York Races
York
17:00
Reg Bond Always And Forever Handicap
York
Date: Sat, 27 May 2023
Distance: 7f
Type: Flat
Going: Good To Firm
Class: Class 2
Surface: Turf
Win: £10.30
Place: £2.70 £2.60 £4.60
Exacta: £75.40
Tricast: £1651.96
Trifecta: £1099
Non-Runners: Volatile Analyst (self certificate)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Shining Blue (IRE) | 5 G | Good | Saeed bin Suroor | 142 lbs | 15/2 | Won | Prominent - going easily over 2f out - shaken up to lead over 1f out - soon ridden and went clear against near rail - eased final 110yds - readily(op 8/1 tchd 7/1 and tchd 17/2) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Bopedro (FR) | 9 G | Poor | David O'Meara | 141 lbs | 9/1 | 4 | In rear - outpaced and pushed along over 3f out - ridden and still plenty to do 2f out - keeping on up the centre over 1f out - went third inside final furlong - went second final 110yds - no match for winner(op 12/1) | ||
| 3rd | 3 | Documenting (GB) | 12 G | AVG | Kevin Frost | 140 lbs | 25/1 | .5 | Ducked right start - in rear - headway into midfield over 2f out - went third over 1f out - ridden and went second inside final furlong - no extra and lost second final 110yds(op 18/1) | ||
| 4th | 8 | Lord Of The Lodge (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | K R Burke | 128 lbs | 18/1 | 1.75 | Ducked right start - led - pushed along towards near side 3f out - ridden 2f out - soon headed - weakened gradually and lost two places inside final furlong(op 25/1) | ||
| 5th | 11 | Yorkshire (IRE) | 4 G | Good | Edward Bethell | 115 lbs | 5/4F | 0.2 | Prominent in chasing group - outpaced and pushed along 3f out - ridden in centre of group over 2f out - edged left and no impression from over 1f out(tchd 11/8) | ||
| 6th | 10 | Titan Rock (GB) | 5 G | AVG | John Quinn | 126 lbs | 11/2 | 3.5 | Slowly into stride - soon recovered and midfield - pushed along over 2f out - ridden and no impression from over 1f out(op 5/1) | ||
| 7th | 5 | Fools Rush In (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Jim Goldie | 133 lbs | 20/1 | 1 | Midfield - outpaced and pushed along over 3f out - ridden and weakened from over 2f out(op 18/1 tchd 16/1) | ||
| 8th | 4 | Open Mind (GB) | 4 G | Poor | Saeed bin Suroor | 137 lbs | 9/1 | 0.3 | Midfield - pushed along on far side of group from over 2f out - ridden and weakened from over 1f out (jockey said gelding never travelled)(tchd 7/1) | ||
| 9th | 9 | Sluzewiec (FR) | 5 G | Poor | Scott Dixon | 127 lbs | 66/1 | 1 | Slowly into stride - raced in last - outpaced and struggling over 3f out - ridden and no chance from over 2f out(op 40/1 tchd 80/1) | ||
| 10th | 6 | Cruyff Turn (GB) | 8 G | AVG | Tim Easterby | 133 lbs | 13/2 | 4.75 | Mounted on course and taken down early - sweating - prominent - pushed along against near rail 3f out - ridden and lost position 2f out - weakened quickly from over 1f out (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the poor form shown; vet reported that a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(tchd 7/1) |