20:05 Brighton

Wednesday 3 May 2017

All17:0517:3518:0518:3519:0519:3520:05

Colour Obstacle Rush Brighton 6 May Handicap

Off time: 20:06 | Winning time: 1m 9.57s

1^st

(7)

Sir Geoffrey

118-12

11/1

T: S DixonJ: Patrick Pilley (5)

Soon led, set strong pace and went clear 4f out until came back to field 2f out, ridden over 1f out, strongly pressed inside final furlong, battled on gamely op 10/1 tchd 12/1

2^nd

(1)

Virile

69-10

15/8f

T: S KirkJ: Mitch Godwin (5)

Chased leaders, went 2nd 2f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, just held op 11/8

3^rd

(6)

Deer Song

48-12

7/1

T: J J BridgerJ: Josephine Gordon

Chased leaders on outside, ridden 2f out, 3rd and one pace inside final furlong op 15/2 tchd 8/1

4^th

(8)

Wedgewood Estates

69-10

6/1

T: A W CarrollJ: Tom Marquand

Held up in rear, headway on inside chasing leaders 2f out, soon edged left, 4th and one pace inside final furlong op 7/1 tchd 5/1

5^th

(3)

Blistering Dancer

79-1

8/1

T: A W CarrollJ: George Downing

Led early, chased winner until 2f out, chased leaders, ridden and weakened well inside final furlong tchd 10/1

6^th

(2)

Cooperess

49-7

10/1

T: J G M O'SheaJ: T J Murphy

Held up off the pace in 6th, bumped after 1f, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and beaten when hung left over 1f out tchd 14/1

7^th

(5)

Great Expectations

99-9

7/1

T: J R JenkinsJ: Fran Berry

Pulled hard in last pair steadied off heels and bumped rival after 1f, never involved tchd 6/1

8^th

2 ½

(9)

Spowarticus

89-3

8/1

T: S DixonJ: Finley Marsh (7)

Held up off the pace in 5th, pushed along halfway, weakened soon after op 9/1 tchd 15/2

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Non-Runners

(4)

Louis Vee¹³

Weight: 8-13| Age: 9

T: J G M O'Shea J: Ben Robinson

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£12.50Pl:£3.70, £1.10, £2.50EX:£35.80Trifecta:£177.00Tricast:£159.79SF:£31.73Swingers:£5.80, £13.20, £3.90

Forecasts

Virile (15/8), Wedgewood Estates (6/1), Deer Song (7/1), Great Expectations (7/1), Blistering Dancer (8/1), Spowarticus (8/1), Cooperess (10/1), Sir Geoffrey (11/1), Louis Vee (12/1)

Another poor heat to conclude the Brighton action. First time back on turf could be the ideal moment to catch Blistering Dancer in his prime, as he demonstrated when dispatching a big field at Thirsk last April, whilst the veteran Sir Geoffrey is well handicapped and with Brighton not being totally dissimilar to Catterick, he could prove suited by the switchback nature of this track. However, we know that VIRILE goes well here, and comes into this race in far better form than most.