Haydock
17:00
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Haydock Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 Distance: 1m6f Type: Flat Going: Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £5 Place: £2.50 £2.50 Exacta: £28.90 Trifecta: £159.60
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 7 Melon (GER) 3 G Good Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero 115 lbs 4/1 Won Took keen hold - raced in second - chased clear leader after 4f - headway from over 4f out - led 3f out - clear 2f out - kept on well inside final furlong(op 7/2 tchd 3/1)
2nd 5 Three Dons (IRE) 6 G AVG Tony Carroll 125 lbs 6/1 1.75 Raced in third - lost ground over 3f out - headway when went second 2f out - kept on but no impression inside final furlong(op 4/1)
3rd 4 Dark Jedi (IRE) 8 G Poor Tim Easterby 132 lbs 17/2 7.5 Midfield - outpaced when hung left over 1f out - soon went third - never on terms(op 11/1 tchd 12/1)
4th 2 Goobinator (USA) 8 G Poor Donald McCain 140 lbs 9/1 1.75 Led - clear after 4f - reduced lead from over 4f out - headed 3f out - lost second 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 15/2 tchd 7/1 and tchd 10/1)
5th 1 Percy Shelley (GB) 6 G AVG David O'Meara 142 lbs 11/4F 1 Slowly away - in rear - some headway 4f out - no impression from over 2f out - never on terms(op 4/1 tchd 9/2)
6th 6 Free Speech (IRE) 3 F AVG Ed Dunlop 127 lbs 100/30 2.25 In rear - some headway over 3f out - no impression from over 2f out - weakened inside final furlong - never on terms (trainer's rep said - regarding the poor form shown - that filly had potentially been unsuited by getting too far back on the testing ground)(op 3/1 tchd 7/2)
7th 3 Graphite (FR) 10 G Poor T J Kent 139 lbs 10/1 23 Towards rear - raced wide after 4f - dropped to last and struggling from over 3f out - tailed off(op 14/1 tchd 16/1)