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19:15 Doncaster

Saturday 18 May 2024

All16:5717:3518:0718:4219:1519:5020:2020:50

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Off time: 19:16 | Winning time: 3m 7.57s

1^st

(6)

Churchella

49-0

9/1

T: D O'MearaJ: Mark Winn (3)

Held up in rear, headway travelling well looking for room from 2f out, gap opened and quickened between horses over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon clear op 17/2 tchd 15/2

2^nd

2 ¼

(9)

Rock N Roll Pinkie

48-6

25/1

T: I FurtadoJ: Joey Haynes

Raced keenly in mid-division, headway tracking leaders 3f out, went 2nd inside final 2f, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon hung left, headed and not pace of winner inside final furlong tchd 20/1 and tchd 28/1

3^rd

1 ¾

(11)

Banderas

49-8

5/1

T: M L W BellJ: Daniel Muscutt

Held up in last pair, headway out wide chasing leaders under pressure over 1f out, stayed on same pace in 3rd inside final furlong, op 9/2

4^th

1 ¼

(8)

Sax Appeal

49-5

12/1

T: C JohnstonJ: Archie Young (7)

Led, brought field centre in home straight, pushed along 3f out, soon strongly pressed, ridden and headed over 1f out, lost 2nd soon after, weakened inside final furlong tchd 14/1

5^th

(10)

Two Past Eight

49-0

9/1

T: A KingJ: S D Bowen (5)

Mid-division, headway out wide tracking leaders 5f out, ridden 2f out, wandered and outpaced between horses over 1f out, never dangerous after, plugged on op 11/2

6^th

1 ½

(3)

Educator

59-8

15/2

T: M ApplebyJ: Ray Dawson

Awkwardly away, held up in mid-division on inside, headway, tracking leaders over 3f out, every chance over 2f out, ridden and weakened approaching final furlong op 13/2 tchd 8/1

7^th

1 ¼

(2)

Merrijig

68-11

4/1

T: John BerryJ: Jack Gilligan

Tracked leader, ridden to challenge 2f out, lost 2nd inside final 2f, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 9/2

8^th

1 ¾

(4)

Achnamara

59-4

40/1

T: P A KirbyJ: Phil Dennis

Raced keenly and always towards rear, never involved op 33/1

9^th

(5)

Caustic

49-9

2/1f

T: Owen BurrowsJ: Jim Crowley

Raced keenly tracking leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out op 11/4

10^th

(1)

Nova Legend

59-2

100/1

T: P T MidgleyJ: S H James

Tracked leaders on inside, weakened quickly inside final 4f, soon behind, tailed off and eased final 2f op 50/1

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Non-Runners

(7)

Dark Jedi¹⁴

Weight: 9-7| Age: 8

T: T D Easterby J: D Fentiman

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£10.00Pl:£2.10, £5.30, £1.90EX:£162.10Trifecta:£824.10Tricast:£1,250.40SF:£203.50Swingers:£21.50, £9.20, £13.80

Forecasts

Caustic (2/1), Merrijig (4/1), Dark Jedi (4/1), Banderas (5/1), Educator (15/2), Churchella (9/1), Two Past Eight (9/1), Sax Appeal (12/1), Rock N Roll Pinkie (25/1), Achnamara (40/1), Nova Legend (100/1)

A few in with a squeak but having gone like the best horse at the weights when third at Southwell last month, CHURCHELLA is clearly still on a mark she can win from when things fall right so gets the vote ahead of Caustic, who makes his handicap debut and ought to be even better on turf. Merrijig failed to meet expectations under testing conditions at Ripon 3 weeks ago, so he rounds off the shortlist back on a sounder surface.