Racecards
14:10 Nottingham
Fairfax Saddles Grassroots Series Final Nursery (Class 2)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 6f 18y
- Going: Good to Firm (Good in Places)
- Surface: Turf
- £30,000 added
- Winner: £16,200
- 2nd: £7,605
- 3rd: £3,804
- 4th: £1,902

- Form 91145
- Age 2
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer W Muir & C Grassick
- Jockey P J McDonald
chased leader, ridden to lead entering final furlong, headed final 110 yards, 4th and held when hampered and snatched up towards finish

- Form 626102
- Age 2
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer H Palmer
- Jockey Connor Planas
slowly into stride and squeezed out start, off the pace in last pair, switched sharply right to near side rail and driven over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never able to recover

- Form 29213
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer B Smart
- Jockey Harrison Shaw
prominent near side of group, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, not reach winner

- Form 513746
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer D O'Meara
- Jockey A J Farragher
mid-division near side of group, weakened inside final 2f

- Form 450125
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer B R Millman
- Jockey Andrea Atzeni
raced keenly in rear, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on late, never nearer

- Form 53535
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer C Hills
- Jockey David Egan
wore hood to post, always prominent far side of group, ridden to challenge entering final furlong, led final 110 yards, soon hung right, ran on

- Form 550214
- Age 2
- Weight 8-5
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey S Hitchcott
mid-division, weakened final 2f

- Form 52356
- Age 2
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey F Norton
went left and hampered rival start, off the pace in last trio, headway far side of group over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not reach leaders

- Form 554630
- Age 2
- Weight 8-2
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey D Fentiman
led, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, weakening when slightly hampered inside final furlong

- Form 442925
- Age 2
- Weight 8-2
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey J P Sullivan
chased leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden and weakened final 2f
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
A drop back to 6f might help Chuck Taylor, who was third here in July. Ignac Lamar is more exposed than most and has been well beaten twice off this mark in handicaps already. He also finished behind Glorious Angel and Cotai Pearl at Newcastle earlier this month. PRIORS DELL has had excuses in both starts since completing a double at Newbury in July and he can defy top weight in a valuable nursery with Galore having shown her best form on the Polytrack at Kempton.
Formwatch
Priors Dell 11-2 (9-11) Awkward start, raced keenly in rear, in touch, ridden over 1f out, always held, last of 5, 5 1/2l behind Urban Sprawl (9-3) at Sandown 7f (4) gd in Aug.
Glorious Angel (IRE) 10-1 (9-3) Off the pace in last pair, good headway near side rail over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, went 2nd final 150 yards, no chance with winner, 2nd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Never Just A Dream (9-9) at Newcastle 6f (4) pol in Sep.
Cotai Pearl (IRE) 4-1 (9-4) Held up in mid-division, headway between horses over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, lost 2nd final 150 yards, furlong, plugged on in 3rd, 3rd of 10, 3 3/4l behind Never Just A Dream (9-9) at Newcastle 6f (4) pol in Sep.
Jaxta (IRE) 16-1 (9-11) Chased leaders, ridden 3f out, dropped away over 1f out, 6th of 7, 10l behind Belsito (9-4) at Redcar 5f stks (5) gs in Sep.
Ignac Lamar (IRE) 6-1 (8-9) Chased leaders, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 5l behind Never Just A Dream (9-9) at Newcastle 6f (4) pol in Sep.
Pending Appeal 16-1 (8-12) Led 1f out, prominent, ridden 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 2 3/4l behind New Endeavour (9-9) at Kempton 7f (4) pol in Sep.
Galore (IRE) 10-3 (9-9) Bumped start, mid-division, not much room and switched left 2f out, headway over 1f out, went 4th inside final furlong, kept on, 4th of 10, 5 3/4l behind Gumais (9-9) at Kempton 6f (6) pol in Sep.
Chuck Taylor (IRE) 11-1 (9-8) Close up, pushed along halfway, outpaced over 2f out, last of 6, 4 3/4l behind Star Player (9-11) at Epsom 7f (5) gd in Aug.
Platinum Girl 18-1 (8-2) Off the pace and always towards rear, 11th of 13, 12l behind Caernarfon (8-9) at Ayr 7f fll (4) gd in Sep.
Howyadoin (IRE) 15-2 (8-13) Held up, pushed along 2f out, headway final furlong, never going pace of leaders, no extra close home, 5th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Strength 'n Honour (9-9) at Catterick 5f (5) gs in Sep.