Windsor
16:30
Hamish Johnson Memorial Handicap (Div I)
Windsor Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2024 Distance: 1m3½f Type: Flat Going: Good To Firm Class: Class 6 Surface: Turf
Win: £8.50 Place: £2 £1.20 £1.70 Exacta: £17.10 Tricast: £48.87 Trifecta: £85.70
Non-Runners: Devizes (unsuitable ground), The Conqueror (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 4 Escarpment (IRE) 3 G AVG Michael Appleby 136 lbs 15/2 Won Midfield - headway over 2f out - led narrowly and ridden over 1f out - edged right inside final furlong - kept on well final 110yds (trainer's rep had no explanation for the apparent improvement in form)(op 9/1)
2nd 5 Thursday (GB) 5 M AVG Simon Dow 134 lbs EvensF .5 Took keen hold - towards rear - steady headway on outer over 2f out - disputed lead over 1f out - edged right inside final furlong - no extra towards finish(op 6/5)
3rd 6 Martin Spirit (IRE) 7 G Poor Adam West 133 lbs 6/1 0.3 Midfield - lost position when short of room over 2f out - headway over 1f out - pressed leaders towards finish - kept on(op 4/1)
4th 7 Churchill Rose (IRE) 4 F Poor Charlie Fellowes 131 lbs 13/2 0.2 Slowly away - raced in last - edged left and headway up the centre inside final furlong - went fourth inside final 110yds - kept on(op 15/2 tchd 8/1)
5th 2 Gearing's Point (GB) 6 M AVG Sheena West 136 lbs 14/1 .5 In touch with leaders - short of room from over 2f out - headway when in the clear 1f out - kept on final 110yds (jockey said mare was denied a clear run approaching final furlong)(tchd 16/1)
6th 1 Artavian (GB) 4 G Poor Patrick Chamings 137 lbs 18/1 .75 Pressed leader - disputed lead over 2f out - edged left and slightly hampered inside final furlong - soon no extra(op 14/1 tchd 12/1)
7th 8 Largo Bay (USA) 7 G AVG Michael Madgwick 130 lbs 18/1 0.1 Sweating - in touch with leaders - edged left and no extra over 1f out(op 14/1)
8th 3 Corporate Raider (IRE) 5 G AVG Julia Feilden 136 lbs 16/1 2.5 Took keen hold - led but pestered - joined over 2f out - headed over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 18/1)
9th 11 Infantryman (FR) 4 G Poor Pat Murphy 126 lbs 66/1 11 Always behind(op 40/1)