7f · Class 3 · 2yo · Good To Firm · 11 runners · £9,180
All racecards for Monday 21st September
We said2nd of 10, beaten ¾ at 3/1
WARRIOR KNIGHT 9/4
A hard race to weigh up with most of these unexposed, so the yard and the booking count for more than the form book.
WARRIOR KNIGHT gets the vote at 9/4 for Andrew Balding, ridden by Rob Hornby. Andrew Balding is running at 19% over the past fortnight, and the market makes it favourite.
The dangers are ZAEER AL LEITH at 10/3 and ESCALATE at 10/3.
Result
| Pos | Horse / SP | Jockey Trainer | Age | Wgt | OR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1(11) | 7. Poole Bay 9/2 | J: Ray DawsonT: Roger Varian | 2 | 9-7 | – | ||
| Settled just behind the pace - pushed along with 2f to run - hit the front inside final furlong and stayed on well to win | |||||||
| 2(4) | ¾ | 10. Warrior Knight 3/1 our selection | J: Rob HornbyT: Andrew Balding | 2 | 9-7 | – | |
| Settled in the pack early - driven up into contention inside final furlong - closed on leader in the last 110yds but denied by three quarters of a length | |||||||
| 3(1) | 1[1¾] | 5. Heno 10/1 | J: Billy LoughnaneT: Tom Ward | 2 | 9-7 | – | |
| Settled towards the back - urged forward approaching 2f out - closed steadily inside the final furlong - moved into third close home and stayed on to finish third | |||||||
| 4(6) | 1¾[3½] | 4. Galimix 18/1 | J: Charles BishopT: Eve Johnson Houghton | 2 | 9-7 | – | |
| Settled just off the pace - pushed along with 2f left - closed late to snatch fourth on the line | |||||||
| 5(3) | nk[3¾] | 11. Zaeer Al Leith 15/8F | J: Sam JamesT: K. R. Burke | 2 | 9-7 | – | |
| Settled handy - went ahead over 2f out then pushed along and lost the advantage - lost ground in the closing 110yds to finish fifth | |||||||
| 6(10) | 1½[5¼] | 6. Lord Percy 33/1 | J: Hector CrouchT: Ed Dunlop | 2 | 9-7 | – | |
| Handy early - shaken up to hit front two furlongs out - overtaken and faded inside final furlong to finish sixth beaten 5¼ lengths | |||||||
| 7(5) | 3¼[8½] | 9. Twilight Fox 150/1 | J: Nicola CurrieT: Henry Candy | 2 | 9-7 | – | |
| Settled just behind the pace - asked for effort 2f out - unable to make any real dent on those ahead - finished 7th | |||||||
| 8(2) | 6[14½] | 8. Silent Wisdom 6/1 | J: Kieran ShoemarkT: Ed Walker | 2 | 9-7 | – | |
| Settled around mid-pack - pressed for effort 2f out - dropped away quickly - finished well held in 8th | |||||||
| 9(7) | 1½[16] | 3. First Class Lad 80/1 | J: William CarsonT: David Evans | 2 | 9-7 | – | |
| Pulled hard in the chasing pack - pushed along 2f out - faded to finish ninth | |||||||
| 10(8) | 1¼[17¼] | 1. Denver Sluice 10/1 | J: George WoodT: Lemos De Souza | 2 | 9-7 | – | |
| Set the pace early - lost the advantage over 2f out and pushed along - dropped away inside the final furlong to finish well beaten | |||||||
Winning time 1m 24.50s · Going Good · Non-runners: Escalate · Tote win £5.50