16:45 Haydock

Saturday 25 May 2024

All13:1513:5014:2515:0015:3016:1016:45

Costello Florida Handicap

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 2m 39.40s

1^st

(1)

Corsican Caper

48-8

11/2

T: K FrostJ: Saffie Osborne

Slowly into stride, held up well in rear, good headway out wide and hung left over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on op 6/1 tchd 5/1

2^nd

(11)

Squeezebox

59-6

11/1

T: M ApplebyJ: Frederick Larson (3)

Steadied start, raced keenly and held up off the pace in last pair, good headway out wide tracking leaders over 3f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace op 17/2

3^rd

3 ½

(8)

Bustaam

49-9

13/2

T: D O'MearaJ: D Tudhope

Held up towards rear of mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden to challenge in 2nd over 1f out, lost 2nd entering final furlong, no extra in 3rd inside final furlong op 6/1

4^th

2 ¼

(3)

Natchez Trace

79-0

22/1

T: D CarrollJ: Zak Wheatley (5)

Raced keenly tracking leader, led 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong op 18/1 tchd 16/1 and tchd 25/1

5^th

(10)

Western Stars

59-9

5/2f

T: J R BoyleJ: R Kingscote

Tracked leading pair, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 3/1 tchd 10/3

6^th

4 ¼

(7)

Powerful Response

49-4

17/2

T: G A HarkerJ: Rowan Scott

Tracked leaders and keen, pushed along 3f out, soon every chance, hung left and ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f op 8/1 tchd 10/1

7^th

2 ¼

(9)

Eyetrap

49-8

5/1

T: Jane Chapple-HyamJ: P Cosgrave

Led, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened quickly, soon behind tchd 9/2

8^th

2 ¼

(2)

Molinari

79-3

11/1

T: M TodhunterJ: P Mulrennan

Raced keenly tracking leaders on inside, ridden over 2f out, weakened final 2f op 10/1

9^th

1 ¾

(4)

Alshadhian

49-6

12/1

T: A KingJ: James Doyle

Raced keenly and always towards rear, behind and struggling over 3f out, tailed off op 11/1

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Non-Runners

(6)

Story Horse²⁹

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: W J Knight J: Callum Shepherd

(5)

Sutue Alshams²³⁴

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: I Jardine J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.50Pl:£2.00, £2.80, £1.80EX:£42.70Trifecta:£344.90Tricast:£398.96SF:£62.44Swingers:£9.10, £6.90, £6.90

Forecasts

Western Stars (5/2), Eyetrap (5/1), Corsican Caper (11/2), Bustaam (13/2), Powerful Response (17/2), Sutue Alshams (10/1), Squeezebox (11/1), Molinari (11/1), Alshadhian (12/1), Story Horse (12/1), Natchez Trace (22/1)

WESTERN STARS made a much better fist of things back down in grade when producing his best effort of the season so far when third at Newbury 8 days ago, and could just be worth siding with to build on that from what rates a workable mark. The returning Alshadhian on debut for Alan King and bottom-weight Corsican Caper are others to consider. Eyetrap is also worth keeping an eye on back from a break now his stamina is tested further.

WESTERN STARS (FR)
ALSHADHIAN (IRE)
CORSICAN CAPER (IRE)

Previous Winners

2023

In The Breeze

Weight: 9-8 |Age: 5

J: Ray Dawson | T: M Appleby

9/2

Prize Money

1st: £10,468.002nd: £4,912.003rd: £2,454.004th: £1,228.005th: £612.00