13:45 Epsom Downs, 23 Apr 2014
5f
Investec Wealth & Investment Handicap (Class 3) (4YO plus)
Winner £12,450 - 10 ran
Good to Soft
1 Light blue, brown epaulets, brown sleeves, light blue armlets, striped cap 5. Caspian Prince (IRE) (15)ATR Tracker 13/2 5 9 - 4th A Kirby
A W Carroll
90
made most, ridden and ran on final furlong
2 2¼ Red, Grey sleeves, White Cap 9. Elusivity (IRE) (7)ATR Tracker 5/1 2Fav 6 9 - 2 J P Spencer
P Crate
88
towards rear, switched right over 1f out, headway when switched left approaching final furlong, ridden and ran on, not reach winner
3 ¾ Red, black cross of lorraine, white cap 13. Fair Value (IRE) (5)ATR Tracker 7/1 6 8 - 12 Hayley Turner
S Dow
84
tracked winner, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace
4 nk Light blue, red triple diamond, white sleeves and cap 3. Pearl Blue (IRE) (6)ATR Tracker 7/1 6 9 - 6 G Baker
C F Wall
92
dwelt, pushed along in rear, ridden and ran on final furlong, not reach leaders
5 1¼ Pink, emerald green diamonds on sleeves, pink cap, emerald green diamond 15. Diamond Charlie (IRE) (13)ATR Tracker 8/1 6 8 - 7 M Barzalona
S Dow
79
slightly hampered start, close up, ridden halfway, kept on same pace
6 1 Yellow, red sash, armlets and cap 10. Imperial Legend (IRE) (12)ATR Tracker 10/1 5 9 - 1p P Hanagan
D Nicholls
87
went right start, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, faded final furlong
7 nk Dark blue, white star, red sleeves, dark blue cap, white star 12. Peace Seeker (10)ATR Tracker 7/2 Fav 6 8 - 13t William Carson
A Carson
85
in touch, pushed along 2f out, never a factor
8 ¾ Yellow, royal blue chevron, red sleeves, red cap, royal blue diamonds 4. Tennessee Wildcat (IRE) (4)ATR Tracker 25/1 4 9 - 6p Andrea Atzeni
R M H Cowell
92
towards rear, ridden halfway, never a factor
9 ½ Red, grey sleeves, red and grey hooped cap 6. Taajub (IRE) (3)ATR Tracker 8/1 7 9 - 4 S W Kelly
P Crate
90
raced wide mid-division, effort entering final 2f, weakened and eased inside final furlong
10 4½ Black and white stripes, checked sleeves, white cap 7. Fitz Flyer (IRE) (8)ATR Tracker 18/1 8 9 - 2v K Fallon
D Nicholls
88
tracked leaders, ridden halfway, weakening when short of room entering final furlong
White, large black spots, black cap 1. New Fforest (9)ATR Tracker Non Runner 93
Yellow, purple chevron, halved sleeves, purple and yellow hooped cap 2. Barnet Fair (1)ATR Tracker Non Runner 93
Red, white stripe, red sleeves, white spots and spots on cap 8. Swiss Cross (2)ATR Tracker Non Runner 88
White, beige seams, white sleeves and cap 11. Stone Of Folca (14)ATR Tracker Non Runner 87
Royal blue, red cross belts, red and royal blue hooped sleeves, white cap 14. Monumental Man (11)ATR Tracker Non Runner 80
Off Time:13:47:59
Winning Time:0m 55.80s
Elusivity
Pearl blue
Both of these runners giving the field a big start elusivity giving away 6ls and pearl blue even more 8ls there realistic chance of winning gone from the break but were both nearest finish and the two eyecatchers.Elusivity was running in different class races was at one point rated 106,last season was 4th at York for O'Meara off 103 has now changed stables to peter crate has obviously regressed running off 88 and only 2/36 on turf.He doesn't look one to be taking short prices but finished really well on track that suits the pace horses and will give a few chances.
Pearl blue is a mare I've followed since she won at sandown as 3yr old by 7ls off 69 after that race I thought she was a 90 horse which proved to be the case but I thought she may even go onto slightly better class.She's 6 now rated 92 and been around these marks since 2012 but she is still relatively lightly raced only 21 lifetime runs I've always got the impression she could win a really nice handicap even off these marks.She's never won on anything better than gd/sft probably needs at least soft yet has still run well on good ground,last season she only ran 4 times running some great races off 92 4th,3rd 4th in competitive races.The fact chris wall doesn't over race her and race her on the wrong ground points towards him thinking she will/can win some of these decent handicaps.The track was totally against her today,george baker just let her run into the race and she finished full of running after conceding 8ls,hopefully another poor summer and more entries on the right ground!!