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14:35 Windsor

Totepool Midsummer Stakes (listed) (Class 1)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 67y
  • Going: Good to Firm
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 40.27s
  • Off Time: 14:36:21
  • 5 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Librettist (USA)

2/5

    2
    Silk -

    Prince of Light (IRE)

    6/1

      1(3)
      Silk - Emerald green, orange hoops, white cap

      Akram (IRE)

      338 D
      40/1
      • Form 4311-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 95

      held up last, outpaced 4f out, no chance after, eased inside final furlong

      2(2)
      Silk - Purple, Gold braid, Scarlet sleeves, Black velvet cap, Gold fringe

      Forward Move (IRE)

      8 D
      9/2
      • Form 72178-9
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 107

      soon pressed leader, challenged 3f out, ridden over 2f out and soon beaten

      3(1)
      Silk - Royal blue

      Librettist (USA)

      24 D
      2/5
      • Form 115/1
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 110

      settled in 4th, smooth headway over 3f out, led over 2f out and came to rails, in command over 1f out, pushed out final furlong

      4(4)
      Silk - Purple, Orange cross belts and diamond on cap

      Prince of Light (IRE)

      274
      6/1
      • Form 31115-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 106

      tracked leading pair, chased winner 2f out, no impression final furlong, kept on for clear 2nd

      5(5)
      Silk - Dark Blue and Maroon (quartered), White sleeves

      Humungous (IRE)

      105 BF
      25/1
      • Form 61616-0
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 102

      raced keenly, soon narrow lead, ridden 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon outpaced

      In depth

      Verdict

      It will be interesting to see what Jonjo O'Neill's Akram achieves back on the level having seemingly failed to take to hurdles but he is hard to recommend with any confidence and a better bet looks to be Librettist, who is preferred to Prince of Light. The selection made a highly satisfactory return when running out the easy winner of a Listed race at Nottingham last month and is taken to follow up that success having been given a sufficiently long break since then to hopefully avoid the bounce factor. Charlie Egerton's Humungous gave little sign for optimism on his reappearance, while Forward Move was well held in the Wolferton last time and may be another that is best watched. Prince of Light has to be respected on his return with the yard of Mark Johnston in such good form but Librettist is hard to oppose on Nottingham evidence and he gets the vote.

      Formwatch

      Akram (IRE) 5-1 (9-10) Tracked leaders in 3rd, improved into 2nd 2f out, led approaching straight, soon ridden clear, comfortably, won at Galway 1m hcp 60-92 gf beating Charismatic Cat (9-11) by 3l, 6 ran.

      Forward Move (IRE) 50-1 (9-5) Prominent, ridden and not quicken over 1f out, kept on same pace, 9th of 16, 6l behind I'm So Lucky (8-7) at Ascot 1m 2f lst hcp (1) gf in Jun.

      Librettist (USA) 7-2 (9-1) Made all, pushed clear over 1f out, eased towards finish, won at Nottingham 1m stk (2) gf in Jun beating Alfie Flits (9-4) by 2l, 8 ran.

      Prince of Light (IRE) 4-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, headway halfway, soon ridden, weakened final furlong, 5th of 6, 8l behind Amadeus Wolf (8-11) at Newmarket 6f 2yo Grp 1 (1) gs in Sept.

      Humungous (IRE) 3-1fav (8-11) Chased leader over 4f out, ridden halfway, weakened well over 1f out, 11th of 13, 13l behind Kingsgate Prince (8-11) at Lingfield 7f 3yo lst stk (1) pol in Mar.