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20:30 Southwell

Flight Of The 1st British Turbojet Handicap (Class F) (Class F)

  • 15 Runners
  • Distance: 1m
  • Going: Standard
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 43.61s
  • 15 Ran
1(12)
Silk - Black, Yellow inverted triangle, halved sleeves, Yellow cap
6/1
  • Form 500451
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-12

behind, pushed along and headway on inner over 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, kept on

2(1)
Silk - Royal Blue, White cross belts, diamonds on sleeves, Royal Blue cap, White diamond
50/1
  • Form 0500
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-7

always behind

3(13)
Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue epaulets, hooped sleeves
14/1
  • Form 123603
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-6

prominent, ridden over 2f out, no extra final furlong

4(3)
Silk - Purple, Yellow chevron, sleeves and star on cap
6/1
  • Form 0131-01
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-6

mid-division, effort 3f out, soon beaten

5(6)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE stars, RED sleeves, WHITE stars and stars on cap
9/2
  • Form 050406
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4

prominent, ridden to lead 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, stayed on same pace

6(5)
Silk - Yellow, Red chevrons, Yellow sleeves, Blue cap
10/1
  • Form 000206
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-3

prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

7(14)
Silk - Purple, Light Green epaulets
12/1
  • Form 033364
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3

dwelt, driven along towards rear, headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong

8(9)
Silk - Red, White Cross of Lorraine, White sleeves, Red chevrons, hooped cap
  • Form 345143
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-2

pushed along towards rear, headway on outside over 2f out, stayed on final furlong

9(7)
Silk - Cambridge Blue, Purple sleeves, Black cap, Gold spots
  • Form 150140
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-2

dwelt, soon mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and one pace final furlong

10(8)
Silk - Pink, Emerald Green sleeves, Pink armlets
  • Form 610220
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-1

towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and no extra final furlong

11(4)
Silk - Maroon and Light Blue diabolo, halved sleeves, Maroon cap
  • Form 321050
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-0

behind, pushed along and some late headway, never near to challenge

12(2)
Silk - Emerald green, light green star and armlets, royal blue cap
  • Form 00000-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-12

prominent, pushed along halfway, lost ground and was soon behind

13(10)
Silk - Orange and White stripes, Dark Green sleeves, White cap
10/1
  • Form 000600-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-12

soon led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

14(11)
Silk - YELLOW, RED sash, armlets and cap
11/2
  • Form 606-011
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-8

in touch, led over 2f out, ridden and headed 2f out, no extra final furlong

15(15)
Silk - Black, White stripe, Red cap
33/1
  • Form 3000-00
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-4

mid-division, effort 3f out, soon behind

In depth

Verdict

This is obviously the time of year for Waterpark and the six-year-old is given the nod over Yenaled, Xaloc Bay and Kenny The Truth, who arrive here in good form and merit plenty of respect. As does Saros, who will be a very popular choice as he bids for the hat-trick of straight wins today. However, he faces much stiffer opposition this time and needs to post a much improved performance to go in again today. Therefore, the nomination goes to Waterpark, who is very lightly raced from recent times and arrives here after winning a much better race than this at Redcar last time. The daughter of Namaqualand should have no problems with the 6lb penalty against this caliber of opposition and is taken to follow up whilst her confidence is on a high. Yenaled also merits plenty of respect and is another to arrive here on the back of a win last time out (for which he is unpenalised as that came in an apprentice's contest.) The Kevin Ryan-trained gelding also has a little more to prove in this grade and may find a well handicapped rival like Waterpark has his measure near the finish.