York
17:20
Sky Bet Steve Birch Finale Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race)
York Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 Distance: 1m2½f Type: Flat Going: Good To Firm Class: Class 2 Surface: Turf
Win: £12 Place: £2.90 £3 £3 Exacta: £107 Tricast: £139.94 Trifecta: £425
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Led - hung left when headed over 1f out - soon rallied - ridden and led again towards finish - gamely(op 12/1 tchd 9/1)
4 G Good Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore 126 lbs 11/1 Won
2nd
In touch with leaders - smooth headway over 3f out - pressed leader over 2f out - drifted left over 1f out - soon led - headed towards finish(op 15/2 tchd 11/2)
3 G AVG Tim Easterby 120 lbs 6/1 0.3
3rd
Prominent - in touch with leaders after 4f - headway over 2f out - went third over 1f out - kept on - joined for 3rd(tchd 3/1)
4 G AVG John & Thady Gosden 138 lbs 100/30F 0.3
3rd
Raced wide - towards rear - headway inside final furlong - kept on well - forced dead-heat 3rd (jockey said colt ran too free having been caught wide)(op 40/1)
3 C AVG Richard Fahey 124 lbs 28/1 0
5th
In touch with leaders - some headway over 2f out - outpaced over 1f out(tchd 18/1)
4 C AVG John Butler 120 lbs 16/1 2
6th
Held up in rear - headway inside final furlong - never dangerous(op 25/1 and tchd 28/1)
6 G AVG Kevin Ryan 123 lbs 22/1 0.2
7th
Held up in midfield - switched left when not clear run over 2f out - no telling impression(op 8/1)
7 G Poor T J Kent 137 lbs 9/1 0.3
8th
Towards rear - steady headway over 2f out - never on terms(tchd 6/1)
3 C Good Charlie Johnston 133 lbs 11/2 0.3
9th
Held up in rear - headway over 1f out - no extra towards finish(op 20/1 tchd 18/1)
5 G AVG Michael Bell 134 lbs 22/1 0.3
10th
Never better than midfield(op 40/1)
3 G Poor Hugo Palmer 124 lbs 33/1 2.5
11th
Took keen hold - midfield - weakened over 1f out(op 18/1)
3 G AVG George Boughey 124 lbs 22/1 0.1
12th
In touch with leaders - headway over 3f out - weakened over 1f out(op 22/1 and tchd 25/1)
7 G AVG David Thompson 127 lbs 12/1 3.75
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13th
Took keen hold - prominent - weakened over 2f out(op 33/1)
2 C AVG Charlie Johnston 123 lbs 25/1 6.5
14th
Prominent - weakened over 2f out (trainer's rep said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding was unsuited by the good to firm (good in places) ground on this occasion and would prefer a slower surface; vet examined gelding post-race and had nothing to report)(op 4/1)
5 G AVG Michael Bell 135 lbs 5/1 1.25
15th
Never better than midfield(op 25/1)
9 G AVG William Knight 138 lbs 28/1 11
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