GBAscot Races

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Ascot
13:15
Golden Gates Handicap
Ascot Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 Distance: 1m2f Type: Flat Going: Soft Class: Class 2 Surface: Turf
Win: £25.05 Place: £7.50 £4.20 £1.65 Exacta: £169 Tricast: £787.02 Trifecta: £1998.30
Non-Runners: Dogged (unsuitable ground), Laser Show (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Highland Chief (IRE) 7 H AVG
Paul & Oliver Cole 133 lbs 20/1 Won Dwelt start - took keen hold - held up in rear - ridden on outer and still plenty to do over 2f out - soon hung right - good headway over 1f out - led and ducked left inside final furlong - kept on strongly(op 16/1)
2nd 5 Tritonic (GB) 8 G AVG
Alan King 127 lbs 9/1 .5 Took keen hold - tracked leaders - ridden over 2f out - went second over 1f out - edged left and made challenge inside final furlong - stayed on final 110yds - held towards finish(op 17/2 tchd 8/1)
3rd 8 Global Storm (IRE) 4 G AVG
Charlie Appleby 124 lbs 7/2F 2.25 Towards rear - ridden and outpaced over 2f out - headway and edged right over 1f out - went third inside final 110yds - kept on - no match for first two(op 4/1)
4th 16 HMS President (IRE) 8 G AVG
Eve Johnson Houghton 115 lbs 33/1 0.1 Pulled hard - in touch with leaders - dropped to midfield after 2f - ridden on outer and edged right over 2f out - soon outpaced - rallied and disputing third inside final 110yds - kept on - made no impression(op 28/1)
5th 2 Grand Rock (IRE) N/A Poor
William Haggas 128 lbs 14/1 1.5 Raced wide early - took keen hold - led - switched right after 2f - ridden and increased tempo over 2f out - edged right but 3 lengths ahead over 1f out - headed inside final furlong - soon weakened
6th 10 Cepheus (GB) 7 G AVG
Brian Meehan 119 lbs 20/1 1 Prominent on outer - ridden over 2f out - outpaced over 1f out - beaten when bit short of room inside final furlong
7th 11 Yoshimi (IRE) 7 G AVG
Richard Fahey 117 lbs 25/1 0.1 Raced wide early - chased leader - ridden 3f out - edged left and lost second over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 28/1 tchd 33/1)
8th 14 Bronze River (GB) 6 G Poor
Andrew Balding 114 lbs 22/1 1 Held up in last - ridden over 2f out - headway and edged right over 1f out - kept on final furlong - not pace to challenge
9th 13 Tom Collins (GB) N/A AVG
David Elsworth 117 lbs 80/1 1.75 Midfield on inner - ridden and some headway when short of room and bumped over 2f out - weakened from over 1f out(op 66/1)
10th 9 Gallaside (FR) 6 G Poor
Archie Watson 121 lbs 66/1 0.2 Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - ridden over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 50/1)
11th 7 Ya Hayati (USA) 5 G AVG
Charlie Appleby 124 lbs 20/1 13 Reared start - held up in rear - bit short of room on turn over 2f out - soon ridden and beaten(tchd 22/1)
12th 4 Hypothetical (IRE) N/A Good
John Gosden 129 lbs 11/2 9 Towards rear - short of room on turn over 2f out - soon ridden and weakened (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that colt was unsuited by the ground and would prefer a faster surface)(op 5/1)
13th 15 Maori Knight (IRE) N/A Poor
Richard Hughes 115 lbs 9/2 3.5 Took keen hold - midfield on outer - ridden and struggling over 2f out - soon weakened (trainer said - regards the poor performance - colt was unsuited by the ground and would prefer a faster surface)
14th 6 Acquitted (IRE) N/A Poor
Hugo Palmer 125 lbs 6/1 65 Held up in rear on outer - ridden and struggling 3f out - lost touch and eased from 2f out - tailed off (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor performance)(op 11/2)