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14:05 Sandown Park

Friends Of Jonathan Cooper Rated Stakes (Class C Handicap) (Class C)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 6y
  • Going: Good to Soft, Good in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 3.96s
  • 11 Ran
1(8)
Silk - Red and Yellow (halved), sleeves reversed, Yellow cap, Red spots
16/1
  • Form 0-00006
  • Age 11
  • Weight 9-7

led to halfway, weakened quickly 2f out

2(12)
Silk - Yellow, large Black spots, Black sleeves, Yellow spots, Yellow cap, Black spots
  • Form 3-30303
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-6

behind, effort and shaken up 2f out, soon beaten

3(11)
Silk - Dark Blue and Orange (quartered), halved sleeves, Orange cap
20/1
  • Form 500-060
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-4

prominent, led halfway to 2f out, weakened over 1f out

4(1)
Silk - Royal Blue, Orange star, striped cap
12/1
  • Form 505005
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-4

raced alone on stand side, not on terms from halfway, tailed off

5(2)
Silk - Dark Blue, White sleeves, Dark Blue seams, Red cap, Dark Blue spots
  • Form 442602
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-3

chased leaders, ridden to lead briefly inside final furlong, not quicken

6(5)
Silk - BLACK and WHITE check, hooped sleeves
8/1
  • Form 055000
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-2

chased leaders, led 2f out, soon hung right under pressure, headed and weakened inside final furlong

8(10)
Silk - Primrose, violet hooped sleeves, red cap

Connect

21 b
5/1
  • Form 006-240
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-12

chased leaders, ridden and stayed on same pace final 2f

9(6)
Silk - Emerald Green, White spots on sleeves
12/1
  • Form 001-600
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-10

slowly into stride, held up in rear, ridden and no impression final 2f

10(9)
Silk - Grey, Pink epaulets, quartered cap
13/2
  • Form 010310
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-10

held up in rear, switched left to outer 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well

11(7)
Silk - Yellow, Emerald Green Cross of Lorraine, striped sleeves, Emerald Green cap
  • Form 530-060
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-8

pressed leaders until weakened quickly inside final 2f

12(3)
Silk - Dark Green, Yellow spots, Yellow sleeves, Dark Green spots, Yellow cap
10/1
  • Form 00-0550
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-7

held up in rear, headway on outer 2f out, every chance entering final furlong, not quicken

7(4)
NR
  • Form 113-240
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-1

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Corridor Creeper deserves to get his head in front and can do so here at the expense of Texas Gold, Matty Tun and Whistler. Milton Bradley's seven-year-old has gone close on a number of occasions, none more so than when second to Caribbean Coral in last Friday's Gosforth Park Sprint at Newcastle. The ground was softer than he would have liked, but he still beat the rest of the field, and under today's conditions, he gets a great chance to atone. After taking on top company in the Wokingham earlier, he certainly has nothing to fear from this opposition, including Texas Gold who has yet to recapture last season's form but is getting there. Matty Tun looks held on last week's form but is a course and distance winner at Sandown, while the selection's stablemate Whistler is no back number, having won here under Richard Hills in June. Connect disappointed at York after two good efforts behind Racoon, but it would not surprise us if he were placed, but the time is right for Corridor Creeper to come good.