19:35 Brighton

Wednesday 3 May 2017

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Off time: 19:35 | Winning time: 1m 35.83s

1^st

(5)

Shifting Star

128-13

7/2

T: J J BridgerJ: William Carson

Made all, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and pressed over 1f out, battled on gamely and on top final 100 yards op 4/1 tchd 9/2

2^nd

(3)

Stormbound

89-4

13/8f

T: P & O ColeJ: P Cosgrave

Tracked leading pair, 2nd approaching halfway, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, outbattled final 100 yards op 7/4 tchd 15/8

3^rd

3 ¼

(7)

Wink Oliver

59-6

3/1

T: J HughesJ: Fran Berry

Took keen hold, held up in last pair, headway on inside into 3rd 2f out, soon switched left, ridden over 1f out, plugged on, no chance with leading duo op 11/4 tchd 7/2

4^th

3 ½

(8)

Air Of York

58-13

11/2

T: J L FlintJ: Daniel Muscutt

Took keen hold, held up in last pair, ridden and weakened over 2f out op 7/2

5^th

(6)

Tarseekh

49-5

8/1

T: C GordonJ: Finley Marsh (7)

Tracked winner until approaching halfway, chased leading pair, pushed along over 3f out, lost 3rd 2f out, weakened soon after tchd 9/1

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Non-Runners

(2)

Glenalmond¹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 5

T: D Steele J: Aaron Jones

(4)

Bloodsweatandtears⁴⁰

Weight: 8-12| Age: 9

T: W J Knight J: Josephine Gordon

(1)

Fire Tree²¹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: C Fellowes J: S Donohoe

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.90Pl:£1.90, £1.10EX:£9.70Trifecta:£19.20SF:£9.83

Forecasts

Stormbound (13/8), Wink Oliver (3/1), Shifting Star (7/2), Fire Tree (5/1), Air Of York (11/2), Tarseekh (8/1), Bloodsweatandtears (8/1), Glenalmond (12/1)

A competitive affair and it might be a shade foolhardy to row in blindly with Stormbound under a 6lb penalty for last week's decisive C&D success. That said, there is no denying that his winning chance is a clear one. Bloodsweatandtears also thrives at this venue, and he can be expected to extract his revenge on his Lingfield conqueror Shifting Star with the excellent Josephine Gordon booked. However, the top-weighted FIRE TREE gets the vote. A drop to this trip looks ideal, and this 7f Irish winner for David Wachman has made a good start to life in England with Charlie Fellowes with his recent Nottingham fifth coming in a decent enough early season contest.