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Somerset Handicap (Class 5) (3yo+) (Course C) (Turf) Racecard

  • Channel: SKY
  • Distance: 7f
  • Going: Good
Runners
14

Type
Flat

Surface
Turf

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Racecard

No.(Draw)
Runner
Best Odds
1
(1)
The Concentration silk
CD
C
The Concentration b
J: Dylan Browne McMonagle
T: P F Yiu
CD
3 x C&D Winner - Won 3 times before on this course at this distance
C
4 x Course Winner - Won 4 times before at this course
Cold Recent Form Jockey - 1 wins from 27 in the last 14 days (4%)
Two recent C&D wins; raised a collective 13lb, so life is about to get tougher
11-338
Age: 5
Weight: 9-9
OR: 40
Days: -
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
8 Mar 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-9 b 3/14 He Was Me (shd) 7/2F 40 -
8 Feb 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-2 b 1/14 Winning Machine (1L) 71/10 33 45
4 Jan 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-10 b 1/14 Gale Saga (½L) 51/10 27 37
20 Dec 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-11 b 3/14 Manythanks Forever (2L) 12/1 28 34
30 Nov 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-11 b1 3/14 Young Horizon (3L) 17/1 28 34
9 Nov 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-11 e/s 8/13 Ka Ying Power (6¼L) 63/10 30 28
2
(11)
Gale Saga silk
CD
Gale Saga b
J: Karis Teetan
T: P C Ng
CD
2 x C&D Winner - Won 2 times before on this course at this distance
Cold Recent Form Jockey - 0 wins from 17 in the last 14 days (0%)
Behind The Concentration on last two outings but now better off at the weights with him
32-068
Age: 5
Weight: 9-7
OR: 38
Days: -
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
8 Mar 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-7 b 14/14 He Was Me (5¼L) 91/10 38 -
8 Feb 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-7 b 3/14 The Concentration (1½L) 76/10 38 45
4 Jan 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-6 b 2/14 The Concentration (½L) 74/10 37 46
20 Dec 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-7 b 10/14 Circuit Fiery (7¼L) 19/5 38 33
19 Nov 25 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-9 b 6/12 Apolar Fighter (2½L) 11/1 40 44
30 Oct 25 Sha Sha Tin 9f St Hc 7-13 b 8/13 Reliable Profit (8L) 12/1 42 33
3
(10)
Bling Bling Genius silk
BF
Bling Bling Genius
J: Hugh Bowman
T: Douglas Whyte
BF
Beaten Favourite - Losing favourite last time out
A maiden but dropping back to 7f and returning here are definite positives
0-5275
Age: 5
Weight: 9-6
OR: 37
Days: -
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
8 Mar 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-6 4/14 He Was Me (¾L) 91/10 37 -
11 Feb 26 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 9-9 12/12 Run Run Timing (19L) 23/10F 39 6
20 Dec 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-8 5/14 Manythanks Forever (2½L) 19/5 39 44
30 Nov 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-7 2/14 Young Horizon (1¼L) 41/10 38 49
15 Nov 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-5 7/14 Bucephalas (4L) 56/10 40 38
12 Oct 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-3 5/14 Good Luck Babe (½L) 4/1 40 45
4
(5)
Exceed The Wish silk
Exceed The Wish h
J: Lyle Hewitson
T: Mark Newnham
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 29 in the last 14 days (3%)
Hold-up performer who has yet to win; questionable whether this step up to 7f will benefit
70-685
Age: 5
Weight: 9-5
OR: 36
Days: -
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
8 Mar 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-5 h 11/14 He Was Me (3¼L) 26/1 36 -
11 Feb 26 Hap Happy Valley 5f GF Hc 9-7 7/12 Macanese Master (4¾L) 15/1 38 32
21 Jan 26 Sha Sha Tin 6f St Hc 9-9 11/12 Noble Deluxe (6¼L) 12/1 40 31
17 Dec 25 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-6 6/12 Amazing Kid (2½L) 14/1 42 45
19 Nov 25 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-7 h 8/12 Lakeshore Hero (3¾L) 63/10 44 41
2 Nov 25 Hap Happy Valley 6f GF Hc 8-7 h 5/12 Argento Ocean (2¼L) 32/5 44 47
5
(6)
Podium silk
Podium tb
J: Jerry Chau 2
T: David Eustace
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 0 wins from 19 in the last 14 days (0%)
Both wins have been at 6f but he stays 1m, over which he ran well last time; 7f may suit
48-413
Age: 7
Weight: 9-5
OR: 36
Days: -
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
8 Mar 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-3 tb 6/14 He Was Me (1½L) 22/1 36 -
11 Feb 26 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 9-5 tb 4/12 Run Run Timing (2¾L) 9/1 37 41
14 Jan 26 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-4 tb 8/12 Blazing Beam (3¼L) 36/5 37 35
10 Dec 25 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-4 tb 4/12 Lucky Generations (1½L) 76/10 37 42
