16:30 Leicester

Tuesday 8 August 2017

All14:0014:3015:0015:3016:0016:30

Illston-on-the-Hill Handicap

Off time: 16:30 | Winning time: 1m 28.58s

1^st

(4)

Peach Melba

39-2

13/8f

T: C & M JohnstonJ: P J McDonald

Prominent, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well, clear towards finish op 6/4

2^nd

2 ½

(3)

Childesplay

69-11

9/4

T: H MainJ: David Egan (5)

Prominent, pushed along 3f out, led well over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no impression towards finish tchd 5/2

3^rd

3 ½

(6)

Bahamian Bird

49-10

4/1

T: R A FaheyJ: P Hanagan

Held up, pulled hard, pushed along and edged right over 2f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, no impression op 9/2

4^th

(8)

Traveller

39-4

6/1

T: C HillsJ: David Probert

Held up, pushed along over 2f out, went 4th inside final furlong, no impression op 5/1

5^th

1 ¾

(1)

Vroom

49-11

14/1

T: Miss Gay KellewayJ: Cameron Noble (7)

Led, ridden over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

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Non-Runners

(5)

North Creek¹⁴

Weight: 9-8| Age: 4

T: C F Wall J: Ted Durcan

(7)

Zefferino³¹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: H & R Charlton J: R Kingscote

(2)

Deansgate³³

Weight: 9-0| Age: 4

T: Miss J A Camacho J: Adam J McNamara

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.90Pl:£1.50, £1.20EX:£5.70Trifecta:£13.90SF:£5.52Swingers:£5.30

Forecasts

Peach Melba (13/8), Childesplay (9/4), Bahamian Bird (4/1), Traveller (6/1), Zefferino (6/1), North Creek (7/1), Deansgate (10/1), Vroom (14/1)

Peach Melba is the obvious starting point after she finally broke the duck at Chepstow last month. She appears to be a typical Johnston grinder and will seek to force her rivals into submission from the front. The forecast faster ground is much less of a concern than the likely late finishing thrust of BAHAMIAN BIRD. She ran well over C&D last month when runner up to Cheerfully and returns off the same mark seeking to cap off another productive day at the office for the ever feared Fahey/Hanagan partnership.