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15:45 Nottingham

'Further Flight' Stakes (Class A)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 6f 15y
  • Going: Good
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 5.74s
  • 11 Ran
1(11)
Silk - Royal Blue, White spots, White sleeves, Royal Blue armlets and spots on White cap
11/4
  • Form 21330-4
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-2

prominent, led 4f out, ridden over 2f out, headed and not quicken well inside final furlong

2(2)
Silk - Dark Green, Yellow hoop and armlets, check cap
8/1
  • Form 141131/
  • Age 8
  • Weight 8-13

in touch, ridden over 2f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong

3(8)
Silk - RED and ROYAL BLUE diamonds, EMERALD GREEN and RED striped sleeves, RED cap, EMERALD GREEN diamond
16/1
  • Form 16005-3
  • Age 8
  • Weight 8-13

held up and keen, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

4(12)
Silk - Royal Blue, White chevron, Light Blue cap
  • Form 2/2503-2
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-13

mid-division, headway over 4f out, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out

5(1)
Silk - BOTTLE GREEN and RED (quartered), BOTTLE GREEN sleeves, YELLOW cap
10/1
  • Form 32046-1
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-13

mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened

6(6)
Silk - Black, White hooped sleeves, Red and White hooped cap
40/1
  • Form 511014-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-13

in touch, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened

8(3)
Silk - Red, Black disc, Black sleeves, Red spots
66/1
  • Form 135312-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-13

behind, effort over 3f out, weakened over 2f out

9(5)
Silk - White, Black chevron, Black and White striped sleeves, White cap, Black diamonds
5/1
  • Form 241023-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-10

held up, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

10(7)
Silk - Red, Green cap and striped sleeves
8/1
  • Form 2/20512-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-10

prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong

11(4)
Silk - White, Emerald Green hoops on body, White cap
16/1
  • Form 213544-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-5

held up, headway over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out

12(9)
Silk - White, Light Blue chevron and sleeves, Black cap

Tidal

240
100/1
  • Form 35516-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-5

led 10f, soon weakened

7(10)
NR
  • Form 631030-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-13

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

A cracking contest for the Listed event, as you would expected. Hannibal Lad produced quite a shock in this last year when seeing off the likes of Bosham Mill and the odds on Double Honour. Mark Johnston, who supplied the latter, relies on Darasim this time around. He is sure to strip sharper for his outing at Doncaster, and a reproduction of his run in the Group 2 Lonsdale Stakes at York last year, should be good enough in this. He is taken to turn around the form with Mesmeric, who was just in front of him on Town Moor, as this step up in trip looks sure to suit him better. Last years Tote Ebor third Barathea Blazer, may provide the biggest threat. Peter Harris' four-year-old is still open to some improvement, having only had eight outings to date. Whatever his fate here, he looks a horse to follow this term. Dusky Warbler took a rare scalp when getting the verdict over the subsequent high-class Moon Ballad in the Stewards room at Newmarket on his debut. Michael Bell's gelding hasn't gone on quite as expected, but it could be that the best of him is yet to come.