19 Nov 25 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-11 tb 1/12 Telecom Power (1¼L) 135/10 30 40
22 Oct 25 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-11 tb 3/12 Talents Supremo (1¼L) 72/1 30 37
6
(7)
General Smart silk
General Smart tp
J: Zac Purton
T: C S Shum
Maiden yet to be placed but his latest run over 6f under Purton was encouraging
56-769
Age: 4
Weight: 9-3
OR: 34
Days: -
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
8 Mar 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-3 tp 2/14 He Was Me (nse) 69/10 34 -
1 Feb 26 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 9-6 tp 5/14 Shotgun (3L) 11/1 36 38
21 Jan 26 Sha Sha Tin 6f St Hc 9-7 tp 6/12 Noble Deluxe (3¼L) 11/1 38 38
23 Dec 25 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-9 tp 7/12 Concorde Star (4½L) 71/10 40 41
3 Dec 25 Hap Happy Valley 5f Gd Hc 9-9 tp 6/12 Golden Friendship (2½L) 59/1 40 41
16 Apr 25 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 8-7 tp 9/12 Sunday's Serenade (5¼L) 82/1 45 39
7
(4)
Panda Legend silk
CD
Panda Legend tv
J: James Orman
T: W Y So
CD
C&D Winner - Won before on this course at this distance
Has the form to feature and only wilted late on over 1m here on New Year's Day
7-0234
Age: 7
Weight: 9-3
OR: 34
Days: -
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
8 Mar 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-3 tv 5/14 He Was Me (1¼L) 12/1 34 -
1 Jan 26 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 9-6 tv 7/14 Iron Legion (1L) 67/10 35 40
26 Nov 25 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 9-4 tv 11/12 Yiu Cheung Victory (5½L) 12/1 35 34
9 Nov 25 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 9-3 tv 2/14 Mr Good Vibes (nk) 11/1 34 43
1 Oct 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF Hc 9-4 tv 3/13 Tsuen Wan Glory (3½L) 58/10 35 40
14 Sep 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF Hc 9-4 tv 4/14 Fight Time (1¾L) 23/1 35 41
8
(2)
Windicator Family silk
Windicator Family tv
J: Alexis Badel
T: W K Mo
Cold Recent Form Jockey - 1 wins from 32 in the last 14 days (3%)
Good run last time but over 1m and his sole success came at that distance
4-0478
Age: 6
Weight: 9-1
OR: 32
Days: -
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
8 Mar 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-1 tv 9/14 He Was Me (2½L) 15/1 32 -
1 Jan 26 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 9-3 v 4/14 Iron Legion (½L) 11/1 32 38
10 Dec 25 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-3 v 10/12 Family Fortune (6½L) 15/2 34 27
26 Nov 25 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 9-5 v 4/12 Yiu Cheung Victory (2½L) 9/1 36 42
8 Oct 25 Hap Happy Valley 9f GF Hc 9-9 v 7/11 Hakka Radiance (5¾L) 16/1 38 37
1 Oct 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF Hc 9-8 v 8/13 Tsuen Wan Glory (6L) 41/10 39 37
9
(8)
Draco silk
Draco b 1
J: L J Ferraris
T: Brett Crawford
Did well to finish so close here two months ago and has since won a trial
3-8335
Age: 5
Weight: 9-0
OR: 31
Days: -
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
8 Mar 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-0 b1 8/14 He Was Me (2¼L) 49/10 31 -
1 Jan 26 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 9-1 3/14 Iron Legion (nk) 42/10 30 37
26 Nov 25 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 9-1 h 8/12 Yiu Cheung Victory (4¼L) 7/5F 32 34
12 Nov 25 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-1 3/12 Lucky Blessing (¾L) 23/10F 32 38
4 Oct 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF Hc 9-1 t 3/14 Decrelot (½L) 23/5 32 42
28 Sep 25 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 9-2 t 5/14 Ninja Derby (4¼L) 47/10 33 38
10
(9)
Fight Time silk
CD
Fight Time p 1
J: Brenton Avdulla
T: D J Hall
CD
C&D Winner - Won before on this course at this distance
Cold Recent Form Jockey - 0 wins from 16 in the last 14 days (0%)
Fifth but bang there over C&D last week and that was in a Class 4; respected
5044-0
Age: 6
Weight: 9-9
OR: 40
Days: -
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
8 Mar 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-9 p1 12/14 He Was Me (3½L) 9/2 40 -
1 Mar 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-5 5/14 Chill Partners (¾L) 17/1 41 45
14 Feb 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF Hc 8-6 v 10/14 Amazing Partners (4L) 31/5 43 42
25 Jan 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF Hc 8-6 v 4/14 Turin Champions (1½L) 13/1 43 48
4 Jan 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-7 v 4/14 Positive Smile (4¼L) 15/1 44 42
20 Dec 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-7 b 13/14 Nyx Gluck (7¼L) 19/1 44 34
11
(13)
He Was Me silk
He Was Me tb
J: Andrea Atzeni
T: A S Cruz
Placed in last two races (7f/6f); negatives are his maiden status and a wide draw
