Racecards
17:35 Sandown Park
Randox Food Handicap (Class 4)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 1m 6f
- Going: Good to Firm (Firm in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £10,000 added
- Winner: £6,469
- 2nd: £1,925
- 3rd: £962
- 4th: £481
- Form 143-421
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer J Mackie
- Jockey B A Curtis
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on and towards finish
Vuela
42- Form 31-1
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer L M Cumani
- Jockey J P Spencer
dwelt, tracked leaders, challenged over 2f out, kept on towards finish
- Form 51023/6
- Age 8
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer Ian Williams
- Jockey S Donohoe
tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
- Form 233131-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 82
tracked leaders, took keen hold, led narrowly inside final furlong, just held on
- Form 253-572
- Age 5
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer M L W Bell
- Jockey Louis Steward
led, ridden over 2f out, headed narrowly inside final furlong, kept on and just held post
- Form 633149/
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer Noel Williams
- Jockey F Sweeney
held up behind, headway over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
- Form 511425
- Age 5
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer P Hide
- Jockey Harry Bentley
held up in rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace and no impression
- Form 221114-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey W Buick
Withdrawn
- Form 6/564-42
- Age 5
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer D J S Ffrench Davis
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
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Previous results
In depth
Verdict
VUELA (NAP) is the standout here as she must surely have more to offer after just three starts in as many seasons and Luca Cumani is frequently rewarded for his patience with such types. She returned from an absence to beat a far more experienced rival in a Doncaster handicap and it would be disappointing were she not to progress further off a feasible mark. Pleasure Dome and Machine Learner are obvious dangers if ready to roll for their respective seasonal reappearances along with last month's comfortable Notingham winner, Fire Jet, up 5lb for that success. Taper Tantrum, cheekpieces applied for the first time, seems to be in search of his ideal trip but could prove interesting over this distance for the first time off a workable mark.
Formwatch
Fire Jet (IRE) 3-1fav (9-8) Towards rear, headway entering final 3f, led just inside final furlong, ridden and ran on, won at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (4) gd in May beating Corpus Chorister (9-9) by 2 1/4l, 10 ran.
Vuela 11-10fav (9-4) Dwelt tracked leaders, pushed along to press leader over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, all out, won at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp fll (4) gf in May beating Star Of Lombardy (8-13) by 1/2l, 5 ran.
Cool Sky 20-1 (8-8) Held up mid-division, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 1f out, faded final furlong, 6th of 8, 3 1/4l behind Yorkidding (9-8) at Haydock 2m hcp (2) fm in May.
Machine Learner 13-2 (9-2) Held up, in rear, ridden and headway in centre from 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Oct beating Tamayuz Magic (9-12) by 1 1/2l, 12 ran.
Taper Tantrum (IRE) 7-2 (9-7) Keen, tracked leaders, hard driven over 4f out, chased winner over 2f out, soon no impression, 2nd of 4, 9l behind Next Train's Gone (9-1) at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (4) pol in May.
Authorized Too 11-1 (11-10) Held up behind, outpaced 3 out, headway before last, kept on same pace, 3rd of 9, 11 1/4l behind Mr Fickle (10-9) at Plumpton 2m 5f hcp (3) gf in Mar.
Ayr Of Elegance 5-1 (8-13) Held up in touch, pushed along over 3f out, headway chasing leaders under pressure 2f out, edged right and weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 5 1/4l behind Chartbreaker (9-3) at Goodwood 2m hcp (4) gd in May.
Pleasure Dome 5-2 (10-10) Raced wide and keen, occasionally jumped left, tracked leader until led approaching 2nd and went clear soon after, reduced lead 2 out, headed when struck on face by winner rider whip approaching the last, edged right and no extra run-in, 2nd of 6, 3 3/4l behind Little Acorn (11-1) at Kempton 2m 5f mdn (4) gd in May.
Jelly Monger (IRE) 22-1 (9-9) Held up in last trio, headway on wide outside 2f out, ridden chasing leaders over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, went 2nd close home, not quite pace to challenge, 2nd of 8, nk behind Melodic Motion (8-7) at Goodwood 1m 4f hcp fll (3) gd in May.
Against The Odds 13-2 (9-6) Close up, tracked winner halfway, ridden 3f out, driven inside final furlong, unable to quicken and lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 11, 1/2l behind Hermann (9-5) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in May.