Newbury
13:30
Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise Stakes (Registered As The John Porter Stakes)
Newbury Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 Distance: 1m4f Type: Flat Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf
Win: £3.50 Place: £1.30 £2.40 £6.60 Exacta: £19.70 Tricast: £519.03 Trifecta: £366.30
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 2 Hamish (GB) 9 G Elite William Haggas 131 lbs 5/2F Won Taken down early - steadied start - in rear - headway over 3f out - in touch with leaders when pushed along over 2f out - led over 1f out - ridden inside final furlong - kept on inside final 110yds - always doing enough(tchd 9/4)
2nd 1 Al Qareem (IRE) 6 G Good K R Burke 131 lbs 8/1 0.3 Led - headed over 3f out - rallied over 1f out - kept on inside final 110yds - went second post(op 6/1 tchd 17/2)
3rd 10 Salt Bay (GER) 5 G Poor Ralph Beckett 128 lbs 33/1 0.05 Awkward start - in rear - switched left and headway over 2f out - pressed leaders over 1f out - went second inside final 110yds - kept on - lost second post(op 40/1)
4th 5 Certain Lad (GB) 9 G AVG Jack Channon 128 lbs 40/1 2.25 Midfield - headway over 2f out - pressed leaders over 1f out - no extra inside final 110yds(op 33/1)
5th 6 Chesspiece (GB) 3 C AVG Simon & Ed Crisford 128 lbs 7/1 2.25 Took keen hold - prominent - weakened inside final furlong(op 6/1)
6th 3 Alsakib (GB) 5 G AVG Andrew Balding 128 lbs 15/2 .5 Never better than midfield(op 8/1 tchd 7/1 and tchd 17/2)
7th 4 Arrest (IRE) 4 C AVG John & Thady Gosden 128 lbs 11/4 .75 Ducked right start and slowly away - raced wide early - towards rear - headway and prominent after 4f - led over 3f out - headed over 1f out - weakened inside final 110yds
8th 8 Mujtaba (GB) 4 G AVG William Haggas 128 lbs 17/2 7 Never better than midfield(tchd 10/1)
9th 7 Max Vega (IRE) 7 G AVG Ralph Beckett 128 lbs 16/1 6.5 Prominent - weakened over 2f out
10th 9 Peking Opera (IRE) 4 G AVG Gary Moore 128 lbs 125/1 13 Prominent - weakened over 3f out(op 80/1)