Racecards
18:50 Worcester
Pauline Whitehouse Memorial Beginners' Chase (Class 4)
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 2m 7f
- Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
- Surface: Turf
- £3,500 added
- Winner: £2,277
- 2nd: £668
- 3rd: £334
- 4th: £167
- Form 4PP0-36
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer K G Wingrove
- Jockey Mr R Jarrett
held up in 4th, took keen hold, mistake 4th, blundered and unseated rider 6th
- Form 16/8242-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 117
made all, drew well clear from 11th, jumped right 13th, not fluent 3 out, unchallenged
- Form 11R/302-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey D A Jacob
tracked leaders, took keen hold, pressing for 2nd when fell 6th
- Form 54009-0
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer D Pipe
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
tracked winner, jumped slowly 11th, soon well held
- Form 003/UPP-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer P A Pritchard
- Jockey Jack Doyle
Nonrunner
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
KING'S LEGACY was placed twice over hurdles at Cheltenham last season. Lightly-raced, he's the type to improve further now his attention is switched to fences and he may have more scope than Raslan. David Pipe's eight-year-old has the higher rating over timber but was a little disappointing on his only previous try over fences in this race two years ago and has been well below par recently. Pipe also saddles Horsford, who was second in a handicap at Ffos Las in March. There is probably more to come from the latter, though he's never raced on ground this fast before.
Formwatch
Grand Fella (IRE) 9-1 (10-4) Always in rear, mistake 2nd, ridden and struggling 5th, soon lost touch, tailed off, 6th of 7, 35l behind Domino Dancer (11-5) at Plumpton 2m hcp hdl 0-95 (5) gf.
Horsford (IRE) 9-4 (11-6) Not fluent early stages, chased winner, slow 2nd, challenged 11th, took narrow lead well before next, 1 length ahead when blundered badly and headed 3 out, not recover, 2nd of 4, 12l behind Patman Du Charmil (11-8) at Ffos Las 2m 5f hcp chs 0-125 (3) sft in Mar.
King's Legacy (IRE) 4-1fav (10-10) Held up rear of mid-division, not fluent 4th, headway after 2 out, chased winner last, stayed on, well held, 2nd of 10, 5l behind My Shamwari (10-3) at Cheltenham 2m 4f hcp hdl (2) gd in Apr.
Raslan 66-1 (11-5) Held up in rear, struggling 8th, soon beaten, 13th of 17, well behind Liberate (10-9) at Haydock 3m hcp hdl (2) gd.
Roman Landing 200-1 (11-4) Led, hit 5th, headed next, weakened rapidly and in rear when blundered 7th, tailed off next, pulled up soon after, in a race won by Cantlow (11-4) at Ludlow 3m mdn hdl (5) gs in Feb, 8 ran.