Racecards
19:05 Windsor
Trailfinders For All Your Travel Needs Claiming Stakes (Class 5)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 1m 2f 7y
- Going: Good to Firm (Good in Places)
- Surface: Turf
- £4,500 added
- Winner: £2,911
- 2nd: £866
- 3rd: £433
- 4th: £216
- Form 3215-54
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer R Varian
- Jockey Andrea Atzeni
held up in 4th, headway on outside over 2f out, led and edged slightly left over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, comfortably
- Form 504-384
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer H Morrison
- Jockey Charlie Bennett
soon led, driven over 2f out, headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace
- Form 431659
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 64
held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no impression on winner
- Form 4864
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 58
tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, outpaced over 1f out, weakened
Divine Joy
34- Form 8-2258
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 69
led early, tracked leader, pushed along over 3f out, lost 2nd over 2f out, one pace over 1f out
Verdict
Dropped in grade, FOOL TO CRY is impossible to oppose in this. He probably needed his reappearance at Beverley as he ran much better when fourth at Brighton last time and credible opposition is thin on the ground. Pastoral Star steps up in trip having shown limited ability over a mile but is still preferred to Divine Joy, who is having her first run on Turf. Clive Clifton showed little on his only previous try over this trip and Poetic Guest never figured over 7f on debut but Yours Forever showed a bit more last time.
Formwatch
Fool To Cry (IRE) 13-2 (9-3) Close up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish, 4th of 8, 1 1/2l behind Paling (9-0) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in May.
Pastoral Star 5-2 (8-11) Close up, ridden over 2f out, no impression, 4th of 6, 5 1/2l behind Imperial Link (8-9) at Leicester 1m hcp fll (5) hvy in Jun.
Clive Clifton (IRE) 4-1 (9-0) Raced wide tracked leaders, ridden when rider dropped whip over 1f out, weakening when short of room inside final furlong, last of 9, 5 1/4l behind Ubla (9-0) at Lingfield 1m stks (6) pol in May.
Yours Forever 8-1 (9-3) Held up, headway and switched left over 2f out, effort inside final furlong, not quicken towards finish, 4th of 9, 3 3/4l behind Causey Arch (9-5) at Musselburgh 1m hcp (6) gd in Jun.
Divine Joy 11-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 2f out,, last of 8, 10 1/2l behind Pietrafiore (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp fll (5) pol in May.
Poetic Guest 20-1 (9-5) Held up, weakened 2ff out, 10th of 14, 11 3/4l behind Horrah (9-5) at Newmarket 7f mdn stks (5) sft in Jun.