and star on cap
  • Form B14F-21
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-12

chased leader, jumped left 1st, led 10th, clear 4 out, unchallenged

2
Silk - Emerald green, scarlet hooped sleeves and cap
  • Form U1-2632
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-8

held up towards rear, ridden and headway approaching 10th, blundered 11th, stayed on same pace 2 out

3
Silk - Emerald green, orange hoops, white cap

Grimes

23 b
6/1
  • Form 32/01-20
  • Age 11
  • Weight 11-7

led to 10th, ridden 11th, soon weakened, tailed off 3 out, pulled up before 2 out

4
Silk - Purple, Light Blue epaulets, quartered cap
  • Form 112F/1U
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-2

prominent, ridden and headway 11th, chased winner 3 out, stayed on well from 2 out

5
Silk - DARK BLUE, YELLOW cross belts, collar and cuffs, striped cap
  • Form 5F0-414
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-2

held up in touch, headway 12th, chased winner 4 out, weaken 3 out

6
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, EMERALD GREEN sleeves, WHITE cap, EMERALD GREEN spots
7/1
  • Form F4-1110
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-13

held up towards rear, ridden and headway 10th, mistake 11th, stayed on from 3 out (nearest finish)

7
Silk - Yellow, large Red spots, Dark Blue sleeves, Yellow cap, Red spots

Roveretto

35 v
16/1
  • Form 34/4226
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-10

prominent, ridden after 9th and lost touch, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out

8
Silk - Black, Red sleeves, Black spots
20/1
  • Form 4211-P5
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-2

tracked leader, mistake 6th, ridden 11th, stayed on from 4 out

9
Silk - LIGHT BLUE, WHITE spots, armlets and cap
10/1
  • Form 31P4-11
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-1

held up towards rear, ridden after 9th, soon weakened

10
Silk - ORANGE, BLACK star and star on cap
  • Form 030-U34
  • Age 11
  • Weight 10-0

always behind, no impression

11
Silk - White, Royal Blue and Yellow hooped sleeves, Yellow cap
7/1
  • Form 546U-13
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-0

held up towards rear, ridden and headway 11th, weaken approaching 2 out

In depth

Verdict

A decent contest here with some good money up for grabs and plenty of interest as a result, and we will take Saffron Sun to complete a hat-trick, with Take The Stand and Wuxi Venture perhaps the ones to complete the frame. Saffron Sun comes into the race with two confidence boosting wins over three miles and then two-and-a-half at Exeter and Stratford, and although he needs a career best effort to win this, he has more ticks in the right boxes than the rest of them. For example, trip and ground will both suit him, he jumps well and is generally very consistent and so with the others all having more doubts about them, he can overcome his mark to score. At the other end of the weights, Take The Stand has to concede all around but can still run a big race. Peter Bowen's charge is another who has to run a p.b. to land this, and although he did run well over course and distance on his penultimate start, his most recent run suggests that this trip is not really far enough for him and with doubts about him with cut he is overlooked this time. Richard Fahey's yard are flying at the moment and he doesn't send many down here, so it could pay to take note with Wuxi Venture. Admittedly the gelding is out of the handicap, but trip and ground will suit him and he could make the frame at a price. There are others who you could make a case for, but with doubts over the ground for the likes of Grimes and Gladiateur IV and the trip for Tango Royal, we are happy to stick with Saffron Sun to take the feature.