Able Master to prove his capability by landing the Sportinglife.Com Stakes (Handicap)
The line-up gathered for the Class 2 Sportinglife.Com Stakes (Handicap) comprises of fifteen three-year and above runners. The race is scheduled for Saturday, 28th July over seven furlongs at York. Majority among the entries have achieved nothing much since a while and today are competing for getting entitled to the £12,938 prize money.
Able Master, the 12 to 1 entry for the race has been active seven times during the season. The first four races of the season were a bitter disappointment for the connections however, he swung into an improved for the latter part of the season.
Elusive City’s bay gelding ended fourth in the Lloyds TBS Cardinet Handicap on 8th June, 2012 at Newmarket over seven furlongs. The race was won by Paramour who defeated the runner-up, Illustrious Prince, by a length while riding with jockey, Darryll Holland.
Redvers took up the third position behind the winner.
The six-year-old Irish bay gelding won the Iomart Group PLC Handicap on 22nd June, 2012 at Ayr race course over seven furlongs. The good to firm ground did Able Master good as during the first five furlongs of the race, the six-year-old had progressed gradually and was unchallenged during the final stages of the race winning by the margin of 3 ½ lengths.
This was the first and until yet the last success of the season for the bay gelding out of mare, Foresta Verde. He could not retain the winning composure as the very next challenge witnessed him failing.
The David O’Meara trained finished third in the Patersons Of Greenoakhill Handicap on 28th June, 2012 at Hamilton over six furlongs.
The race was won by Klynch by the impressive margin of 4 ½ lengths. Concluding the race right behind the winner was, Rio Cobolo, while filling up the third slot was the favourite entry of the race, Able Master.
He will need to look out for the 9 to 2 entry, Dimension, who scored second in the seasonal debut and can pose to be a threat today.
Able Master will start taking down the competition from the ninth gate and will be guided by jockey, Kieren Fallon.
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