Racecards
17:25 Nottingham
ratedbookies.com Nursery (Class 5)
- 11 Runners
- Distance: 6f 18y
- Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £5,000 added
- Winner: £3,234
- 2nd: £962
- 3rd: £481
- 4th: £240
Hard Graft
45- Form 475
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer D H Brown
- Jockey Fran Berry
behind, headway far side of group, under pressure over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, never nearer
- Form 321342
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer S Kirk
- Jockey Mitch Godwin
held up in mid-divison, hung left and weakened over 1f out, behind and eased inside final furlong
Polar Light
25- Form 864
- Age 2
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer D R C Elsworth
- Jockey David Egan
held up and behind, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, unable to reach leaders
- Form 3433
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey P J McDonald
chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
- Form 934
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer T D Barron
- Jockey S H James
chased leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
- Form 3454
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer P T Midgley
- Jockey Rob Hornby
chased leaders, ridden to lead entering final furlong, headed and not pace of winner well inside final furlong
- Form 104
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer Miss A Murphy
- Jockey A Kirby
chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
Contribute
31- Form 8546
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 66
led, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on same pace
- Form 166
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer R A Fahey
- Jockey T Hamilton
always towards rear, never on terms
- Form 5534
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer B Ellison
- Jockey Ben Robinson
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened and eased final furlong
- Form 457531
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey Robert Tart
outpaced in rear, good headway near side of group over 1f out, strong run to lead, well inside final furlong, won going away
Verdict
This looks fairly open but SHOVEL IT ON took a big step forward when running away with a nursery over 7f at Leicester last time and has every chance under a penalty if handling the drop back in trip. Alaska has yet to run a bad race and gets on well with 5lb claimer Mitch Godwin while Moonlit Sands and Story Minister have shown enough to get involved. Hermana Santa is another to consider and Contribute wasn’t disgraced last time in a much higher grade. Polar Light makes her handicap debut on a fair mark and may be the pick of the remainder.
Formwatch
Hard Graft 11-2 (9-2) Tracked leaders in 3rd place, pushed along over 2f out weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 9 1/2l behind Haddaf (9-2) at Newcastle 5f stks (3) pol in Jul.
Alaska (IRE) 7-2 (9-4) Hung left throughout, raced keenly, soon chasing leaders, ridden to lead narrowly inside final furlong, headed and no extra 100 yards out, 2nd of 6, 1 1/2l behind That's My Girl (8-5) at Newbury 6f (5) sft in Jul.
Polar Light 33-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 9, 3 1/4l behind Quivery (9-7) at Newmarket 7f fll stks (5) gd in Jul.
Story Minister (IRE) 8-1 (9-1) Chased leader, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, narrowly headed inside final furlong, chased leader until 100 yards out, no extra, 3rd of 6, 1 3/4l behind That's My Girl (8-5) at Newbury 6f (5) sft in Jul.
Hermana Santa (IRE) 40-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Savalas (9-2) at Thirsk 5f stks (5) gs in Jul.
Ce De Nullis (IRE) 14-1 (8-5) In rear, driven and headway from over 1f out, switched left and went 4th inside final furlong, not trouble leaders, 4th of 8, 3 1/4l behind Angel Force (8-0) at York 5f (3) gs in Jul.
Blessed To Empress (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Keen tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra and lost 3rd inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 7 1/2l behind Emilia James (9-3) at Chelmsford City 5f stks (4) pol in Jun.
Contribute 7-1 (8-3) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, soon every chance, weakened towards finish, 6th of 7, 2 1/2l behind Mr Wagyu (8-8) at York 6f (2) gd in Jul.
Our Kid (IRE) 12-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 6 3/4l behind Stormbringer (9-2) at Redcar 6f stks (5) gs in Aug.
Moonlit Sands (IRE) 10-1 (8-3) Chased leaders, led 2f out, headed inside final furlong, held towards finish, 4th of 7, 1 1/4l behind Song Of Summer (8-0) at Doncaster 6f fll (4) gd in Jul.
Shovel It On (IRE) 5-1 (8-10) Tracked leaders, bumped over 5f out, led over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, easily, won at Leicester 7f (5) sft in Aug beating Milan Reef (8-4) by 5l, 9 ran.