Sandown Races
Sandown
16:50
Coral Racing Club Handicap
Sandown
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2023
Distance: 7f
Type: Flat
Going: Good
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £7.40
Place: £2.10 £1.40 £1.90
Exacta: £25.80
Tricast: £177.99
Trifecta: £149.40
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2 | Classic (GB) | 5 G | AVG | Richard Hannon | 134 lbs | 6/1 | Won | Took keen hold - towards rear - steady headway halfway - pushed along over 1f out - led and ridden final 110yds - ran on(op 13/2) | ||
| 2nd | 5 | Novus (IRE) | 4 F | AVG | Gary Moore | 131 lbs | 11/4J | 1 | Towards rear - outpaced over 2f out - rallied over 1f out - bit short of room and squeezed through inside final 110yds - went second towards finish(op 7/2) | ||
| 3rd | 8 | Tiger Bay (GB) | 4 F | AVG | Henry Candy | 120 lbs | 11/1 | 0.3 | Took keen hold - prominent - went second over 1f out - briefly led inside final furlong - lost second towards finish(tchd 10/1) | ||
| 4th | 4 | New Business (GB) | 3 C | AVG | Andrew Balding | 132 lbs | 11/4J | 1.25 | Took keen hold - led - headed and wandered around inside final furlong - soon no extra(op 9/4) | ||
| 5th | 3 | Merlin The Wizard (GB) | 5 G | AVG | Harry & Roger Charlton | 134 lbs | 3/1 | 1.5 | Took keen hold - in touch with leaders on outer - headway and went second after 2f - lost position over 1f out - no extra inside final furlong(op 11/4 tchd 10/3) | ||
| 6th | 1 | Scholarship (IRE) | 4 G | AVG | Clive Cox | 135 lbs | 22/1 | 4 | Took keen hold early - soon midfield - outpaced over 2f out - no impression from over 1f out(op 18/1) | ||
| 7th | 7 | Prospering (IRE) | 3 G | AVG | Ed Walker | 124 lbs | 12/1 | .5 | Took keen hold - raced in second - hampered and prominent after 2f - weakened over 1f out | ||
| 8th | 6 | Empty Metaphor (IRE) | 3 C | AVG | M Al Attiya | 131 lbs | 40/1 | 29 | Dwelt start - raced in last throughout - lost touch over 2f out - tailed off (jockey said colt was never travelling)(op 33/1) |