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Up And Out produced a career-best effort to win this handicap hurdle, but the well-backed Sandyman is the horse to take away from the race.
This was his first start for three months and he shaped much better than the bare result in a first-time tongue tie, upsides the leaders approaching the last but a big mistake ended his chance.
That momentum-sapping error coupled with the stiff finish saw him not only lose his winning chance but also another three places on the run-in. Sandyman isn't long with this yard and is expected to prove himself well handicapped on his next start.
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Discover Sporting Life Plus BenefitsAcapulco Bay never threatened to get on terms with odds-on stablemate Delacroix, who had shown plenty of ability when runner-up on debut, but he ran on well from the rear to take second close home and is likely to improve for the experience.
Acapulco Bay was ridden patiently but made good headway approaching the three-furlong pole and continued to stay on well down the outside, proving strong inside the final furlong.
He boasts an excellent pedigree being by Dubawi out of a mare whose a sibling of Group 1 winners Magic Wand and Chicquita, and is one to be positive about after this promising start.
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Discover Sporting Life Plus BenefitsNot many got into this sprint handicap and, with plenty failing to give their running, it may not be form to take fully at face value, the winner making all against the stand-side rail, but Novello Lad definitely shaped like he's still in top form and is one to look out for next time.
He wasn't seen to best effect, typically given a more patient ride, and travelling into the race like a well-handicapped horse. If Novello Lad had got a clearer passage, he would have surely threatened the first two, while he also pulled well clear of the remainder.
A return to Doncaster, which is a track which suits his run style, would be a good move, and he is almost certainly up to winning more races from this sort of mark.
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Discover Sporting Life Plus BenefitsAtlantis Blue was unable to complete the hat-trick but she did well to get as close as she did after getting off to such a bad start (the blindfold was removed late and she then veered leaving the stalls).
Atlantis Blue, who raced freely in the rear, still had plenty to do two furlongs out but she kept on well into a never-nearer fourth and was ultimately beaten little more than two lengths.
She was running under a penalty on Thursday and is set to be a couple of pounds higher next time, but she showed enough to suggest that she can be competitive under more favourable circumstances.
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Discover Sporting Life Plus BenefitsFormidable Force had been withdrawn after getting upset in the stalls before an intended outing last month and he again failed to impress at the start, looking reluctant to load before breaking awkwardly.
That slow start meant that Formidable Force had to come from much further back than the two who beat him, but he produced a power-packed finish to get to within a short head and a head of the winner, shaping best of all in third.
A gelding operation and a drop back to sprinting have seemingly been the making of Formidable Force who won on his handicap debut on his previous start at Lingfield in June. He remains an unexposed, well-handicapped sprinter and is up to winning more races if coping better in the stalls.
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Discover Sporting Life Plus BenefitsA maiden won last year by the now useful Devil's Point, and this year's winner, Stark Warning, looks up to reaching a similar level judged on the way in which he drew clear of a well-fancied stablemate who already had fairly useful form in the book.
He sales price rose to 75,000 guineas at the breeze-ups earlier this year, and he looked potentially useful, knowing his job from the stalls and leading early, shaken up under two furlongs out and drawing clear inside the final furlong.
Stark Warning showed signs of inexperience once in front, edging to his left a little, and he seems sure to have learnt plenty from this initial experience, so looks a sure-fire improver who is capable of winning more races in the coming weeks.
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Discover Sporting Life Plus BenefitsThe lightly raced Major Barry is progressing all the time and did well to win at Cork on Monday in a race that placed a barely adequate emphasis on stamina.
Major Barry, a staying-on third over an extended two and a half miles at Killarney last month, was down in trip at Cork and just about got away with it, sticking to his task well to lead on the run-in and prevail by half a length.
There was a lot to like about how he responded to pressure to beat some other unexposed sorts and he can raise his game when stepping back up in trip.
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