16:30 Doncaster

Saturday 5 August 2017

All14:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:0517:35

Unison Eric Roberts Memorial Handicap

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 2  |   1m 2f 43y  |   Good  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:32  |   Winning time: 2m 11.17s
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Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
1
(1)
Horse silk
Berkshireb56
Age: 6|  Weight: 10-0| J: T P Queally| T: P & O Cole| OR:  98
12/1
Disappointing in the main since winning a Listed contest at Windsor (good-to-firm) over an extended 1m3f last August. Wore cheekpieces for the first time when fifth at Newmarket last time and blinkers replace those today.
2
(6)
Horse silk
Erik The Redp21
Age: 5|  Weight: 9-10| J: K Stott| T: K A Ryan| OR:  94| D
11/4
Finished runner-up on final start of last season in the November Handicap over 1m4f on good-to-firm ground at this track. Held in three outings so far this term and races off a mark 9lb higher than for his most recent victory.
3
(5)
Horse silk
Al Destoort33
Age: 7|  Weight: 9-7| J: D Nolan| T: J Candlish| OR:  91| D
9/1
Successful over an extended 1m2f at Chester (soft) on his penultimate outing and ran well upped to 1m4f when runner-up at Hamilton (good) subsequently. Races off a mark 9lb higher than for that latest success today.
4
(2)
Horse silk
Just Hissp21
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-7| J: Rachel Richardson(3)| T: T D Easterby| OR:  91
8/1
Victorious over 1m at York (good) when wearing cheekpieces for the first time last month. Finished 1L second off this mark over the same C&D subsequently but yet to convince over this distance.
5
(9)
Horse silk
Zwayyanp114
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-7| J: W Buick| T: W J Haggas| OR:  91
11/4
Successful three times from eight starts so far including over 1m at Haydock (soft) on his penultimate outing. Ran well when finishing third on soft ground over the same distance at Newmarket last time out and wears cheekpieces for the first time upped in trip today.
8
(3)
Horse silk
Al Hamdany77
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-0| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: M Botti| OR:  92
16/1
Finished a head second over 1m at Pontefract (soft) in a Listed contest last October. Well beaten in a couple of Listed events in the spring and disappointing back in a handicap at Newmarket (1m2f, soft) in first time cheekpieces (dispensed with here) last time out.
9
(4)
Horse silk
Pensax Boy38
Age: 5|  Weight: 8-13| J: George Downing| T: D M Loughnane| OR:  83
20/1
Made a winning debut for this yard when victorious over 1m at Carlisle (good-to-firm) in May. Ran well off this mark when finishing sixth of 16 in the Carlisle Bell over the same C&D the following month and steps up in trip today.
10
(10)
Horse silk
Another Eclipse32
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-6| J: S Hitchcott| T: D M Simcock| OR:  84| D
7/2
Finished third off a 3lb lower mark in a handicap over an extended 1m2f at Haydock (soft) in June. Followed that up by taking a four runner maiden over 1m2f at Brighton (good-to-firm) the following month and an interesting runner receiving weight from all of his rivals today.

Non-Runners

6
(7)
Horse silk
Awake My Soul7
Weight: 9-4|  Age: 8
T: T P Tate  J: A Mullen
NR
7
(8)
Horse silk
Storm Rock7
Weight: 9-1|  Age: 5
T: H J L Dunlop  J: J Mitchell
NR

Forecasts

Erik The Red (11/4), Zwayyan (11/4), Another Eclipse (7/2), Just Hiss (8/1), Al Destoor (9/1), Berkshire (12/1), Awake My Soul (12/1), Storm Rock (14/1), Al Hamdany (16/1), Pensax Boy (20/1)

Verdict

AL DESTOOR has been running well of late and finished a close second over further last time. The selection had run out the easy winner over a handicap over around this trip on soft ground prior to that and is taken to register his third career victory by taking this event. Zwayyan steps up to this trip for the first time and is less exposed than most of his rivals. William Haggas' charge handles softer surfaces and can claim second here ahead of Another Eclipse who is another who's been running well recently and he receives weight from all of his rivals today.
  1. Al Destoor
  2. Zwayyan
  3. Another Eclipse

Prize Money

1st: £12,450.002nd: £3,728.003rd: £1,864.004th: £932.005th: £466.006th: £234.00

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