Wolverhampton (AW)
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Wolverhampton (AW) Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 Distance: 1m½f Type: Flat Going: Standard To Slow Class: Class 6 Surface: AW
Win: £1.91 Place: £1.10 £2 £2.10 Exacta: £7.40 Tricast: £37.15 Trifecta: £26.10
Non-Runners: Darkzideofthemoon (vet's certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 7 Etretat (GB) 3 G AVG Charlie Johnston 131 lbs 10/11F Won Bit short of room and towards rear early - in touch with leaders after 1f - headway from over 2f out - led over 1f out - ran on inside final furlong(op 6/4 tchd 13/8)
2nd 2 Daymer Bay (IRE) 4 G Poor Eve Johnson Houghton 132 lbs 15/2 1.5 Pressed leader early - prominent after 1f - some headway over 1f out - kept on but no impression inside final furlong(op 7/1)
3rd 4 King's School (GB) 3 G AVG Gemma Tutty 133 lbs 17/2 2.5 Pressed leader early - in touch with leaders after 1f - waiting for room then switched right over 1f out - kept on but no impression inside final furlong(op 10/1)
4th 6 Old Grey Whistle (IRE) 3 F Poor Ed Dunlop 131 lbs 50/1 1.5 Led - headed and weakened over 1f out(op 33/1)
5th 9 Zelma (IRE) 3 F Poor S Woods 121 lbs 80/1 .75 In touch with leaders early - held up in rear after 2f - headway from over 1f out - no impression inside final furlong(op 40/1)
6th 5 Baritus Bellator (IRE) 3 G Poor Dylan Cunha 132 lbs 13/2 1 Squeezed out start - in rear - some headway from over 2f out - hung left and not clear run over 1f out - nudged out inside final furlong (jockey said - regarding running and riding inside final 3f - that he had initially planned to track the winner round bend into straight; however - as he reported at scales - his mount hung badly left-handed and therefore he had to remain on the rail for the entirety of the bend; he continued that on turning in he attempted to manoeuvre his mount right-handed for clear running - whereupon it hung badly left-handed to an extent that he could not ride gelding forward and he stated that he did not want to switch his whip into his left hand as he felt it safest to keep both hands on the rein in an attempt to keep gelding running straight; he finished by adding that he would recommend to trainer that gelding runs in a ring bit in the future in an attempt to counter gelding from hanging; jockey said gelding hung badly left-handed; vet had nothing to report)(op 10/3 tchd 7/1)
7th 8 Takes Time (GB) 3 F Poor David Loughnane 129 lbs 33/1 1.25 Towards rear - some headway over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 25/1)
8th 3 Tambourine Dream (GB) 4 F Poor James Fanshawe 134 lbs 4/1 4 Raced wide - pressed leaders early - in touch with leaders after 1f - weakened from over 2f out (jockey said filly stopped quickly; trainer's rep said - regarding the poor form shown - thatfilly was unsuited by the Tapeta surface which in his opinion was riding dead on this occasion following the going change from standard to standard to slow)(op 7/2 tchd 10/3)