15:45 Beverley

Tuesday 18 July 2017

All14:1514:4515:1515:4516:1516:4517:1517:45

132nd Year Of The Watt Memorial Handicap

Off time: 15:45 | Winning time: 3m 28.62s

1^st

(4)

Corpus Chorister

49-11

5/2f

T: D MenuisierJ: K Stott

Made all, ridden over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, stayed on well op 9/4

2^nd

(6)

Angel Gabrial

810-0

7/2

T: R A FaheyJ: P Hanagan

Held up and behind, pushed along over 3f out, trying to close when rider dropped rein briefly over 2f out, hampered 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on, no impression on winner op 5/1

3^rd

(2)

Grumeti

99-11

4/1

T: A KingJ: K Shoemark

Tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, soon edged right, 3rd and stayed on same pace inside final furlong op 9/2

4^th

(7)

La Fritillaire

58-9

7/1

T: J G GivenJ: A Mullen

Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace and beaten over 1f out op 11/2 tchd 5/1

5^th

2 ½

(1)

The Blues Master

38-0

10/3

T: C & M JohnstonJ: J Fanning

Tracked winner, ridden over 2f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong tchd 7/2

6^th

(5)

Highland Castle

910-2

100/1

T: L EgertonJ: Neil Farley

Held up towards rear, ridden 5f out, weakened 4f out, soon well behind op 66/1

Also Ran

(3)

Waterclock

88-9

20/1

T: Micky HammondJ: P J McDonald

Slowly into stride, towards rear, pushed along 11f out, reminder over 7f out, soon went wrong and pulled up op 16/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.40Pl:£2.00, £2.20EX:£12.10Trifecta:£30.80SF:£11.05Swingers:£2.30, £2.00, £2.70

Forecasts

Corpus Chorister (5/2), The Blues Master (10/3), Angel Gabrial (7/2), Grumeti (4/1), La Fritillaire (7/1), Waterclock (20/1), Highland Castle (100/1)

Some talented old timers in the line up with 2015 Cesarewitch winner Grumeti locking horns with 2014 Northumberland Plate winner Angel Gabrial. However, it has been a long time without success for the latter, so of that pair, the Alan King trained nine-year-old makes more appeal this afternoon. Both Corpus Chorister and The Blues Master need to conclusively prove their stamina, and with the game La Fritillaire a shade high in the handicap and Highland Castle making little appeal on his current form for this stable, 2015 winner WATERCLOCK gets the vote. This gelding was well backed when winning a 3m Hexham handicap hurdle in May and has been absent since, presumably with this contest in mind, and he holds every chance of winning this race again from a mark of just 65 (10lb lower than he won off in 2015).

Waterclock
Grumeti
Corpus Chorister

Prize Money

1st: £6,225.002nd: £1,864.003rd: £932.004th: £466.005th: £233.006th: £117.00