3-3906
Age: 5
Weight: 8-7
OR: 24
Days: -
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
8 Mar 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-7 tb 1/14 General Smart (nse) 17/1 24 -
19 Feb 26 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 8-8 tb 3/14 Come Fast Fay Fay (¾L) 17/1 24 31
20 Dec 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-8 tb 3/14 Circuit Fiery (4L) 15/1 25 29
30 Nov 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-10 tb 9/14 Young Horizon (7L) 14/1 27 22
2 Nov 25 Hap Happy Valley 6f GF Hc 8-12 tb 10/11 Ragnarr (7½L) 63/10 29 14
15 Oct 25 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 9-2 tb 6/12 Apolar Fighter (7¼L) 13/1 31 31
12
(3)
Casa Legend silk
C
Casa Legend tb
J: Matthew Poon
T: C W Chang
C
2 x Course Winner - Won 2 times before at this course
Cold Recent Form Jockey - 0 wins from 30 in the last 14 days (0%)
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 0 wins from 17 in the last 14 days (0%)
Course winner at 1m but has looked out of touch in last two races won by The Concentration
00-004
Age: 7
Weight: 8-5
OR: 22
Days: -
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
8 Mar 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-5 tb 7/14 He Was Me (2L) 82/1 22 -
8 Feb 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-8 tb 12/14 The Concentration (7¼L) 51/1 25 17
4 Jan 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-10 et 10/14 The Concentration (7L) 45/1 27 18
10 May 25 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 8-13 et 10/14 Jolly Jumper (4¼L) 31/5 30 29
9 Apr 25 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-1 et 10/12 Verbier (4¼L) 11/1 32 31
15 Mar 25 Sha Sha Tin 8f GF Hc 9-3 et 4/14 Soaring Bronco (2½L) 18/1 33 38
13
(14)
Smart Engineer silk
Smart Engineer b
J: M L Yeung
T: K W Lui
Cold Recent Form Jockey - 0 wins from 22 in the last 14 days (0%)
Struggles continued when well behind The Concentration over C&D four weeks ago
9000-9
Age: 4
Weight: 8-5
OR: 22
Days: -
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
8 Mar 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-5 b 10/14 He Was Me (3L) 99/1 22 -
8 Feb 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-8 b 9/14 The Concentration (5¼L) 57/1 25 22
28 Jan 26 Hap Happy Valley 5f Gd Hc 8-11 b 10/12 Savvy Twinkle (4¼L) 74/1 28 25
21 Jan 26 Sha Sha Tin 6f St Hc 9-0 t 10/12 Noble Deluxe (5¾L) 16/1 31 24
4 Jan 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-3 t 12/14 The Concentration (9½L) 98/1 34 19
20 Dec 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-6 9/14 Circuit Fiery (7¼L) 90/1 37 32
14
(12)
The Way We Win silk
The Way We Win tb
J: Matthew Chadwick
T: Jamie Richards
Cold Recent Form Jockey - 0 wins from 15 in the last 14 days (0%)
Beat one home last time in a race won by The Concentration
08-000
Age: 5
Weight: 8-3
OR: 17
Days: -
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
8 Mar 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-3 tb 13/14 He Was Me (4¼L) 25/1 17 -
8 Feb 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-3 p 13/14 The Concentration (8¼L) 35/1 20 9
11 Jan 26 Sha Sha Tin 6f GF Hc 8-5 v 8/12 Snowthorn (4¼L) 21/1 22 18
20 Dec 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-7 v1 10/14 Manythanks Forever (4½L) 44/1 24 23
9 Nov 25 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 8-9 tb 10/14 Mr Good Vibes (5¼L) 15/1 26 23
15 Oct 25 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 8-11 tb 10/12 Apolar Fighter (12½L) 12/1 26 14
15
(15)
Winning Machine silk
BF
Winning Machine t
J: Reserve
T: C Fownes
BF
Beaten Favourite - Losing favourite last time out
Reserve; big effort from a wide stall when splitting The Concentration and Gale Saga here
2-7494
Age: 4
Weight: 9-6
OR: 37
Days: 28
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
8 Feb 26 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-0 t 2/14 The Concentration (1L) 17/5F 36 45
7 Dec 25 Sha Sha Tin 6f St Hc 9-7 tb 7/12 Glory Cloud (2¾L) 26/5 38 41
30 Nov 25 Sha Sha Tin 6f St Hc 8-5 tb 4/12 Day Day Victory (4¼L) 7/2 40 39
19 Nov 25 Hap Happy Valley 5f Gd Hc 8-5 tb1 9/12 Mr Desira (5¼L) 59/10 42 36
30 Oct 25 Sha Sha Tin 6f St Hc 8-7 tp 4/12 Vulcanus (¾L) 39/10 42 48
12 Oct 25 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-7 tp 12/14 Good Luck Babe (4½L) 61/10 44 38
Verdict

Plenty with chances but DRACO could be interesting as he did well to finish so close from where he was turning in here on New Year's Day

Verdict silk image
Draco

Betting Forecast:

5/1 The Concentration,

Gale Saga,

11/2 Draco,

6/1 Bling Bling Genius,

Fight Time,

8/1 General Smart,

10/1 Podium,

12/1 Panda Legend,

14/1 Windicator Family,

He Was Me,

20/1 Exceed The Wish,

50/1 The Way We Win,

66/1 Casa Legend,

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