Bath
17:02
Big Stage Hire Handicap (Bath Summer Sprint Series Qualifier)
Bath Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 Distance: 5½f Type: Flat Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £6.10 Place: £2.10 £2.30 £2.40 Exacta: £46 Tricast: £267.82 Trifecta: £323.70
Non-Runners: Glamorous Express (self certificate)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Towards rear of midfield - headway halfway - went third over 1f out - pushed along and kept on well to lead towards finish(op 4/1)
3 F AVG Brian O'Rourke 132 lbs 5/1 Won
2nd
Steadied start - took keen hold - held up in rear - headway when not clear run and switched right over 1f out - went fourth 1f out - kept on well and went second towards finish (jockey said gelding was denied a clear run between the 2f and 3f marker)(op 10/1)
9 G Poor Stuart Kittow 132 lbs 7/1 0.3
3rd
Awkward start - prominent - went second halfway - short of room and switched right over 1f out - soon challenging - led final 110yds - lost two places towards finish (jockey said gelding jumped awkwardly from the stalls)(op 13/2)
9 G AVG Rod Millman 126 lbs 15/2 .5
4th
Taken down early - soon pressed leader - led over 3f out - headed and weakened final 110yds(op 13/2)
6 G AVG Alice Haynes 131 lbs 15/2 1.25
5th
Dwelt start - in rear and pushed along - some headway over 1f out - edged left and weakened inside final furlong (jockey said mare was never travelling)(op 10/3)
7 M AVG Ronald Harris 132 lbs 3/1F 3.75
6th
Midfield - outpaced over 2f out - weakened final furlong(op 33/1 tchd 50/1)
5 M Poor Ed de Giles 119 lbs 40/1 4.25
7th
Midfield - headway and prominent halfway - weakened final furlong(op 12/1)
6 G Poor Eve Johnson Houghton 129 lbs 11/1 0.3
8th
Raced wide - prominent - soon dropped to midfield - weakened over 1f out(op 15/2)
6 M AVG Grace Harris 126 lbs 8/1 2.25
9th
Mounted in chute and taken down early - led narrowly - headed and raced in second over 3f out - lost position halfway - weakened over 1f out(op 6/1)
7 G Poor Grace Harris 128 lbs 7/1 .5
10th
Midfield - outpaced and dropped to rear halfway - weakened over 1f out (jockey said mare was never travelling)(op 22/1)
N/A AVG Malcolm Saunders 122 lbs 18/1 1.5