Racecards
17:30 Goodwood
Finale Nursery Stakes (Handicap) (Class D2) (Class 2)
- 16 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Good to Soft
- Form 621
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer P W Chapple-Hyam
- Jockey J Quinn
held up in touch, headway to lead just over 1f out, kept on well under pressure, headed post
Coup d'Etat
58- Form 426
- Age 2
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer J L Dunlop
- Jockey T Quinn
slowly into stride, behind, outpaced 2f out, strong run inside final furlong, nearest finish
- Form 15
- Age 2
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer Sir Michael Stoute
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
held up behind, kep on from over 1f out but never a danger
- Form 410526
- Age 2
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey S W Kelly
tracked leader, effort and every chance 2f out, not quicken and one pace final furlong
- Form 031504
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey A Quinn
in touch, every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
- Form 0320
- Age 2
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey J-P Guillambert
held up behind, ridden over 2f out, ran on well final furlong nearest finish
- Form 325010
- Age 2
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer D R Loder
- Jockey Richard Hughes
steadied start, settled towards rear, always behind
- Form 65210
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey Ted Durcan
held up towards rear, some headway over 1f out, never nearer
Cusoon
14- Form 31440
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey S Whitworth
always behind, struggling halfway
- Form 422
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer M Tompkins
- Jockey J Mackay
close-up, ridden along over 3f out, soon lost place, weakened 2f out
- Form 0635
- Age 2
- Weight 8-8
soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 050
- Age 2
- Weight 8-6
held up mid-division, ridden and outpaced 2f out, stayed on well final furlong, not reached leaders
- Form 004522
- Age 2
- Weight 8-5
- Trainer Mrs H Sweeting
- Jockey P Doe
tracked leader to over 2f out, weak in final furlong
- Form 5400
- Age 2
- Weight 8-1
held up behind, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
- Form 6000
- Age 2
- Weight 8-1
slowly into stride, always behind
Verdict
King Marju opened his account in good fashion at Newmarket last month and gets the vote to follow up on his debut in a nursery, with Ratukidul and Aberdeen Park rated the main dangers. The selection looks well treated for his first start in a handicap judged by his latest effort and representing the stable of Peter Chapple-Hyam that has done well with their juveniles this term, he is taken to defy top weight. Sir Michael Stoute's Ratukidul made a winning debut at Folkestone before not enjoying the clearest of runs on her debut in a nursery. She rates a bigger threat than David Loder's Simplify, who has struggled to reproduce his best form in two starts over seven furlongs. Aberdeen Park has shown improved form in her last two starts but has suffered at the hands of the handicapper as a result and of more interest may be John Dunlop's Coup d'Etat, who makes his debut in handicap-company off a fair looking mark. The Mark Tompkins-trained Maneki Neko is similarly lightly raced and is another worthy of a mention along with Penny Island from the in-form stable of Alan King but it is King Marju that gets the vote.