Racecards
17:05 Newton Abbot
Last Race This Season Standard Open NH Flat Race (Class 6)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 2m 167y
- Going: Good to Soft (Good in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £3,000 added
- Winner: £2,053
- 2nd: £598
- 3rd: £299
- Form 1
- Age 6
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer Miss J Du Plessis
- Jockey James Best
held up, headway over 3f out, ridden, edged right and one pace 2f out, no impression
- Form 3
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer A J Honeyball
- Jockey Aidan Coleman
held up in rear, pushed along over 4f out, modest headway over 2f out, never in contention
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer P G Murphy
- Jockey L P Aspell
held up, outpaced 4f out, well beaten final 3f
- Form 1-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Miss S Smith
- Jockey T J O'Brien
led, edged right 2f out, headed and outpaced by winner over 1f out, stayed on same pace
Copper Kay
216- Form 14-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey R Johnson
tracked leaders, led over 1f out, soon clear, easily
Our Reward (IRE)
195- Form 51-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Jamie Snowden
- Jockey Brendan Powell
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on same pace from 2f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
- Form UUP-F00
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Miss L Blackford
- Jockey Conor Smith
held up in rear, ridden over 4f out, well beaten over 3f out
- Form 38-
- Age 4
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer H Fry
- Jockey N D Fehily
tracked leader until ridden 2f out, one pace, no extra final furlong
- Age 5
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer Mrs K Stephens
- Jockey Nick Scholfield
held up in touch, outpaced and lost place 6f out, well beaten final 4f
Verdict
COPPER KAY has a terrific NH pedigree and should make a decent hurdler. She made a winning start in bumpers at Warwick in January and ran a fine race in a Listed event at Sandown in March, staying on strongly inside the final furlong having been hampered on the turn for home. She should be much too good for these, though Acajou Des Bieffes will improve on his fourth at Fontwell in June. Our Reward and Clondaw Cian are winning pointers while Arthur Burrell sprang a surprise here in July, though will find this much tougher under his penalty. Biretta has hinted at ability and looks best of the rest.
Formwatch
Arthur Burrell 28-1 (11-0) Mid-division, headway 4f out, tracked leading pair when came towards stands side rail 2f out, driven and stayed on to lead inside final furlong, held on, won at Newton Abbot 2m 1f (5) gs in Jul beating Josie Jump (10-7) by 1l, 8 ran.
Acajou Des Bieffes (FR) 13-2 (11-2) Held up in rear, ran green from 4f out, headway 2f out, went 3rd over 1f out, no impression on winner, 3rd of 8, 4 1/2l behind Lillian (10-6) at Fontwell 2m 2f (6) gd in Jun.
Badger Run (IRE) Acambaro gelding out of Charannah.
Clondaw Cian (IRE) 6-1 (11-11) Ww, prog to 3rd 5out, eff aftr 3out, 2nd 2out, chall last, ld run in, won at Bennettsbridge 3m mdn hvy in Feb beating Cnoc Sion (12-2) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
Copper Kay 9-1 (11-0) In touch, headway chasing leaders 4f out, hampered and lost place entering final 3f, rallied over 1f out, stayed on into 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 16, 5 1/2l behind Babylone Des Motte (10-6) at Sandown 2m lst (1) gs in Mar.
Our Reward (IRE) 2-1 (12-2) Tr ldrs, 3rd 1/2way, 4l 3out appr 4out, 2l dwn appr 3out, gd jmp 3out to ld appr str, 1l adv last, ko best to line, won at Durrow 3m mdn sft in Mar beating Minella Daddy (12-2) by 1 1/2l, 6 ran.
Palmers Bridge 50-1 (11-0) Held up, edged right over 13f out, closed 10f out, ridden and weakened 3f out, 10th of 11, dist behind London Prize (10-11) at Worcester 2m (6) gf in Jun.
Biretta 7-1 (10-5) Tracked leader 6f, stayed handy until lost place over 3f out, 8th of 12, 16 1/4l behind Board Of Trade (10-12) at Exeter 1m 5f (6) gs in Dec.
Poets Day Apple Tree M out of Lady Blade.
Anchors Away Black Sam Bellamy gelding out of School Days.