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16:45 Nottingham

HBLB Handicap

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 54y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Firm in places
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 41.58s
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Emerald Bay (IRE)

6/4

    2
    Silk -

    Bolton Hall (IRE)

    5/1

      1(5)
      Silk - Maroon, White stars, Orange sleeves, Maroon cap, White star

      Lincolneurocruiser

      340 v BF
      40/1
      • Form 523120-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 86

      slowly away, always in rear, behind final 3f

      2(2)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow hoop, Light Blue sleeves, Black cap

      Vanadium

      6 C
      11/4
      • Form 1317
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 81

      held up, ridden 3f out, no impression

      3(3)
      Silk - Red, White epaulets, Black and White hooped sleeves and cap

      Emerald Bay (IRE)

      17 D
      6/4
      • Form 4-21
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 79

      tracked leader, joined leader 3f out, led over 1f out, ridden, ran on

      4(6)
      Silk - Purple, Pink chevrons, hooped sleeves, quartered cap

      Fly To Dubai (IRE)

      8 BFD
      7/1
      • Form 121310
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 79

      led, joined 3f out, ridden, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong

      5(4)
      Silk - White, Purple cross belts, sleeves and cap

      Transvestite (IRE)

      9
      11/2
      • Form 371-245
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 78

      held up, ridden 3f out, kept on one pace

      6(1)
      Silk - WHITE, PURPLE Cross of Lorraine, EMERALD GREEN sleeves, PURPLE armlets, EMERALD GREEN and WHITE hooped cap

      Bolton Hall (IRE)

      10
      5/1
      • Form 953145
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-10
      • Official Rating 77

      keen, close up, ridden 3f out, stayed on to take 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner

      In depth

      Verdict

      A poor turnout for this quite valuable prize and Emerald Bay is chosen to beat Vanadium and Fly To Dubai. Mark Johnston, by his standards had a quiet Royal York, but on the whole his horses are now running well and Emerald Bay looks poised to follow up her recent Haydock success. She beat Pace Shot by a comfortable margin and looks on a fair mark for her handicap debut. Vanadium made up the numbers in the St James's Palace Stakes at York last week, but had previously landed a Sandown handicap in great style. He still has scope for improvement and looks the main threat to the selection. Fly to Dubai ran no sort of race at Doncaster last time but his previous victory at Ripon puts him in with solid claims here. Transvestite rarely runs a bad race and looks the pick of the others, however Emerald Bay won with plenty in hand last time and looks set to make it back to back victories.

      Formwatch

      Lincolneurocruiser 5-1co-fav (9-7) Held up, ridden halfway, soon weakened, 12th of 14, 12l behind Colonel Bilko (7-13) at Leicester 6f 2yo hcp (E) gf in Jul.

      Vanadium 100-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, effort over 4f out, some headway over 3f out, no impression, 7th of 8, 15l behind Shamardal (9-0) at York 1m 3yo Grp 1 (1) gf.

      Emerald Bay (IRE) 11-8fav (9-0) Made all, ridden over 1f out, ran on, won at Haydock 1m 3yo mdn (5) gd beating Pace Shot (9-0) by 1 1/2l, 14 ran.

      Fly To Dubai (IRE) 7-2jt-fav (9-0) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, lost pace over 1f out, 10th of 13, 14l behind Tax Free (9-0) at Doncaster 7f 3yo hcp (4) gf.

      Transvestite (IRE) 14-1 (8-10) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, unable to challenge, weakened final furlong, 5th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Rohaani (9-4) at Sandown 1m 1f 3yo hcp (3) gf.

      Bolton Hall (IRE) 14-1 (9-3) Held up in mid-division, not clear run inside final 2f, kept on final furlong, no danger, 5th of 13, 2 1/2l behind High Dyke (9-0) at Sandown 1m 3yo hcp (4) gf.