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18:05 Hamilton Park
racinguk.com Apprentice Handicap (Class 5)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 1m 67y
- Going: Good to Soft (Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £6,000 added
- Winner: £3,881
- 2nd: £1,155
- 3rd: £577
- 4th: £289
- Form 476015
- Age 5
- Weight 9-13
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer K Dalgleish
- Jockey Patrick Vaughan
held up, in last pair, ridden over 2f out, never on terms, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 0-07264
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer P Holmes
- Jockey Paula Muir
held up, in touch, outpaced over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on under pressure to lead inside final 100 yards, driven out
- Form 4-25634
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer I Jardine
- Jockey Adam J McNamara
held up, in last pair, outpaced over 3f out, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, kept on same pace, never on terms
- Form 254423
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer Miss J A Camacho
- Jockey Josh Doyle
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to challenge and every chance inside final furlong, kept on same pace, no extra closing stages, just held for 2nd
- Form 17-3850
- Age 5
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer Micky Hammond
- Jockey Rob J Fitzpatrick
tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 454113
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer J G M O'Shea
- Jockey Nathan Evans
led, driven and headed 2f out, soon ridden, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, no extra in 4th closing stages
- Form 111-492
- Age 9
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer R Ford
- Jockey Callum Rodriguez
tracked leader, ridden to lead 2f out, hard pressed inside final furlong, headed inside final 100 yards, no extra, just held on for 2nd
Verdict
YULONG XIONGBA was beaten less than a length when third at Ripon last time. He finished ahead of Newmarket Warrior with Cadmium well beaten and Julie Camacho’s charge gets the vote on today’s good ground. Imperial Link landed a double on testing going last month while Dolphin Rock notched-up a hat-trick on slow ground last season. Beautiful Stranger won at Ayr earlier in the month but was well beaten last time and still has to carry 6lb extra.
Formwatch
Beautiful Stranger (IRE) 7-2 (9-13) Slowly into stride, soon recovered tracking leaders, ridden on outside 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 6, 10 3/4l behind Eastern Dragon (9-9) at Ayr 1m hcp (5) sft in Jul.
Framley Garth (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Held up, mid-division, ridden over 1f out, no impression, 4th of 7, 13 1/4l behind Save The Bees (9-5) at Carlisle 1m 1f hcp (5) gs in Jul.
Newmarket Warrior (IRE) 13-2 (9-12) Tracked leaders in 4th, not much room over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 1 1/4l behind Furiant (9-5) at Ripon 1m hcp (5) gd in Jul.
Yulong Xiongba (IRE) 8-1 (9-9) In touch, headway over 2f out, ridden 1f out, soon every chance, kept on towards finish, 3rd of 13, 1/4l behind Furiant (9-5) at Ripon 1m hcp (5) gd in Jul.
Cadmium 25-1 (9-9) Held up towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 13, 16 3/4l behind Furiant (9-5) at Ripon 1m hcp (5) gd in Jul.
Imperial Link 9-1 (9-0) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, lost 2nd entering final furlong, kept on same pace in 3rd, 3rd of 7, 3 1/4l behind Bay of St Malo (9-0) at Chepstow 1m hcp fll (5) gd in Jul.
Dolphin Rock 6-1 (9-11) Soon led, ridden over 2f out, stayed on, headed close home, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Madam Mai Tai (8-9) at Ayr 7f hcp (6) sft in Jul.