British 2yo Racing - 2012 Race Result :- 120 : Thu, May 31st - Sandown Park 6:45, 5f Listed (1), "National Stakes"

BRITISH 2yo RACING - 2012 Season Race Result

Race 120 : Thu, May 31st
Sandown Park 6:45, 5f Listed (1), "National Stakes"

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[Est] is the B2yoR Rating. Green indicates a 55+ level,
Cream between 30 & 54, Pink less than 30.
Wnr = previous/LATER 2yo Winner. Letter is Race Type.
Hf = Position at Halfway. Green indicates making places to the finish.

GOING	TIME	RcPc	Video	VP
GF	61.85 [Compare]	2	Link	None

	Horse	SP	[EST]	Run	Wnr	Trainer	Dw	Hf	Run Notes
1	Sir Prancealot	1.88	71	2	G	R. Hannon	2	7	B-1 RL, H-2 Erl, ShfflBck+1.5f to 3R RL, -6L Hf, Dv-2f+, PO-2f, Blckd-1f+ Wait, Eff-1f, PO, Ld ins-1f, Resp to Ln, SCmf
2	Top Boy	12	57	4		D. Shaw	6	6	Drift 12/1, B-1, Resp Erl & 8th, SFre+1.5f SPrg, -6L Hf Cent, SPrg-2f+, Eff-2f, Po, Resp-1f+ PO, Po-0.5f, poLt
3	Effie B	11	46	5	m/N	M. R. Channon	5	8	B-2 P-2, XB Erl JkQt, -8L Hf, SPrg-2f+, Eff-2f, po Cent, 5th+1f, Resp & po, FdLt
4	Ocean Applause	100	50	2		J. Ryan	4	9	B-1 PNgl, Resp Erl, H-2 +0.5f, Ngl+1f SInx TTR Drop Last, -8L+ Hf, TTR-2f, 8th-1f, po HnH to Fdrs, Resp to Ln
5	Storm Moon	1.88	35	3	v	M. Johnston	1	1	Supp 9/4, B1 RL, Ld Erl, FreOv, Jnd+1.5f Resp, Pr 2.5Clr Hf, Po-2f, Stall-1f+, po-1f, Hdd ins-1f Fd, Tired-0.5f
6	Pixilated	50	34	2	A	G. A. Kelleway	7	5	BkWL, 2R Erl, H-2 +1f to Mdfld SFFH, -4L Hf, HgL-2f LsGrnd SInx, po-1.5f, Fd-1f HgL
7	Baileys Jubilee	4.5	28	4	v	M. Johnston	9	2	Drift 7/2, BOK Wdst, QEff Erl & Prg, FreOv, JnLdr+1.5f Hld, Pr 2.5Clr Hf, Po-1f+, po-1f, Fd-0.5f+, Tired-0.5f
8	Mossgo	50	26	3	a	J. R. Best	8	3	BkWL Wd, QEff Erl & Prg, Fre+1f & H-2 to 2R, SFFH for 1f, Dv-2f+, po-2f, Fd ins-f
9	Mosstang	25	18	4	m	R. A. Mills	3	4	BkWL ins, 2R Erl SFre & Hld, SFFH for 1.5f, Fly Jump+1.5f, Dv Hf ModResp, LsGrnd-1.5f, Eased-1f

SUMMARY

Back to GF before meeting started after a dry day. Going Stick reading from 14:00. GFG from GF 2 days prior but dry in between and no note of any watering. Going Stick = [UPDATE].

Medium to Stiff Westerly Wind = Direct Headwind.

Hannon's Website = "We got a bloody nose with Magic City in last year's National Stakes, but we have won Sandown's Listed race nine times in the last two decades and, hopefully, Andrew Tinkler's Sir Prancealot can improve our record still further on the Esher slopes on Thursday night. The boss said: 'We like Sir Prancealot and he has really settled down. He used to get on his toes and could get quite warm, but this past month his work has been very sharp, and we weren't at all surprised that he won so well on his debut at Bath. ..... he is simply a lovely horse. He was very professional at Bath and has speed to burn, so, hopefully, if all goes well at Sandown he could then be bound for Royal Ascot.'"

