19:20 Haydock

Friday 9 August 2019

All17:0517:3518:1018:4519:2019:5020:25

Britannia Nursery

Off time: 19:20 | Winning time: 1m 29.44s

2^nd

(6)

Rich Belief

29-6

13/5

T: J D BethellJ: R Winston

Held up, headway over 3f out, challenged 2f out, led and edging left from 1f out, brushing rival inside final furlong, bumped rival towards finish, holding rival close home op 3/1 tchd 9/4

1^st

(5)

Road Rage

28-10

13/2

T: M DodsJ: Connor Beasley

Led, hard ridden 2f out, headed 1f out, brushed by rival inside final furlong, bumped by rival towards finish, held close home op 7/1 tchd 8/1

3^rd

(3)

Out Of Breath

28-8

7/1

T: Grant TuerJ: S H James

Chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, soon not much room, went modest 3rd inside final furlong op 8/1

4^th

2 ¼

(4)

The Ginger Bullet

28-2

14/1

T: R A FaheyJ: D Fentiman

Held up, not much room 6f out, headway on outside 3f out, modest 3rd over 1f out until inside final furlong op 10/1

5^th

(1)

Fantom Force

29-5

2/1f

T: R HannonJ: R Kingscote

Last and pushed along over 5f out, never on terms op 5/2

6^th

(7)

Kilig

28-6

20/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: J P Sullivan

Prominent, ridden and hung left over 3f out, weakened over 1f out op 16/1

7^th

3 ½

(2)

Welcome Surprise

29-7

11/2

T: S bin SuroorJ: R Ffrench

Chased leaders, ridden and lost place over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 9/2

Result Amended

Road Rage - Original Position 2nd. Amended Position 1st.

Rich Belief - Original Position 1st. Amended Position 2nd.

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.20Pl:£3.00, £1.70EX:£30.00Trifecta:£152.60SF:£23.52Swingers:£3.90, £5.10, £3.10

Forecasts

Fantom Force (2/1), Rich Belief (13/5), Welcome Surprise (11/2), Road Rage (13/2), Out Of Breath (7/1), The Ginger Bullet (14/1), Kilig (20/1)

A race which lacks a standout contender so the most prudent approach is to stick with the pair of last time out winners Fantom Force and RICH BELIEF. The former is 4lb higher than when scoring over 6f at Newbury while the latter makes his nursery debut after scoring with plenty in hand over this trip on Tapeta at Wolverhampton. The value of that form is questionable, but equally it's notable that James Bethell saw fit to declare his colt for an engagement at Glorious Goodwood (non-runner) and having improved race by race during his relatively short racing career he's certainly very difficult to knock.