Racecards
12:25 Warwick
Ron Gascoigne Amateur Riders' Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Class F )
- 16 Runners
- Distance: 2m 3f
- Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
- Form 35-30
- Age 4
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer P C Haslam
- Jockey Miss J Riding
in touch, ridden 3 out, soon weakened
- Form 2500-02
- Age 7
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 95
always behind, pulled up before 2 out
- Form 433-232
- Age 5
- Weight 11-11
- Official Rating 94
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey Mr W Russell
in touch, ridden and weakened 6f, pulled up before 2 out
- Form 2F/0-355
- Age 6
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer Andrew Turnell
- Jockey Mr T J O'Brien
held up mid-division, headway 6f out, led on bit 2 out, shaken up approaching last, ran on well
Litzinsky
18- Form 66-F
- Age 6
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer J G M O'Shea
- Jockey Mr N Williams
tracked leaders, weakened 6th, pulled up before 2 out
- Form 20/0420-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer John Allen
- Jockey Mr S Peltell
mid-division, ridden from 6th, weakened 2 out
Harley
14- Form 0P0-041
- Age 6
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer Mrs P Sly
- Jockey Mr G Tumelty
led, hit 3rd, clear approaching 5th, hit 3 out, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, one pace
Mounts Bay
15- Form P10435
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer R J Hodges
- Jockey Mr Marc Barber
mid-division, ridden and headway 5th, so weakened and tailed off
- Form U03-0P0
- Age 10
- Weight 10-10
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer Mrs Tracey Barfoot-Saunt
- Jockey Miss C Stucley
never better than finishing position
- Form 000-F
- Age 5
- Weight 10-9
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer M C Pipe
- Jockey Mr A Glassonbury
held up towards rear, ridden from 5th, plugging on when mistake 3 out
Vicentio
27- Form 5U06P-1
- Age 5
- Weight 10-7
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer T J FitzGerald
- Jockey Mr S Walker
in touch, headway 6th, ridden and weakened 2 out, blundered badly last
- Form 000P0-0
- Age 5
- Weight 10-4
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer Mrs P Ford
- Jockey Miss E J Jones
in touch and keen, weakened after 5th, pulled up before 3 out
Balmoral Queen
219- Form 000FP-4
- Age 4
- Weight 10-3
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey Mr D F Williams
mistake and fell 1st
- Form 0P0-00
- Age 5
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer R Dickin
- Jockey Mr R McCaul
mid-division and raced wide, behind from 5th
- Form 356060
- Age 6
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer G F Bridgwater
- Jockey Mr D England
always prominent, ridden to chase leading pair 3 out, slight chance approaching 2 out, weakened last
- Form 5PFPP0
- Age 6
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer S T Lewis
- Jockey Mr D Mansell
held up rear, pulled up before 5th
Verdict
Harley will not mind the underfoot conditions and is taken to follow up his Wetherby success at the main expense of Ressource and Vicentio. The last mentioned also won last time out but that was in a selling handicap at Fakenham and this looks tougher off a 6lb higher mark. Pat Haslam has his team in good form at present so Middleham Park has to be respected despite the burden of top weight, although a bigger threat may come from My Retreat, who showed improved form at Hereford last time. Ressource is a consistent performer and is entitled to again be thereabouts, while Robbie On Tour is lightly raced and represents the powerful stable of Martin Pipe. Ginger McCain has had another good season so Balmoral Queen is another worthy of a mention making his reappearance but the vote goes to Harley. Pam Sly's string has never been in better form than at present and the son of Alderbrook confirmed his well being with a smooth success at Wetherby. A 7lb rise may not be enough to stop him from following up.