Racecards
15:10 Leicester
Fernie Hunt Selling Stakes (Class G) (Class G)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 5f 218y
- Going: Good to Firm
- Form 0-00034
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
- Trainer M Polglase
- Jockey Kieren Fallon
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened and eased inside final furlong
Tappit (IRE)
20- Form 00-0000
- Age 5
- Weight 9-10
prominent, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
- Form 000
- Age 5
- Weight 9-10
- Trainer J Bradley
- Jockey C J Davies
dwelt, behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, staying on when not much room inside final furlong
- Form 060034-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
slowly into stride, soon in touch, ridden halfway, no extra when bumped inside final furlong
- Form 00-0000
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
held up, headway over 2f out, ridden and every chance final furlong, not quicken
- Form 545600
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 00-0
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
always behind, eased final 2f
- Form 056613
- Age 5
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer S A Brookshaw
- Jockey N Chalmers
mid-division, ridden halfway, no impression
- Form 6000-30
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer J A Glover
- Jockey Dean McKeown
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
Simply Red
32- Form 004-000
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer R Brotherton
- Jockey V Slattery
chased leaders over 3f
- Form 202-000
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
prominent and keen, ridden halfway, soon weakened
- Form 00-0500
- Age 5
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer B J Llewellyn
- Jockey R Havlin
mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
- Form 40560-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-3
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey M Dwyer
mid-division, ridden halfway, stayed on from over 1f out, never reached leaders
Verdict
The connections of Johnny Ebeneezer are obviously keen to exploit the openings for their charge whilst he remains in good form and, assuming that his exertions at Brighton yesterday have not taken too much out of him, he will be hard to beat in this similar company; with the likes of Welsh Whisper and Charliesmydarling expected to pose him the most problems if they can translate their all weather form to this surface. Tappit is another that could feasibly go well now that the ground has come up in his favour and, it would not be the biggest surprise in the world to see the Milton Bradley-trained gelding bounce back to form with the eye-catching booking of Darryll Holland a major plus for his cause. However, the description of good to firm was also of no hindrance when Johnny Ebeneezer posted a good effort in a seller here on his penultimate start and there could be a little more mileage to be gained by sticking with the five-year-old today.