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17:30 Sandown Park

Hwfa Williams Handicap (Class 4)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 1f 209y
  • Going: Good to Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £11,200 added
  • Winner: £6,469
  • 2nd: £1,925
  • 3rd: £962
  • 4th: £481
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 11.29s
  • Off Time: 17:32:27
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Zlatan (IRE)

4/1

    2
    Silk -

    Morning Has Broken (IRE)

    13/2

      2(8)
      Silk - Purple, orange stars, emerald green sleeves, purple armlets, orange cap

      Wimpole Hall

      119 p CD
      14/1
      • Form 3-15309
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 83

      started very slowly, well adrift, headway on outside 2f out, soon hung left, went 3rd over 1f out, closed on 2nd but no chance with winner

      3(1)
      Silk - Yellow, large Black spots and spots on cap

      The Last Emperor

      51 p
      7/4
      • Form 125-422
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-8
      • Official Rating 87

      chased leading pair on inside, ridden and weakened over 1f

      4(5)
      Silk - White, Purple epaulets and armlets

      Shadow Warrior

      15 D
      7/1
      • Form 331637
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 78

      held up in last pair, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out

      5(4)
      Silk - Light blue and yellow stripes, light blue sleeves, yellow stars, light blue cap

      Zlatan (IRE)

      18
      4/1
      • Form 222274
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 77

      pressed leader, led 3f out, clear 2f out, stayed on well

      6(2)
      Silk - Purple, Emerald Green striped sleeves, White cap

      Morning Has Broken (IRE)

      23
      13/2
      • Form 5-11335
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 82

      led and raced freely in front, headed 3f out, chased winner after, ridden over 1f out, no impression, just held on for 2nd

      8(6)
      Silk - Dark blue and white check, purple sleeves, white cap

      Astrologist (IRE)

      119
      7/2
      • Form 82-7
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 78

      chased leading trio, pushed along 4f out, weakened 2f out

      1(3)
      NR

      Zabeel Star (IRE)

      14 D
      7/1
      • Form 012340
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-13
      • Official Rating 86

      NonRunner

      7(7)
      NR

      Rhosneigr (IRE)

      5 D
      8/1
      • Form 6-73410
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 81

      NonRunner

      Previous results

      2017
      (6)
      Silk -

      Capton

      10/3
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-10

      2016
      (8)
      Silk -

      Pure Fantasy

      10/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-3

      2015
      (9)
      Silk -

      Fiftyshadesfreed (IRE)

      12/1
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-12

      In depth

      Verdict

      Only beaten a neck at Nottingham two runs ago, The Last Emperor again found one too good off this mark here last time. He’s in danger of becoming frustrating and didn’t appear to stay this far at Haydock in June. ASTROLOGIST has been gelded since making his reappearance in May and is making his handicap debut so could be interesting off a mark of 78 with Jamie Spencer doing the steering. Zlatan is hard to win with, however, and Morning Has Broken is better on the all-weather but Shadow Warrior stays this trip even though recent runs have been over a mile.

      Formwatch

      Wimpole Hall 16-1 (9-3) Keen in touch in chasing group, headway halfway, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, last of 9, 18 1/4l behind Guns of Leros (9-7) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (3) gf in May.

      The Last Emperor 7-2 (9-9) Led, headed over 2f out, kept on and no impression, 2nd of 6, 2l behind Icart Point (9-4) at Sandown 1m hcp (4) gf in Jul.

      Shadow Warrior 7-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders on outside, ridden over 2f out, hung right and beaten over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 5 1/2l behind Majboor (9-13) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Aug.

      Zlatan (IRE) 6-1 (9-12) Close up, not much room over 1f out, effort inside final furlong, not quicken towards finish, 4th of 6, 1 1/4l behind Deadly Accurate (9-0) at Epsom 1m 1f hcp (4) sft in Aug.

      Morning Has Broken (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, raced wide early and soon driven forward to lead, headed over 1f out, faded final furlong, last of 5, 4 1/4l behind Ortiz (9-5) at Kempton 7f hcp fll (4) pol in Aug.

      Astrologist (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, faded inside final furlong, 7th of 16, 14l behind Al Muffrih (9-5) at Newbury 1m 2f mdn stks (4) gf in May.

      Zabeel Star (IRE) 25-1 (9-8) Reluctant to leave stalls and slowly away, always in rear, 12th of 15, 10 3/4l behind Archi's Affaire (9-8) at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp (3) gs in Aug.

      Rhosneigr (IRE) 12-1 (8-9) Mid-division, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 15th of 19, 7 3/4l behind Francis Xavier (9-4) at York 1m 2f hcp (3) gs in Sep.