Newbury Races
Newbury
14:25
Virgin Bet St Simon Stakes (Registered As The St Simon Stakes)
Newbury
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022
Distance: 1m4f
Type: Flat
Going: Heavy
Class: Class 1
Surface: Turf
Win: £23.70
Place: £4 £1.10 £3.50
Exacta: £53
Tricast: £289.17
Trifecta: £380.20
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2 | Max Vega (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Ralph Beckett | 135 lbs | 22/1 | Won | Midfield - steady headway from over 3f out - nudged along and made sustained challenge from 2f out - ridden over 1f out - soon clear with one other - led and kept on strongly inside final furlong - edged left and bumped rival towards finish - always doing enough(op 20/1) | ||
| 2nd | 1 | Hamish (GB) | 9 G | Elite | William Haggas | 135 lbs | 8/11F | 0.2 | Travelled strongly - prominent - led going easily over 2f out - cruising but faced challenge over 1f out - soon pushed along and went clear with winner - ridden and headed inside final furlong - battled on final 110yds - held when bumped towards finish(op 4/6) | ||
| 3rd | 8 | Grand Alliance (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Charlie Fellowes | 126 lbs | 16/1 | 4.5 | Towards rear of midfield - pushed along 3f out - switched left and ridden 2f out - kept on from over 1f out - no match for first two(op 18/1) | ||
| 4th | 7 | Goolwa (IRE) | 4 F | Poor | Andrew Balding | 129 lbs | 40/1 | 5.5 | Towards rear - pushed along 3f out - ridden and stayed on from 2f out - never on terms | ||
| 5th | 3 | Euchen Glen (GB) | 11 G | Poor | Jim Goldie | 132 lbs | 14/1 | 1 | Steadied start - held up in rear - headway on outer 4f out - pushed along 3f out - ridden and outpaced over 2f out - soon held - kept on but no impression from over 1f out(tchd 12/1) | ||
| 6th | 5 | Passion And Glory (IRE) | 8 G | Poor | Saeed bin Suroor | 132 lbs | 11/2 | .75 | Took keen hold - prominent - close up going easily 3f out - pushed along 2f out - soon ridden and drifted left - weakened quickly over 1f out(op 6/1) | ||
| 7th | 4 | Lone Eagle (IRE) | 5 H | AVG | Freddie & Martyn Meade | 132 lbs | 9/2 | 2.5 | Led - pushed along and headed over 2f out - ridden over 1f out - soon weakened quickly(tchd 5/1) | ||
| 8th | 6 | Skycutter (FR) | 6 G | AVG | Philip Kirby | 132 lbs | 66/1 | 5 | Held up in rear - always towards rear(op 50/1) |