Buxted Construction Handicap
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 | Schwartz (IRE) | 4 G | Elite | Richard Hughes | 135 lbs | 18/5 | Won | Held up in midfield - going easily over 2f out - switched right and ridden over 1f out - headway to lead inside final furlong - soon hung left - ran on well(op 10/3) | ||
| 2nd | 7 | Pub Crawl (IRE) | 5 G | Poor |
Benoit De La Sayette
(3)lbs
|
Michael Bell | 132 lbs | 7/1 | 1.25 | Held up in rear - headway and short of room over 2f out - switched left over 1f out - ridden and headway to challenge inside final furlong - no extra inside final 110yds(op 11/2) | |
| 3rd | 4 | Zuba (GB) | 6 G | Poor | Nick Gifford | 135 lbs | 50/1 | 1.5 | Held up in rear - going easily and over 2f out - switched left over 1f out - ridden and headway to challenge inside final furlong - no extra final 110yds(op 40/1 tchd 66/1) | ||
| 4th | 6 | Shirbo (GB) | 4 C | Poor |
Christian Howarth
(5)lbs
|
Henry Spiller | 130 lbs | 10/1 | 2.5 | Took keen hold - held up in rear - switched right and headway to lead after 7f - ridden 2f out - headed and lost position inside final furlong - outpaced final 110yds(tchd 9/1) | |
| 5th | 2 | Amazing Red (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Ed Dunlop | 141 lbs | 40/1 | .75 | Slowly into stride - held up in last - ridden inside final furlong - kept on inside final furlong - never near to challenge (jockey said gelding was slowly away)(op 28/1) | ||
| 6th | 1 | Charlie Arthur (IRE) | 6 G | Poor |
William Carver
(3)lbs
|
Simon Hodgson | 141 lbs | 22/1 | 0.2 | Prominent - went second and going easily over 2f out - ridden and every chance over 1f out - no extra and weakened final 110yds(op 20/1 tchd 16/1) | |
| 7th | 8 | Tazaman (GB) | 8 G | AVG | Mark Loughnane | 131 lbs | 15/2 | .75 | Ridden early - midfield - ridden over 2f out - made no telling impression (jockey said gelding moved poorly)(op 17/2) | ||
| 8th | 10 | Gordons Aura (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | Sir Mark Prescott Bt | 125 lbs | 7/4F | 2.5 | Raced in second - lost second and prominent after 2f - lost position and dropped to midfield with one circuit to go - ridden over 2f out - weakened final furlong(op 9/4 tchd 5/2) | ||
| 9th | 3 | Beat The Heat (GB) | 7 G | AVG | Jim Boyle | 137 lbs | 40/1 | 0.2 | Led - headed and raced in second after 7f - ridden over 3f out - lost second over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 50/1) | ||
| 10th | 9 | Ochil House (IRE) | 3 C | Poor | George Boughey | 130 lbs | 11/2 | 19 | Midfield - headway and prominent after 2f - ridden over 2f out - dropped to rear over 1f out - dropped to last and eased inside final furlong (jockey said gelding stopped quickly; trainer's rep said gelding was unsuited by the surface)(op 4/1) |
Chelmsford (AW) Races