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19:10 Wolverhampton

Ladbrokes 'Play '1-2-Free' On Football Novice Stakes (Class 5)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 1f 104y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £5,300 added
  • Winner: £3,429
  • 2nd: £1,020
  • 3rd: £510
  • 4th: £255
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 59.84s
  • Off Time: 19:10:35
  • 7 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

The First King (IRE)

7/1

    2
    Silk -

    Cityzen Serg (IRE)

    3/1

      1(5)
      Silk - Orange, Royal Blue stars, White sleeves, Royal Blue stars

      Apachito

      200
      150/1
      • Form 80-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5

      towards rear, pushed along over 5f out, well beaten final 3f

      2(4)
      Silk - LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets

      Cityzen Serg (IRE)

      3/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5

      chased leaders, went 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, edged slightly left and hard pressed, headed post

      3(1)
      Silk - White and brown check, white sleeves, brown armlets, quartered cap

      Dark Scimitar (USA)

      17
      5/2
      • Form 42
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5

      led, headed 2f out, no extra inside final 100 yards

      4(6)
      Silk - Emerald green, emerald green spots on white sleeves and cap

      Heaton Chapel (IRE)

      66/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5

      behind, well beaten final 3f

      5(3)
      Silk - Black, light green and black chevrons on sleeves, light green cap

      Pot Of Paint

      149 BF
      9/2
      • Form 44-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5

      took keen hold, 2nd early, tracked leaders, ridden and one pace over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

      6(7)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Pink sash, sleeves and cap

      The First King (IRE)

      139 b
      7/1
      • Form 2-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5

      went right start, soon tracking leader, led 2f out, headed narrowly inside final furlong, stayed on, rider lost whip towards finish, led post

      7(2)
      Silk - Yellow, royal blue chevron, royal blue cap

      Moohareeba

      7/2
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0

      dwelt, mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, kept on from over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, no impression on front pair

      Previous results

      2019
      (7)
      Silk -

      Ragnar

      3/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-2

      2018
      (5)
      Silk -

      Bowditch (IRE)

      30/100
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-9

      In depth

      Verdict

      Dark Scimitar showed the benefit of his opening run at Kempton when just failing to catch Media Storm over this track and trip. Daniel Muscutt takes over from an apprentice so he looks certain to get into contention. The First King was sent to race on Deauville's Polytrack for his debut where he just failed to match strides with the favourite Makito so he's an obvious contender. Cityzen Serge cost €75,000 and is a half-brother to a useful 6f winner though it's the filly MOOHAREEBA who catches the eye on breeding as she's a half-sister to two all-weather middle-distance winners and out of a very high-class mare. Pot Of Paint hasn't shown much in two starts but should improve.

      Formwatch

      Apachito 100-1 (9-2) Always behind, 15th of 18, 29 3/4l behind Escape Proof (8-11) at Leicester 7f stks (5) gd in Aug.

      Cityzen Serg (IRE) Raven's Pass colt out of Summer Dream.

      Dark Scimitar (USA) 7-1 (8-7) Soon led, headed over 7f out, challenged from over 1f out, not much room inside final furlong, held towards finish, 2nd of 10, nk behind Media Storm (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Feb.

      Heaton Chapel (IRE) Requinto colt out of Coastal Storm.

      Pot Of Paint 7-2jfav (9-2) Led after 1f, edged right and headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 11 1/4l behind Emissary (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Oct.

      The First King (IRE) (9-4) 2nd of 10, shd behind Makito (9-1) at Deauville 1m 1f stks pol in Oct.

      Moohareeba Invincible Spirit filly out of Mahbooba.