Wetherby

Birra Moretti Handicap

Distance: 1m
Going: Good To Firm
Prize: £4,449
Runners: 11
Winning time: 1m 38.65s (slow by 1.45s)
Age: 4yo+
Class: Class 5
1
Age: 4
Weight: 9st 6lbs
OR: 71
SP: 8/1
Took keen hold - pressed leader - disputed lead over 3f out - led clearly towards finish(op 15/2)
2 nk
Age: 4
Weight: 9st 9lbs
OR: 74
SP: 11/1
Prominent - went second final strides(op 12/1 tchd 10/1 and tchd 14/1)
3 nk ½
Age: 4
Weight: 9st 4lbs
OR: 69
SP: 16/1
Led - joined over 3f out - lost two places towards finish(op 12/1 tchd 18/1)
4 2
Age: 8
Weight: 9st 6lbs
OR: 71
SP: 9/2
Stumbled start - soon prominent - outpaced 2f out - bit short of room but rallied final 110yds (jockey said gelding pecked leaving the stalls)(tchd 5/1)
5 nk
Age: 7
Weight: 9st 9lbs
OR: 74
SP: 3/1F
In rear - steady headway from 3f out - never dangerous(op 10/3)
6 nse
Age: 4
Weight: 9st 0lbs
OR: 65
SP: 9/1
Never better than midfield(op 15/2)
7
Age: 5
Weight: 9st 6lbs
OR: 71
SP: 4/1
Taken down early - took keen hold - towards rear - some headway over 2f out - bit short of room and outpaced inside final furlong (jockey said gelding was denied a clear run)(op 7/1)
8
Age: 4
Weight: 8st 12lbs
OR: 63
SP: 22/1
Taken down early - held up in rear - never on terms (jockey said gelding was denied a clear run)(tchd 25/1)
9 ¾
Age: 5
Weight: 8st 13lbs
OR: 64
SP: 14/1
In rear - hampered after 3f - no impression(op 18/1)
10
Age: 4
Weight: 9st 3lbs
OR: 68
SP: 50/1
Slightly awkward start - soon prominent on outer - weakened over 2f out (jockey said gelding stopped quickly)(op 66/1 tchd 80/1)
11 99 106½
Age: 5
Weight: 9st 5lbs
OR: 70
SP: 17/2
Towards rear - weakened quickly after 3f - soon detached and eased (jockey said gelding lost action after being galloped into from behind when rounding the first bend; vet said gelding sustained two wounds left-hind)(op 4/1 tchd 9/1)
NR
Age: 5
Weight: 9st 9lbs
OR: 74
SP: -

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £9
Tote place: £2.80 £2.90 £3.40
Exacta: £92.80
Trifecta: £1021
Tricast: £1411.87
CSF: £96.29