20:40 Newbury

Thursday 13 July 2017

All17:2017:5518:3019:0519:3520:0520:40

Kennet Shopping Centre Handicap (Str)

Off time: 20:43 | Winning time: 1m 27.11s

1^st

(5)

Madeleine Bond

39-6

9/2

T: H CandyJ: Georgia Cox (5)

Held up in touch, headway towards far side of group chasing leaders over 1f out, edged left and ran on inside final furlong, led near finish op 4/1 tchd 5/1

2^nd

(2)

Cadeaux Boxer

49-9

50/1

T: Martin SmithJ: J P Fahy

Led overall in centre, headed 2f out, chased leader, ridden to lead narrowly again inside final furlong, kept on, headed near finish tchd 40/1

3^rd

(1)

Medicean El Diablo

49-5

12/1

T: J C FoxJ: K T O'Neill

Chased leader in centre, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and every chance well inside inside final furlong, one pace in 3rd close home op 10/1 tchd 9/1

4^th

1 ½

(9)

Another Boy

49-12

11/1

T: R M BeckettJ: P C O'Donnell (5)

Rearing in stalls, led main group and chased overall leader, led overall 2f out, ridden and narrowly headed inside final furlong, weakened well inside final furlong op 12/1

5^th

(3)

Diable d'Or

39-3

7/2

T: Eve Johnson HoughtonJ: Edward Greatrex (3)

Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong op 4/1

6^th

2 ½

(6)

Harbour Grey

39-8

7/1

T: R HannonJ: S M Levey

Held up towards rear, some headway over 1f out, never going pace to get involved

7^th

(12)

Gramercy

109-11

33/1

T: Ian WilliamsJ: S Donohoe

Held up, pushed along over 2f out, never on terms op 40/1

8^th

(4)

Glory of Paris

39-7

11/4f

T: B R MillmanJ: Oisin Murphy

Chased leader near side, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong tchd 5/2

9^th

(10)

Operative

49-9

33/1

T: E De GilesJ: D C Costello

Awkwardly away, always behind

10^th

(8)

Singing Sands

39-0

14/1

T: S DurackJ: J P Spencer

Held up, never on terms op 18/1

11^th

(11)

Papou Tony

49-13

16/1

T: George BakerJ: Liam Keniry

Held up in touch, weakened 2f out op 14/1 tchd 12/1

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Non-Runners

(7)

Posh Bounty¹⁵

Weight: 9-7| Age: 6

T: P Burgoyne J: Jordan Uys

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.20Pl:£1.60, £16.50, £3.10EX:£255.40Trifecta:£1,633.50Tricast:£2,512.76SF:£212.37Swingers:£42.50, £11.30, £136.70

Forecasts

Glory of Paris (11/4), Diable d'Or (7/2), Madeleine Bond (9/2), Harbour Grey (7/1), Another Boy (11/1), Medicean El Diablo (12/1), Singing Sands (14/1), Papou Tony (16/1), Gramercy (33/1), Operative (33/1), Posh Bounty (33/1), Cadeaux Boxer (50/1)

A trappy finale in which there appears no obvious stand out selection. Papou Tony has progressed on the AW in recent months, and assuming he can translate that level of form back to turf, then his winning spell might not quite be over just yet. Harbour Grey looks better than she's shown since switched to handicaps, and this is without question weaker than the races she has been contesting at York, whilst impressive Chepstow maiden winner Madeline Bond makes her handicap bow. Operative looks one to keep an eye on with regards the future as the handicapper eventually shows some leniency, but without all that much confidence, a few shekels are thrown in the direction of DIABLE D'OR in the hope that he gets a smoother passage than he has done in two starts over 7f to date.