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20:10 Nottingham

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  • 4 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 1f 213y
  • Going: Soft (Straight Course: Soft, Heavy in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £12,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 12.37s
  • Off Time: 20:10:39
  • 4 Ran
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Silk -

Perfectperformance (USA)

4/5

    1(4)
    Silk - Light Blue and Dark Blue diamonds, White sleeves, Dark Blue armlets, White cap

    Air Guitar (IRE)

    50 v
    66/1
    • Age 7
    • Weight 9-0

    slowly into stride, led after 2f, headed over 3f, soon weakened

    2(2)
    Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap

    Nakheel

    19
    5/2
    • Form 832400
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-0
    • Official Rating 96

    led after 1f, headed after 2f, chased leader, led again over 3f, ridden over 2f, soon weakened

    3(3)
    Silk - Royal blue

    Perfectperformance (USA)

    328
    4/5
    • Form 21175/1-
    • Age 5
    • Weight 9-0
    • Official Rating 104

    led for 1f, chased leaders, led over 2f out, driven out

    4(1)
    Silk - Black and White (halved), check cap, Light Blue sleeves

    Tucker

    20 p
    7/2
    • Form 0228-40
    • Age 5
    • Weight 9-0
    • Official Rating 102

    held up in rear, headway to chase winner over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, always held

    In depth

    Verdict

    Perfectperformance wouldn't need to be foot-perfect to win on his reappearance and he gets the vote ahead of Nakheel. None of the four have proven themselves to be at home on this sort of ground but Perfectperformance has the class to carry himself through. An expensive purchase, the five-year-old is lightly raced but did win on his reappearance run last year and he looks to have been found a weak race here. Tucker has run well below par on soft ground every time he has encountered it since his second start, however Walter Swinburn's runner may be able to perform better today. The suspicion is though that a mile suits best, so Nakheel could prove the biggest threat. The stable are in good form but this horse is yet to prove himself on ground this soft and has also been out of form on his last two starts. Hurdler Air Guitar is out of his depth on his first flat start, so with the dangers looking very thin on the ground, Perfectperformance gets the nomination.

    Formwatch

    Air Guitar (IRE) 9-2 (11-12) Held up in touch, closer order 5th, ridden before 3 out, every chance last, edged right and pace flat, 3rd of 9, 3l behind Bauhaus (11-12) at Huntingdon 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gf in May (N.Hunt).

    Nakheel 12-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden and headway 3f out, weakened 2f out, 12th of 14, 24l behind Pevensey (8-10) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp 0-105 (2) gs in Jun.

    Perfectperformance (USA) 7-4 (9-0) Tracked leader, driven and progress to lead over 2f out, ridden and kept on well final furlong, won at Newmarket 1m 4f stk (2) gd in Aug beating Camrose (9-0) by 3/4l, 5 ran.

    Tucker 9-1 (8-13) Led, headed briefly over 7f out, soon regained lead, headed over 3f out, weakened quickly over 2f out, tailed off, 11th of 12, 36l behind Championship Point (9-2) at Ascot 1m 2f lst hcp (1) gs in Jun.