York

Sky Bet Melrose Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race)

Distance: 1m5f188y
Going: Good To Firm
Prize: £87,618
Runners: 12
Winning time: 2m 59.71s (slow by 3.11s)
Age: 3yo
Class: Class 2
1
Age: 3
Weight: 9st 9lbs
OR: 93
SP: 5/1
Held up in midfield - steady headway over 4f out - ridden and led narrowly or disputed lead over 1f out - headed inside final 110yds - led again post - just prevailed(op 11/2)
2 nse
Age: 3
Weight: 9st 4lbs
OR: 88
SP: 9/2F
Towards rear - steady headway over 3f out - disputed lead over 1f out - soon edged right - led narrowly inside final 110yds - headed post - just failed(tchd 4/1)
3
Age: 3
Weight: 9st 9lbs
OR: 93
SP: 8/1
Prominent - led over 2f out - headed over 1f out - no extra inside final 110yds(op 9/1)
4
Age: 3
Weight: 8st 13lbs
OR: 83
SP: 10/1
Sweating - pressed leader - prominent after 5f - pressed leaders over 2f out - lost fourth when outpaced inside final furlong - went modest fourth inside final 110yds(op 7/1)
5 hd 5
Age: 3
Weight: 9st 4lbs
OR: 88
SP: 11/1
Slowly into stride - in touch with leaders - outpaced over 2f out - switched right over 1f out - some headway and went fourth inside final furlong - lost fourth inside final 110yds(op 10/1)
6 nk
Age: 3
Weight: 9st 6lbs
OR: 90
SP: 17/2
Held up in rear - outpaced over 3f out - headway inside final 110yds - not pace to challenge(op 9/1 tchd 8/1)
7 shd
Age: 3
Weight: 8st 13lbs
OR: 83
SP: 5/1
Held up in midfield - headway over 3f out - outpaced over 1f out(op 8/1)
8 7
Age: 3
Weight: 9st 9lbs
OR: 93
SP: 14/1
Held up in rear - some headway over 1f out - no extra inside final furlong(op 18/1)
9 ¾
Age: 3
Weight: 9st 1lbs
OR: 85
SP: 80/1
In rear - headway over 2f out - switched left over 1f out - no telling impression(op 50/1)
10 8 15¾
Age: 3
Weight: 9st 5lbs
OR: 89
SP: 18/1
Led - headed over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 16/1)
11 7 22¾
Age: 3
Weight: 9st 4lbs
OR: 88
SP: 15/2
Midfield - weakened over 2f out (jockey said gelding ran too free in the middle of the race; vet examined the gelding post-race during routine testing and had nothing to report)(tchd 17/2)
12 51 73¾
Age: 3
Weight: 9st 1lbs
OR: 85
SP: 14/1
Sweating - prominent early - in touch with leaders after 2f - weakened over 2f out - tailed off (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown - other than the jockeys report that the gelding stopped quickly on this occasion; vet examined the gelding post-race and had nothing to report)(op 12/1)

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £6
Tote place: £2.40 £2.30 £2.60
Exacta: £33.40
Trifecta: £280
Tricast: £183.20
CSF: £28.71