The Valley - Friday 26th February 2021

47 LEAD SPEED RATINGS (Horses listed by barrier) BARRIER BACKMARKER BEYOND MIDFIELD MIDFIELD OFF SPEED ON SPEED LEAD 1 ROCK TYCOON 2 KOONUNGA 3 SARTORIAL SPLENDOR 4 CALL IT A DAY 5 CHINA AFFAIR 6 ESTA LA ROCA 7 LESAGE 8 MS CATHERINE 9 THE NATURAL 10 MOUNT HOREB Race 4 Ladbrokes 55 Second Challenge Heat 15 8:00pm 955m Rail: Out 6m Entire Circuit Of $55,000 . 1st $30,250, 2nd $9,900, 3rd $4,950, 4th $2,750, 5th $1,650, 6th $1,100, 7th $1,100, 8th $1,100, 9th $1,100, 10th $1,100. Prizemoney contribution totaling 3% will be directed to jockey and equine welfare prior to distribution. For Three-Years-Old and Upwards. BenchMark 78 Handicap. Apprentices can claim. Track Record: 54.54E Meteorite (02/10/2020) [Good3] Class Record: NPR-E First running under these conditions & distance No. Last 10 Horse Name Br. Trainer Jockey Wgt Hcp Rtg Techform Jockey Trainer Distance Track 1 9s9677s18s SARTORIAL SPLENDOR 3 John Sadler Matthew Cartwright (a3/52kg) 61 80 100 12% 11% • • 2 s11s39s00s MS CATHERINE 8 Henry Dwyer Will Price (a2/48kg) 59.5 81 99 11% 12% • • 3 80s1141088 ROCK TYCOON 1 Nathan Hobson Madison Lloyd (a3/50kg) 59 76 86 10% 9% • • 4 11501s2454 CHINA AFFAIR 5 Jason Warren & Dean Krongold Beau Mertens 57 72 94 10% 10% • 5 626102s22s KOONUNGA 2 Matthew Smith Jye McNeil 57 76 94 13% 12% • 6 9160s6590s MOUNT HOREB 10 George Osborne John Allen 57 72 89 15% 9% • 7 60s80s86s2 CALL IT A DAY 4 Will Clarken Damien Thornton 55.5 69 94 13% 16% 8 3118s2449s LESAGE 7 James Cummings Damien Oliver 55.5 73 91 15% 16% • 9 318s118 ESTA LA ROCA (NZ) 6 Lloyd Kennewell Zac Spain 55 73 93 10% 12% • • 10 5s12s8106s THE NATURAL 9 Tony & Calvin McEvoy Luke Currie 55 66 89 11% 20% RACE ANALYSIS Boasting a strong first-up record, SARTORIAL SPLENDOUR will aim for the early lead and should benefit from a fall in grade. MS CATHERINE and KOONUNGA also like to race when fresh. CHINA AFFAIR has a great record at this distance and will aim to race forward here. SELECTIONS – 1 SARTORIAL SPLENDOR 2 MS CATHERINE 5 KOONUNGA 4 CHINA AFFAIR RESULTS / NOTES 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TIME TO BEAT: 54.54 METEORITE (Tony & Clavin McEvoy)