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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
J:
Colin Keane
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
J:
Oisin Murphy
T:
Jim Boyle
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
3½
3½
J:
Rossa Ryan
T:
Alan King
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
1¼
4¾
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
J:
P J McDonald
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
5¼
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
5½
J:
Joe Fanning
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
1½
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
7¾
J:
Jason Hart
T:
Grant Tuer
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