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14:00 Salisbury

Douglas Thomas 70th Birthday Handicap (Class 4)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f
  • Going: Good to Firm, Firm in places
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 35.49s
  • Off Time: 14:00:37
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Love Always

14/1

    2
    Silk -

    Yakimov (USA)

    12/1

      1(8)
      Silk - Apple Green, Black sleeves

      Solo Flight

      23 D
      6/1
      • Form 0049-40
      • Age 9
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 85

      held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, effort 1f out, soon weakened

      3(4)
      Silk - White, Red diamond, Grey sleeves, Red cap

      Yakimov (USA)

      10
      12/1
      • Form 4-01670
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 81

      slowly into stride and held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on well final furlong, nearest finish

      4(2)
      Silk - Brown, Pink sash

      Modaffaa

      25 D
      7/2
      • Form 345334
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 78

      prominent, led after 3f, ridden and quickened 3f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra

      5(7)
      Silk - Black, Yellow hoops, diabolo on sleeves and star on cap

      Augustine

      4
      10/3
      • Form 113232
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 76

      held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, good headway and every chance 1f out, not quicken close home

      6(6)
      Silk - Dark Blue and Red diamonds, Red sleeves and cap

      Love Always

      11 D
      14/1
      • Form 1658-05
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 72

      prominent, switched left, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on well final furlong, led close home, comfortably

      7(5)
      Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE stripe, striped sleeves, YELLOW cap

      Desert Island Disc

      5 CDD
      15/2
      • Form 7-17424
      • Age 9
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 72

      chased leader, ridden approaching 3f out, weakened 1f out

      8(3)
      Silk - OXFORD BLUE, GREEN sleeves, FLAME cap

      Velvet Waters

      5 D
      7/2
      • Form 58-4732
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-4
      • Official Rating 68

      led for 3f, ridden and chased leader 3f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra

      2(1)
      NR

      Inchloch

      17
      • Form 31345-1
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 82

      Nonrunner

      In depth

      Verdict

      Desert Island Disc gets the vote ahead of Velvet Waters and Love Always. Solo Flight is back to a winning mark. Inchloch got back to winning ways last time but will he like the fast going and he also has a penalty to carry? Modaffaa is lightly raced but needs to improve by a couple of pounds in order to win, although that could happen if this becomes a tactical affair. Augustine has a similar profile. Love Always caught the eye at Lingfield last time and could now have dropped to a fair mark. Desert Island Disc has won this race in the past, has been running well of late and remains on a competitive mark, so is respected. She is closely weighted with Velvet Waters on their recent meeting and, given that the latter might get a soft lead today, can go well also. Overall, though, the vote goes to Desert Island Disc.

      Formwatch

      Solo Flight 8-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, always behind, 11th of 13, 21l behind Day To Remember (9-2) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) sft in May.

      Yakimov (USA) 20-1 (9-7) Never better than mid-division, 10th of 17, 9l behind Trouble Mountain (8-4) at Haydock 1m 3f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.

      Modaffaa 9-2 (8-12) Steadied start, soon in touch, effort 2f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out, 4th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Mudawin (9-2) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in May.

      Augustine 5-1 (9-3) Held up behind leaders, pushed along over 2f out, not much room and switched left over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 2nd of 10, 2l behind Riley Boys (8-12) at Beverley 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gf.

      Love Always 33-1 (9-7) Held up in rear, ridden and stayed on final furlong, never nearer, 5th of 10, 6l behind Secretary General (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (5) gf.

      Desert Island Disc 8-1 (8-11) Towards rear, headway on outside over 5f out, ridden to chase leaders 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 11, 1 1/2l behind Sir Monty (9-5) at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.

      Velvet Waters 9-1 (8-12) Led after 1f, ridden over 3f out, challenged 1f out, headed line, 2nd of 11, hd behind Sir Monty (9-5) at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.

      Inchloch 16-1 (8-5) Held up, ridden and headway on outer over 2f out, kept on to lead towards finish, won at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) gd beating Kova Hall (9-1) by a nk, 16 ran.