Summary of trainer Best from his Video Blog wrt Mossgo was - 'Why not run in a Listed race with £23k on offer and prize money down to 6th? The only alternative at present is to run in a Novice race for £5-6k and you will probably run into horses as good as in a Listed race in the Novice event'. So, not running in it because they 'think something of him' in Punditspeak but as a see what happens Day Out. Few NRs, pace too strong and the field breaks up and you could end up trundling into a place for ok money and Black Type. Other people often let the 'Black Type' facade do their thinking for them so you might end up being able to sell on a nursery handicapper for daft money. Fair enough.

Fascinating race to watch in terms of how a Strong Pace can break a race up and mean those running prominently will fade badly. The race to Win then becomes a smaller field affair between those running far enough back to be running a usable pace. Look at the halfway positions to Final placings here and it tell the story of the race. At Halfway the contested pace had drawn the field out over 8-9L front to back. A long way. The first 5 through Halfway folded up early and badly and underperformed in the last 5 places home. The race actually boiled down to whether Sir P could beat Top Boy from a similar starting position and helped by running the rail while TB had to make ground centre track. He had put 4.5L into him by the finish and not stopping and similar to what Cay Verde did at Ascot to TB. That winner went on to success in the Listed 5f Marble Hill Stakes in Ireland over the last weekend. Which is perhaps right if TB is an OR80s type. SirP put 5L into Effie B from halfway to the finish and EB now has two 3rd places in Listed races without ever having got involved in either race in any meaningful way beyond picking up the pieces when the Pace collapses.

You wonder about what was going through trainer Johnston's mind? Clever guy, and all that but the development for Storm Moon & Baileys Jubilee has gone awry after a flying start. You worry about BJubilee and whether we saw the best of her when running away with wins in lesser races in early season. Not developing with racing. Then Johnston decides to run both in this race rather then BJubilee at Beverley the previous day. Which means the pair hook up in the lead and stretch out the overly strong pace. They are 2L+ clear at halfway (unnecessarily far) with Mossgo struggling to keep up in third with SirP 6L back (a big difference in relative pace over the first 2.5F). Have a word with the jockeys before the race next time Mark.

Hannon website the day after = "Sure, you can pick holes in the form with Mark Johnston's pair cutting each others throats up front, but for us Sir Prancealot fans the first three furlongs were like watching a Vincent Price horror-movie as Richard Hughes got buffetted all over the place and repeatedly had to rein back. However, we all saw at Bath how talented Sir Prancealot was, and when he did eventually see daylight up the far rails he produced an electrifying turn of foot to put the race to bed in three strides. Richard Hannon jnr, supervising things on the Esher slopes, said: 'That is as good as two-year-old performance as I have seen this season, and Sir Prancealot would be the best of our youngsters that we have run so far, though we have plenty of others coming through the ranks, and with many of them being later developing types this year, who knows if we might find one even better. However, there is no doubt that Sir Prancealot is very good, and I am very pleased for 'Tinks', who likes to see his horses performing at the major meetings and clearly has a Royal Ascot contender in this fellow. Sir Prancealot will be entered for both the Norfolk and Coventry Stakes - he has the speed for five furlongs but will stay six, and whichever race we opt for I am sure that he would have a favourite's chance. He has put on weight since Bath and has improved a lot. He has a great attitude, which is always a bonus, and, having been held up for a month or so by the weather, it is good to see the two-year-olds starting to come through now. Obviously, watching Sir Prancealot early on was a bit hairy. I did not enjoy the first half of the race one iota and wondered what Hughesie was doing, but all's well that end's well, and we can now plan for Ascot' "

Deidre Johnson interviewed before the race and interesting in general terms. Said Storm Moon was a sensible horse at home but had seemed to get a bit warm and sweaty this evening. She hoped that was just the warm and humid evening. Asked about the failure of Baileys Jubilee at York and launched into a long piece about how the stable's horses just do not run well at York any more. She said that before the track was relaid they were often a season's top trainer at the course. Since the drainage work and the surface relaid she and her husband felt that the horses do not run well there. She said she dreaded going there now. She further said she had tole BJubilee's owner the night before the race that it would be no surprise to see the horse fail given the stable's record there and be prepared to just write it off. Watching replays of the races at the course so far this season has often left the feeling that races are playing out in unusualy ways. Sets of horses on certain strips moving forward together while others are collapsing ealry. Huge distances back to beaten horses. Some people feel the relaid Ascot course is similar and 'Ascot Form' as quirky and unlikely to be confirmed elsewhere as at more obvious examples like Southwell.