Racecards
12:40 Sandown Park
Neil Kenworthy Memorial Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Class D)
- 11 Runners
- Distance: 2m 110y
- Going: Good to Soft
- Form 21
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer C J Mann
- Jockey Stephen Craine
tracked leaders, went 2nd going well after 3 out, led approaching 2 out, ridden and drew clear flat
Ile Michel
24- Form 203
- Age 6
- Weight 11-11
mistake 1st, stumbled 2nd, soon well clear, came back to field before 4 out, headed soon after 3 out, weakened rapidly, tailed off
- Form F01
- Age 4
- Weight 11-9
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey B J Geraghty
tracked leaders, effort and one pace over 2 out
- Form F6-2142
- Age 6
- Weight 11-8
- Trainer Mrs M Reveley
- Jockey Ruby Walsh
held up in rear, ridden and no impression after 3 out, blundered last
Analyze (FR)
21- Form 3230
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer B G Powell
- Jockey G Lee
always behind, tailed off when pulled up before last
Red Lion (FR)
199- Form 30340-0
- Age 6
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey M A Fitzgerald
mistakes 1st and 2nd, chased clear leaders to 3 out, weakened quickly before next, tailed off
- Form 404/5-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs N Smith
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
always in rear, stuggling 3 out, tailed off
Six of One
256- Form 6660-
- Age 5
- Weight 10-11
in touch, went 2nd 3 out, led soon after, headed approaching 2 out, soon outpaced, stayed on under pressure flat
- Form 560-2
- Age 7
- Weight 10-10
held up and behind, headway after 3 out, 5th and beaten when blundered 2 out
Castanet
34- Form 246-6
- Age 4
- Weight 10-8
- Trainer A Price
- Jockey J Goldstein
mid-division, ridden and struggling after 3 out, tailed off
- Form 2U1325
- Age 3
- Weight 10-6
held up in mid-division, headway after 3 out, chased winner 2 out, one pace, no impression and held before last
In depth
Verdict
Nathos could be the one here, with Red Lion, Dancer Life, My Line and Nowator looking the best of the rest. The selection dropped back from two-and-a-half miles to score at the second time of asking last time, and can continue to progress. Spring Pursuit was beaten an easy eight lengths by the selection at Uttoxter but is now 12 pounds better off (excluding Nathos's rider's seven-pound claim). Dancer Life looked progressive when winning at Huntingdon and, in a modest affair, has to be given a lot of respect. Mary Reveley sends her Carlisle winner My Line down from the north east and the six-year-old gelding should give a good account of himself. Six Of One won on the Flat over 13 furlongs in France in 2002, but has shown little over hurdles. Nowator comes into things on the basis of his fourth to subsequent winner Kadount at Haydock, while Red Lion, who won Epsom's Amateur Derby in 2002, has not been given a bad mark for his handicap debut when you look at the best of his form. He could give the selection, which is Nathos, the most to do.