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16:15 Brighton

3663 Handicap (Class 5)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f 196y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places (Watered)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £4,000 added
  • Winner: £2,588
  • 2nd: £770
  • 3rd: £385
  • 4th: £192
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 30.72s
  • Off Time: 16:16:23
  • 5 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Brigh (IRE)

6/4

    2
    Silk -

    Megalala (IRE)

    10/1

      1(5)
      Silk - Pink, maroon star, maroon sleeves, pink stars, maroon cap, pink star

      Rossetti

      53
      5/1
      • Form 45-9250
      • Age 5
      • Weight 10-0
      • Official Rating 70

      tracked leaders and keen, raced wide, switched to stands rail over 2f out, ridden and not much room over 1f out, no extra

      2(3)
      Silk - Pink, Black triple diamond, armlets and diamond on cap

      Megalala (IRE)

      10 CDCD
      10/1
      • Form 906052
      • Age 12
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 59

      led, ridden and headed over 1f out, one pace

      3(2)
      Silk - RED, BLACK stars, RED sleeves

      Brigh (IRE)

      14 D
      6/4
      • Form 93-13
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 70

      held up in rear, headway to race stands rail over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on strongly to draw clear inside final furlong

      4(4)
      Silk - ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW stripe, YELLOW sleeves, ROYAL BLUE armlets and star on YELLOW cap

      Spieta (IRE)

      14
      6/4
      • Form 556-22
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 69

      tracked leaders in 4th, raced stands rail over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace

      5(1)
      Silk - LIGHT GREEN, yellow star, dark green sleeves, yellow cap

      Dark Justice (IRE)

      10
      33/1
      • Form 75-640V
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-0
      • Official Rating 51

      tracked leader, ridden and weakened over 2f out

      Previous results

      2012
      (9)
      Silk -

      Shouda (IRE)

      13/8
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-2

      2011
      (1)
      Silk -

      Lemon Drop Red (USA)

      9/2
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-8

      2010
      (3)
      Silk -

      Goldtrek (USA)

      5/4
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-1

      In depth

      Verdict

      The older pair at the head of the weights may struggle to contain a couple of promising three-year-olds in SPIETA and Brigh who are preferred in that order. Spieta ran a good second behind the progressive London Bridge on reappearance here before narrowly failing to hold on at Kempton last time under a canny Kieren Fallon front-running ride. He holds Bligh on their running that day and is actually 1lb better off with his victim who was a length away in third. Luca Cumani's decent record at the track enhances confidence. Megalala has been a wonderful servant to John Bridger down the years and boasts a career record of 15-102. The 12-year-old should take some prize money home once again.

      Formwatch

      Rossetti 11-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, always behind, last of 13, 22l behind Invincible Hero (9-1) at Nottingham 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gd in May.

      Megalala (IRE) 20-1 (9-1) Led, hard driven over 3f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 13, 2 1/2l behind Hector's Chance (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Jun.

      Brigh (IRE) 4-1 (8-11) Held up in touch, ridden over 1f out in 3rd, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Thwart (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f flls hcp (0-70) (3yo+) (5) pol in Jun.

      Spieta (IRE) 5-2 (8-11) Led, ridden inside final furlong, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Thwart (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f flls hcp (0-70) (3yo+) (5) pol in Jun.

      Dark Justice (IRE) .