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16:25 Sandown Park

Fantasia Handicap (Class 4)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 6y
  • Going: Good to Firm
  • Surface: Turf
  • £8,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 1.80s
  • Off Time: 16:25:57
  • 9 Ran
1(2)
Silk - Red, White sash, Royal Blue cap
5/1
  • Form 2-21328
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 80

in rear, pushed along halfway, headway approaching final furlong, hampered inside final furlong, ridden and ran on to take 2nd towards finish

2(9)
Silk - Emerald Green, Red Cross of Lorraine, White sleeves, Red seams, Emerald Green and Red quartered cap
7/1
  • Form 031363
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 79

led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra

3(6)
Silk - Maroon, White hoops, Maroon sleeves, White spots, White cap
6/4
  • Form 131412
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 77

dwelt, held up in rear, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, led inside final furlong, readily

4(8)
Silk - WHITE, EMERALD GREEN stars, sleeves and stars on cap
6/1
  • Form 1-422
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 75

dwelt, soon tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong

5(3)
Silk - Pink, Purple spots, sleeves and spots on cap
10/1
  • Form 224162
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 75

held up in rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on never nearer

6(7)
Silk - Pink, Dark Green epaulets and star on cap
  • Form 4-92511
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 71

chased leaders, ridden halfway, effort over 1f out, edged left and stayed on inside final furlong

7(4)
Silk - MAROON, white spots, white cap, maroon spots
12/1
  • Form 141
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 70

chased leaders, ridden halfway, hung left and weakened over 1f out

8(5)
Silk - YELLOW, BLACK seams, BLACK cap
20/1
  • Form 752673
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 70

tracked leader, ridden and every chance from 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

9(1)
Silk - Emerald green, light blue star, emerald green sleeves, light blue stars, black cap
  • Form 941
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 70

always in rear, ridden halfway, hung left inside final furlong

In depth

Verdict

ROCKET ROB is in great form and he can win again at the main expense of Strictly and Night Affair. The selection won well over this course and distance before finishing second behind Miss Chamanda last time out. That was a good effort and he remains one to stay on the right side of. Strictly looks the main danger as Sir Michael Stoute is in good form and this filly ran well here two starts ago before being denied a clear run at Goodwood last time. Granted a bit more luck today she should be capable of getting competitive. Night Affair finished behind our selection here earlier in the month but she is a lightly-raced filly and it is fair to assume there may be more to come from her. Corton Charlemagne is chasing the hat-trick here but she was all-out to score at Newcastle last time and this looks more competitive. This looks a good opportunity for Rocket Rob who gets the confident vote.

Formwatch

Strictly 5-1 (8-6) Outpaced in rear, making good headway when nowhere to go approaching final furlong, not recover, 8th of 9, 6l behind Noble Storm (9-6) at Goodwood 5f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Jul.

Sharpened Edge 13-8 (9-7) Soon led on rail, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, no impression and lost 2nd final 100 yards, 3rd of 5, 2 1/4l behind Golden Destiny (9-3) at Sandown 5f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Jul.

Rocket Rob (IRE) 7-4fav (9-1) Held up, not clear run from over 2f out until inside final furlong, strong run and finished well to take 2nd last stride, not reach winner, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Miss Chamanda (9-4) at Windsor 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.

Night Affair 3-1 (9-9) Keen, led, ridden 2f out, headed and kept on same pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Rocket Rob (9-5) at Sandown 5f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd.

Cape Melody 13-2 (9-3) Held up, headway over 3f out, ridden 2f out, chased winner entering final furlong, kept on but no impression, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Cape Vale (9-9) at Ffos Las 6f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Jul.

Corton Charlemagne (IRE) 11-8fav (9-4) Tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong to lead final 75 yards, won at Newcastle 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gf beating Gee Gina (7-12) by 1/2l, 5 ran.

Chasca (IRE) 9-2 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, ran on, driven out, won at Folkestone 6f fll hcp (5) gf in Apr beating Today's The Day (9-1) by 1 1/4l, 8 ran.

Mazzola 7-1 (9-9) Chased winner, every chance when ridden and wandered over 1f out, no extra and lost 2nd inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 2l behind Agnes Love (8-7) at Kempton 5f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol.

Sutton Veny (IRE) 25-1 (8-12) Led 1f, remained prominent, hard ridden to lead again well inside final furlong, all out, won at Lingfield 6f mdn stks (5) std beating Present Alchemy (9-3) by shd, 15 ran.