Racecards
17:20 Wolverhampton
Royal Ascot Live On Sky Sports Racing Handicap (Class 5)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 1m 142y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £7,250 added
- Winner: £4,690
- 2nd: £1,396
- 3rd: £697
- 4th: £349
Warne's Army
217- Form 833-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
in touch, headway entering final furlong, nearest finish
- Form 156-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer D M Loughnane
- Jockey P Mulrennan
went left start, led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
My Poem
232- Form 444-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer Sir Michael Stoute
- Jockey R L Moore
hampered start, in touch, pushed along and headway over 1f out, kept on one pace
Zambezi Magic
218- Form 737-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer C G Cox
- Jockey Hector Crouch
hampered start, in touch, pushed along over 1f out, not trouble leaders
- Form 50511-2
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey P J McDonald
raced wide prominent, led 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, edged left towards finish
Amir Kabir
93- Form 5-2
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer H & R Charlton
- Jockey Jason Watson
prominent, switched right 2f out, soon chased leader, ridden to lead and edged left inside final furlong
Bentley Wood
130- Form 248-48
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey Rob Hornby
close up, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
Northern Hope
300- Form 2528-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer D O'Meara
- Jockey Cam Hardie
NonRunner
- Form 669-5
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 64
NonRunner
In depth
Verdict
Plenty with scope in this handicap, including My Poem and Warne's Army, but the latter’s stablemate BAVARDAGES didn’t do a lot wrong when second at Newcastle last week. He’s won twice on the all-weather and can see off the challenge of Kempton runner-up Amir Kabir. Come On My Son is probably too high in the weights but there are possibilities about Northern Hope and handicap debutant Zambezi Magic.
Formwatch
Warne's Army 14-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway on outside over 5f out, 3rd and unable to quicken inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 1 3/4l behind Moonlight In Paris (9-0) at Nottingham 1m mdn fll stks (5) hvy in Nov.
Come On My Son 8-1 (9-9) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, never pace to challenge, 6th of 12, 5 1/2l behind Punting (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (4) pol in Dec.
My Poem 5-1 (9-0) Close up, pushed along over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 9, 7l behind Cabaletta (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m fll stks (4) hvy in Oct.
Zambezi Magic 25-1 (9-2) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 7th of 14, 3 3/4l behind First View (9-9) at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Nov.
Bavardages (IRE) 13-2 (9-2) Prominent, led 5f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Guipure (9-5) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Jun.
Amir Kabir 10-3 (9-5) In rear, headway when not clear run 2f out, ridden and stayed on to go 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 8, 3 1/4l behind Note Bleu (9-4) at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Mar.
Bentley Wood 12-1 (9-7) Took keen hold on inside in mid-division, lost place and pushed along over 2f out, soon behind, 8th of 9, 15 1/4l behind Goddess Of Fire (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Northern Hope 5-2 (9-9) Edged left start and steadied in rear, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 9 3/4l behind G For Gabrial (8-8) at Beverley 7f (5) gs in Aug.
Jack Ryan (IRE) 100-1 (9-0) Held up, headway 2f out, short of room and switched right over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 11, 9 1/4l behind King Leonidas (9-0) at Newmarket 7f stks (4) sft in Oct.