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17:20 Windsor

Welcome To Monday Evenings At Windsor Apprentice Handicap (Class E) (Class E)

  • 20 Runners
  • Distance: 6f
  • Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 18.89s
  • 20 Ran
1(13)
Silk - YELLOW, BLACK star, quartered cap
  • Form 3000-25
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-11

prominent centre, hard ridden halfway, soon weakened

2(11)
Silk - Pink, Grey Cross of Lorraine and sleeves

Nivernais

252
7/1
  • Form 00/1336-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-10

raced centre, always behind

3(8)
Silk - Yellow, Red diamond, Royal Blue sleeves, Yellow cap, Red diamond
16/1
  • Form 030010-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-8

raced centre, outpaced and always behind

4(6)
Silk - Red and Black (quartered), Red sleeves, Black cap
14/1
  • Form 0000-60
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-7

raced centre, in touch to halfway

5(9)
Silk - Royal Blue and White (halved), Royal Blue sleeves, White stars, Royal Blue cap
  • Form 44340-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-6

raced centre, chased leaders, ridden halfway, soon weakened

6(1)
Silk - Pink, Purple stars, Purple sleeves, Pink armlets, Pink cap, Purple star
20/1
  • Form 00020-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4

raced centre, pressed leaders, ridden halfway, soon weakened

7(2)
Silk - White, Orange chevrons, Emerald Green cap
20/1
  • Form 2/1100-6
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4

raced centre, prominent until weakened over 2f out

8(3)
Silk - Yellow and Red (quartered), diabolo on sleeves, Red cap
  • Form 004000-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-3

raced centre, in touch, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out

9(20)
Silk - Mauve and Royal Blue (halved), White sleeves, Brown diamonds, Light Blue and Mauve quartered cap
20/1
  • Form 032263-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1

raced against near side rail, made all, ridden over 1f out, held on under pressure near finish

10(18)
Silk - Black, Pink hoops, halved sleeves, Pink and White quartered cap
16/1
  • Form 0200-24
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-13

slowly into stride, soon chased leaders, hard ridden 2f out, soon beaten

11(7)
Silk - Purple, emerald green inverted triangle, diamonds on sleeves, purple cap, emerald green diamond
  • Form 500044
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-11

chased leaders centre over 3f

12(16)
Silk - Dark Blue, Pink sash and sleeves, Pink cap, Dark Blue star
  • Form 30102-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-9

led centre group to over 1f out, soon weakened

13(12)
Silk - Brown, Yellow epaulets, sleeves and cap
  • Form 004-324
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-7

raced centre, held up, headway 2f out, led that group over 1f out to inside final furlong, kept on same pace

14(15)
Silk - YELLOW, ROYAL BLUE stars, chevrons on sleeves and star on cap

A Teen

27
22/1
  • Form 0-52016
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-6

raced centre, held up, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong

15(14)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE hoop, WHITE sleeves, ROYAL BLUE armlets, WHITE cap

Tayif

17
12/1
  • Form 126020
  • Age 8
  • Weight 8-5

raced centre, held up, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, no extra final furlong

16(4)
Silk - Black, large Light Green spots, Light Green cap
8/1
  • Form 012130
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-4

raced centre, slowly into stride, recovered and soon chased leaders, ridden to lead that group inside final furlong, ran on

17(19)
Silk - Yellow, royal blue seams, royal blue sleeves, yellow seams, royal blue cap

Majik

7
20/1
  • Form 13-0340
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-3

raced towards near side, held up, headway over 1f out, ran on same pace final furlong

18(5)
Silk - Red, black star, hooped sleeves and cap
  • Form 006-000
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-3

raced alone towards far side, prominent, ridden 2f out, soon outpaced

19(10)
Silk - Royal Blue, White hoop, White sleeves, Royal Blue armlets, Black with White stripes cap

Rise

82 b
33/1
  • Form 10400-0
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-2

raced centre, prominent over 3f

20(17)
Silk - Royal Blue, Orange sleeves, Royal Blue armlets, Orange cap
  • Form 051005
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-2

soon outpaced

In depth

Verdict

Trick Cyclist, with the aid of a high draw, is taken to land a tricky opening event on the first of many Monday night cards at Windsor. Seven No Trumps and Mine Behind can give him most to do. After scoring at Bath last May, Trick Cyclist lined up in the Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot where disaster struck as a slipped saddle saw him get rid of Martin Dwyer at halfway. He recovered to run a creditable ninth in the Weatherbys Super Sprint at Newbury but had a dip in form afterwards and ended up making his debut on Lingfield's Polytrack in October. He returned to the Surrey track in March to blow the cobwebs away, and if he has trained on, could now start to make up for lost time by winning here under his 5lb claimer. His draw in stall 18 gives cause for optimism and he can make fitness tell as well. Seven No Trumps has been useful in his time but is fully exposed and has to give weight away all round. You would not rule him out though and he is capable of making the frame at least. Mine Behind showed enough last season to warrant being kept in training and he has a good draw. His long absence is off-putting though and he is passed over. A similar comment applies to Nivernais, although we will be paying close attention to Henry Candy's inmates this season. Tayif seemed to recapture a bit of form on the all-weather this winter and makes more appeal than the lowly drawn pair Prince Hector and Whippasnapper. For the winner we return to Trick Cyclist.