Nottingham
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Watch On Racing TV Racing Excellence Training Series Apprentice Handicap (Grassroots Qual') (REI)
Nottingham Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 Distance: 1m2f Type: Flat Going: Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £5.60 Place: £2.30 £2.20 Exacta: £24.70 Trifecta: £73.60
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 3 Masqool (IRE) 7 G AVG James Evans 132 lbs 9/2 Won Raced in second - led going easily over 2f out - shaken up over 1f out - pushed out inside final furlong - always doing enough(op 4/1)
2nd 6 Red Derek (GB) 8 G Poor Lisa Williamson 125 lbs 7/2 0.3 Led - pushed along and headed over 2f out - ridden over 1f out - kept on well inside final furlong - no match for winner(op 6/1)
3rd 4 At Liberty (IRE) 4 G Poor Michael Bell 131 lbs 100/30 1.25 Held up in rear - headway over 2f out - ridden and went third 1f out - kept on - no match for first two(tchd 3/1 and 7/2)
4th 5 Equion (GB) 6 G AVG Tony Carroll 130 lbs 25/1 4.25 Slowly into stride - towards rear - smooth headway and went third towards far side 2f out - ridden 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 18/1)
5th 1 Lunar Jet (GB) 10 G AVG Michael Mullineaux 133 lbs 13/8F .5 Taken down early - sweating - in touch with leaders - headway and prominent towards far side 3f out - ridden when short of room against far rail 2f out - soon weakened (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown)(op 11/8 tchd 5/4)
6th 2 Whirlwind (GB) 4 G Poor Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero 134 lbs 10/1 .5 Took keen hold - prominent - ridden and outpaced under 2f out - weakened from 1f out (prior to this race - trainer's rep was asked to explain the reason why they were running here on going described as soft - heavy in places - having declared gelding a non-runner at Chester on 12 May 2023 on ground with same official description; they said that - in trainers' opinion - after walking track at Chester - ground had been well used and seeing as gelding was entered in first race of the day on a fresher track at Nottingham - they felt it was a more suitable surface)(op 17/2 tchd 11/1)