Raise the roof with Raucous
RAUCOUS can claim the honours on his first run for 208 days in the Buxted Construction Ltd Conditions Stakes, the richest race on the card tomorrow at Chelmsford.
The William Haggas-trained fouryear-old is having his first run since being gelded, but is well worth the risk.
Connections have clearly not lost faith in him as he holds an entry in the Duke of York Stakes at York next month.
Raucous boasts Pattern-race form as a two- and three-year-old, having finished third in the Gimcrack at York behind Ajaya as a juvenile and third to Shalaa in the Bengough Stakes at Ascot last autumn.
After wins at Wolverhampton and Newcastle earlier in the year, Mystique Moon gets his chance on this surface in the Eagle Roofing Handicap.
Charlie Appleby’s gelding has just done enough to win on both starts and has been hard for the handicapper to assess.
Pacharana is Luca Cumani’s only runner at Beverley and the four-yearold can justify the journey from Newmarket by taking the Alan McGuinness And Robin Lunness Memorial Handicap.
The daughter of Oasis Dream looks set to carry on her good work from 2016 when she won four races in a row before being put firmly in her place by Cartwright at Pontefract.
The form of that race can be questioned as the field, in what was an apprentice contest, was well strung out and while the winner was a worthy one, Pacharana is arguably better than the bare facts would suggest.
She can resume winning ways on the Westwood.
Atteq makes his first appearance on turf since his debut at Chester after six efforts on the all-weather in the David McGowan And John Binks Memorial Handicap.
The three-year-old, trained by Richard Fahey, has made the first four in those latter races and can finally get his head in front in the colours of Al Shaqab Racing.
Value At Risk ran far better than it looks at Aintree on first glance and the drop in distance can see Dan Skelton’s charge collect the River Tay Handicap Chase at Perth. (13)CWallis69-7(C,D3) ......... JoshuaBryan(7) (9) R Haugen 5 9-6 (D) ...... M Monaghan (3) (25)DIvory69-3(CD2) ............... RWinston (19) P McEntee 6 9-2 (CD3) .... Josephine Gordon (25) T Easterby 4 9-1 (D3) ............ A Mullen (7) R Hannon 4 8-13 (D2) ........................... L Dettori (173) J Tuite 6 8-13 (D) ...... Oisin Murphy (170) R C Guest 4 8-10 (BF) ............. C Beasley (43) J Ryan 6 8-7 ............................ Danny Brock BETTING: 9-4 Alkhor, 3 Udontdodou, 4 Golden Amber, 8 Zac Brown, 10 Plucky Dip, 12 Flying Pursuit, Gentlemen, 25 Old Fashioned, Cincuenta Pasos.
10-1 Steadied start, held up in rear, headway on outside under pressure over 1f out, 3rd and one pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Shalaa at Ascot 6f Grp 3 (1) sft in Oct. 4-1 Always prominent, driven to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, soon rallied, stayed on gamely to lead again post, won at Kempton 6f hcp 0-105 (2) pol beating Stellarta by ns, 10 ran. 7-1 Mid-division, pushed along over 2f out to chase leaders, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 13, 10l behind Tupi at Doncaster 6f Listed stks (1) gs. 40-1 12th of 16, 12l behind Jungle Cat at Meydan(UAE) 6f stks gd in Mar. 33-1 Raced wide, tracked leader, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, no extra near finish, 5th of 14, 2 1/4l behind Forceful Appeal at Lingfield 7f app hcp (2) pol. 6-1 In rear, ridden over 1f out, never on terms, weakened final furlong, 7th of 8, 13l behind Treaty Of Rome at Southwell 6f hcp 0-80 (4) fbs. POPPY IN THE WIND (27) A Brown 5 10-1 (CD)...Josh Doyle (5) LUCKY BEGGAR (10) D C Griffiths 7 10-0 (D3) .............. D Allan TARBOOSH (10) P Midgley 4 10-0 ...................... P Mulrennan LYDIA’S PLACE (12) R C Guest 4 10-0 (CD) .................. C Lee (5) BOSHAM (42) M W Easterby 7 9-12 (CD) ...... Nathan Evans (3) TICKS THE BOXES (21) J Wainwright 5 9-12 ............... T Eaves COMPTON PARK (5) J L Eyre 10 9-8 ................. L Edmunds (5) THATCHERITE (572) T Coyle 9 9-7 (CD2) ................. B McHugh SPIRIT OF WEDZA (52) Julie Camacho 5 9-6 (BF) .... Joe Doyle LAWLESS LOUIS (208)DO’Meara39-5(D2) .... PVaughan(7) PERFECT SYMPHONY (193) K Ryan 3 9-4 (D) ............. K Stott SPACE ARTIST (208) N Tinkler 7 9-2 (D5) .................. A Mullen WINDFORPOWER (15) Miss T Waggott 7 9-2 (D13)... B A Curtis BETTING: 9-2 Lucky Beggar, 6 Compton Park, 7 Spirit Of Wedza, 8 Ticks The Boxes, Windforpower, 10 Poppy In The Wind, 12 Tarboosh, Bosham, Perfect Symphony, Lawless Louis, 14 Others. (8) M Johnston 9-0 ......................... J Fanning TEasterby9-0 .................................... DAllan (19) K Dalgleish 9-0 ................. P Makin (17) Mrs A Duffield 9-0 ................... B A Curtis K Dalgleish 9-0 ........................ R Scott (5) N Tinkler 9-0 ................................... T Eaves T Easterby 9-0 ................................... D Fentiman D O’Meara 9-0 ............................. D Tudhope R Fahey 9-0 .......................................... T Hamilton R Fahey 9-0 ............................................... J Garritty BETTING: 11-8 Emilia James, 5 Shazzab, 13-2 Royal Crown, 10 Foxy’s Spirit, Suanas, 12 Plansina, 14 Hypnotic Dancer, 16 Lady Lintera, Monkey Magic, 20 Miss Bar Beach. (188) M Johnston 9-7 (D) ................. P McDonald (16) T Easterby 9-3 ............................ D Allan (16) T Dascombe 9-3 (D) .................... R Kingscote (254) D O’Meara 9-2 ........................................ P Makin (134) M Johnston 8-13 (D) ............... J Fanning (40) E Dunlop 8-13 .............................. P Mulrennan (194) R Fahey 8-8 (BF)... Sammy Jo Bell (3) (10)MJohnston49-7(C2) .................... JFanning (16) D O’Meara 5 9-6 (C) ............................... P Makin M Hammond 7 9-3 (D2) ................. P Mulrennan (270)DCGriffiths59-3(C,D) ........... DAllan (16) Mrs R Carr 4 9-2 ........................... J Garritty (26) R Fahey 6 8-13 ............. Sammy Jo Bell (3) (36) K Ryan 4 8-13 .................................. K Stott (15) G Harker 8 8-12 (D2) ....................... S James (16) J Wainwright 4 8-11 (D) .............. T Eaves (16) M Walford 4 8-11 ................. D Costello BETTING: 7-2 Bit Of A Quirke, 4 Strummer, 5 Ravenhoe, 6 Bling King, 7 Lopito de Vega, 8 Bahamian C, 10 All You, 12 Correggio, 25 Others.