Steve Yarborough Memorial Handicap (A Jockey Club Grassroots Middle Distance Series Qualifier)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | Tiger Beetle (GB) | 7 G | Poor | Mark Rimell | 133 lbs | 10/1 | Won | Took keen hold - towards rear - midfield on inner after 3f - not clear run over 2f out - soon switched left - smooth headway against rail over 1f out - ridden to lead inside final furlong - kept on (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding benefitted from dropping back in trip to 1m2f on this occasion)(tchd 9/1) | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Beautiful Crown (GB) | 6 G | Poor |
Jonny Peate
(3)lbs
|
Jack Jones | 130 lbs | 5/2F | 2 | Slowly away - in rear - smooth headway on outer over 2f out - went second inside final furlong - no extra towards finish (jockey said gelding was slow away)(op 10/3 tchd 7/2) | |
| 3rd | 2 | Savanna King (GB) | 4 G | AVG | Joseph Parr | 134 lbs | 15/2 | .75 | Raced wide early - towards rear - headway over 2f out - went third inside final furlong - no extra towards finish(op 17/2) | ||
| 4th | 7 | Equion (GB) | 6 G | AVG | Tony Carroll | 131 lbs | 14/1 | 2.75 | In touch with leaders - headway over 2f out - led over 1f out - headed inside final furlong - weakened inside final 110yds(tchd 16/1) | ||
| 5th | 11 | Mr Strutter (IRE) | 10 G | Poor | David Thompson | 119 lbs | 22/1 | 0.3 | In rear - headway over 1f out - never near to challenge(op 20/1) | ||
| 6th | 9 | Hot Team (IRE) | 8 G | Poor |
Shay Farmer
(7)lbs
|
Patrick Morris | 115 lbs | 5/1 | 1.75 | Took keen hold - midfield - in touch with leaders over 4f out - some headway over 1f out - no extra inside final furlong(op 4/1) | |
| 7th | 6 | Leap Year Lad (IRE) | 5 G | Poor |
Oisin McSweeney
(3)lbs
|
Kevin Ryan | 129 lbs | 9/2 | 0.1 | Slowly into stride - took keen hold - soon prominent - led at fast pace after 1f - headed over 2f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 4/1) | |
| 8th | 5 | L'Argent (FR) | 5 G | Poor | Michael Appleby | 132 lbs | 25/1 | 4 | Prominent - raced in second after 4f - led over 2f out - headed over 1f out - soon weakened(op 20/1 tchd 18/1) | ||
| 9th | 8 | Olympicus (USA) | 5 G | Poor | Michael Appleby | 131 lbs | 16/1 | 6.5 | Taken down early - led early - headed after 1f - soon prominent - weakened over 2f out(op 18/1) | ||
| 10th | 1 | Beaming Light (GB) | 5 G | AVG |
Jack Doughty
(5)lbs
|
Laura Horsfall | 130 lbs | 16/1 | 11 | Took keen hold - midfield - weakened over 2f out (jockey said gelding ran too free)(op 14/1 tchd 18/1) | |
| 11th | 10 | Fiftyshadesaresdev (FR) | 6 G | Poor | Micky Hammond | 121 lbs | 11/1 | 10 | Always behind - dropped to rear after 4f - soon lost touch (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(op 12/1) |
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