Racecards
16:10 Sandown Park
Nordoff Robbins Charlie Watts Memorial Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Class 4)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 1m 1f 209y
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £11,000 added
- Winner: £5,940
- 2nd: £2,788
- 3rd: £1,395
- 4th: £697
Emily Upjohn
150- Form 1-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer J & T Gosden
- Jockey L Dettori
wore hood to post, kept wide early, led 2f, tracked leader, led again over 2f out, went clear inside final 2f, kept up to work final furlong, stayed on strongly, easily
Crystal Estrella
174- Form 7-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer Sir Michael Stoute
- Jockey R L Moore
restless in stalls, tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, lost 2nd 2f out, kept on final furlong, no chance with winner
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer J & T Gosden
- Jockey R Havlin
slowly into stride, ran green in last trio, never involved
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer J & T Gosden
- Jockey Cieren Fallon
slowly into stride, ran green towards rear of mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, never on terms
Follow That Star
126- Form 3-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey David Probert
tracked leader, led 8f out, pushed along and headed over 2f out, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer H & R Charlton
- Jockey Jim Crowley
towards rear of mid-division on inside, pushed along over 3f out, never involved
New Year Honours
185- Form 86-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer R M Beckett
- Jockey Rob Hornby
mid-division on inside, pushed along over 3f out, outpaced and beaten over 2f out
Oblong Song
170- Form 72-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer R Varian
- Jockey David Egan
mid-division, pushed along in 5th 2f out, no headway
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer E Walker
- Jockey R Kingscote
steaied and switched right after start, held up off the pace in last trio, never involved
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer W J Haggas
- Jockey Tom Marquand
raced keenly tracking leaders, pushed along went 3rd 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, just missed 2nd, never any chance with winner
- Form 5-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer C Fellowes
- Jockey Callum Shepherd
ran green and off the pace in last trio, some late minor headway, never on terms
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer H & R Charlton
- Jockey James Doyle
ran green in rear, pushed along over 3f out, never involved
Verdict
Five of the newcomers in this were sired by Frankel. Two of them - Golden Sheen and Time Lock – hail from the Charltons’ yard. Emotion is trained by the Gosdens but they also have the Wolverhampton winner Emily Upjohn and Darmoiselle in the line-up. The latter is particularly interesting as she is a full sister to the brilliant Too Darn Hot and Lah Ti Dar, though doesn’t hold any fancy entries. Oblong Song was only beaten a short-head on her second start at Nottingham and Atlantis Blue also showed decent form in the autumn but Oaks entry REMEMBERING cost £140,000 and is out of a mare who has produced winners with all of her offspring to so far race so she gets a tentative vote.
Formwatch
Emily Upjohn 12-1 (8-11) Raced in mid-division, ridden and under pressure at 2f, ran on well inside final furlong, won close home, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Nov beating Secret Image (9-9) by nk, 12 ran.
Crystal Estrella 11-1 (9-0) Dwelt towards rear, pushed along 2f out, some headway final furlong, 7th of 12, 11 1/4l behind Golden Lyra (9-0) at Newmarket 7f fll stks (4) gd in Oct.
Darmoiselle Dubawi filly out of Dar Re Mi.
Emotion Frankel filly out of Molly Malone.
Follow That Star 9-2 (9-0) Slowly into stride, soon racing in mid-division, headway 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 10, 3 1/4l behind Morgan Fairy (9-0) at Kempton 1m mdn fll stks (5) pol in Dec.
Golden Sheen Frankel filly out of Yellow Band.
New Year Honours 14-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 16, 6l behind Shaara (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m fll stks (4) gs in Oct.
Oblong Song 8-1 (9-0) Pressed leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed narrowly over 1f out, still almost on terms final furlong, ran on strongly close home, just denied, 2nd of 13, shd behind Suffrajet (9-0) at Nottingham 1m mdn fll stks (5) sft in Nov.
Primi Ordinis (IRE) Frankel filly out of Real Smart.
Remembering (IRE) Frankel filly out of Remember You.
Tequilamockingbird 150-1 (9-0) Towards rear, pushed along and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 16, 5l behind Shaara (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m fll stks (4) gs in Oct.
Time Lock Frankel filly out of Time Chaser.
Atlantis Blue (8-12) 4th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Haya Zark (9-2) at Saint-Cloud 1m mdn stks in Nov.