Newbury
18:10
Rapid Personnel Supporting Billington Foundation Apprentice Handicap
Newbury Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 Distance: 5f Type: Flat Going: Good To Firm Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £4.34 Place: £1.40 £2.10 £4.10 Exacta: £18.60 Tricast: £204.88 Trifecta: £152.90
Non-Runners: Concierge (unsuitable ground), Eeh Bah Gum (other)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 2 Hurt You Never (IRE) 6 M AVG Adrian Nicholls 139 lbs 100/30F Won Pressed leader - ridden when led inside final furlong - kept on(op 3/1)
2nd 8 Macanudo (IRE) 4 G Poor Ian Williams 134 lbs 9/2 1 Led but pestered - headed inside final furlong - kept on
3rd 10 Q Twenty Boy (IRE) 9 G Poor Mark Usher 119 lbs 16/1 2 Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - outpaced under 2f out - soon rallied - kept on inside final furlong - went third towards finish(tchd 18/1)
4th 5 Heartrate (IRE) 5 G Poor Mark Loughnane 137 lbs 12/1 0.2 In rear but in touch with leaders - took keen hold after 1f - outpaced under 2f out - soon rallied and headway - jockey dropped rein briefly inside final furlong - kept on (jockey said gelding was short of room approx 2f after start)(op 16/1)
5th 7 Split The Profit (IRE) 3 G Poor Mike Murphy & Michael Keady 133 lbs 7/2 1.25 Awkward start - took keen hold - in touch with leaders - headway when on far side of group from over 2f out - went third over 1f out - weakened gradually inside final furlong - lost two places inside final 110yds (jockey said gelding jumped awkwardly from stalls)
6th 3 Lihou (GB) 8 G AVG David Evans 139 lbs 7/1 1 Pressed leader - lost position and outpaced over 2f out - weakened gradually from over 1f out(op 13/2)
7th 9 Bint Havana Gold (GB) 4 F AVG Richard Hughes 129 lbs 11/1 .75 Ducked right start - prominent - outpaced from under 2f out - soon weakened gradually(op 12/1 tchd 10/1)
8th 1 Safari Dream (IRE) 5 G AVG Rod Millman 140 lbs 6/1 3.75 Carried right start - in rear but in touch with leaders - outpaced from over 2f out - no impression (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than confirming jockey report that gelding was never travelling)(op 11/2)