17:20 Ascot

Saturday 29 July 2017

All13:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:4517:20

Canisbay Bloodstock Handicap

Off time: 17:21 | Winning time: 2m 43.23s

1^st

(6)

Royal Associate

39-1

2/1f

T: C ApplebyJ: W Buick

Tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden and went 2nd 2f out, led under pressure over 1f out, stayed on gamely to assert final 100 yards op 7/2

2^nd

(15)

Niblawi

510-0

11/1

T: N P MulhollandJ: R Winston

Raced wide towards rear, headway on outside 2f out, went 2nd entering final furlong, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, no extra final 100 yards op 14/1 tchd 10/1

3^rd

(14)

Dark Pearl

38-10

11/4

T: E WalkerJ: Liam Keniry

Mid-division, headway and switched left over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on into 3rd inside final furlong, soon edged right and no impression on leading duo tchd 5/2 and tchd 3/1

4^th

(2)

Ravenous

69-3

20/1

T: L A DaceJ: William Cox (7)

Led and stayed on inside rail in back straight, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, lost 2nd entering final furlong, weakened inside final furlong op 16/1

5^th

3 ½

(11)

Gaelic Tiger

410-0

28/1

T: D O'MearaJ: A Kirby

Chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out

6^th

(13)

Shamrokh

38-10

50/1

T: M ApplebyJ: Alistair Rawlinson

Towards rear, headway 2f out, plugged on final furlong, no threat

7^th

(12)

Zambeasy

69-6

12/1

T: P HideJ: G Lee

In touch, headway on outside 3f out, chased leaders 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 9/1

8^th

(1)

Castlelyons

510-0

20/1

T: R StephensJ: J P Fahy

Chased leader, ridden and lost 2nd 2f out, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out

9^th

(16)

Mutadaffeq

410-0

8/1

T: D O'MearaJ: R L Moore

Raced widest, held up in mid-division, some headway on outside and hung right 2f out, no further progress tchd 9/1

10^th

(10)

Zaidiyn

79-9

33/1

T: B EllisonJ: Saleem Golam

Slowly into stride, towards rear, some headway on inside over 2f out, soon no threat op 25/1

11^th

(8)

Spinners Ball

49-6

16/1

T: S KirkJ: Mitch Godwin (5)

Mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out

12^th

(5)

Calvinist

49-8

33/1

T: Ian WilliamsJ: Ryan Powell

Held up and always behind

13^th

(4)

Barwick

99-13

12/1

T: George BakerJ: G Mosse

Chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out op 11/1

14^th

(7)

Alcatraz

59-5

10/1

T: George BakerJ: Fran Berry

Slowly into stride, towards rear, reminders and struggling 4f out, never a factor tchd 9/1

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Non-Runners

(3)

Rydan¹⁵

Weight: 9-11| Age: 6

T: G & J Moore J: Tim Clark

(9)

Atkinson Grimshaw¹⁵

Weight: 8-12| Age: 3

T: A M Balding J: David Probert

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.80Pl:£1.60, £4.70, £1.70EX:£34.40Trifecta:£115.80Tricast:£68.46SF:£26.04Swingers:£7.50, £2.70, £7.50

Forecasts

Royal Associate (2/1), Dark Pearl (11/4), Atkinson Grimshaw (7/1), Mutadaffeq (8/1), Alcatraz (10/1), Niblawi (11/1), Zambeasy (12/1), Barwick (12/1), Spinners Ball (16/1), Rydan (16/1), Ravenous (20/1), Castlelyons (20/1), Gaelic Tiger (28/1), Zaidiyn (33/1), Calvinist (33/1), Shamrokh (50/1)

A few unexposed types in the field here, including ROYAL ASSOCIATE. An impressive winner of a Doncaster maiden on his only start so far, he shaped as if there should be plenty of improvement to come, and with Charlie Appleby having a great season and William Buick now in the saddle he has a great chance of retaining his unbeaten record here, off a mark that should be surmountable for him on handicap debut. He is taken to see off Atkinson Grimshaw, who has made a solid start to his handicap career so far with the possibility of more to come, and Mutadaffeq, whose run at Ayr last time was simply too poor to be true and can return to form here.