York

Sky Bet Steve Birch Finale Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race)

Distance: 1m2f56y
Going: Good To Firm
Prize: £51,540
Runners: 15
Winning time: 2m 10.71s (slow by 2.41s)
Age: 3yo+
Class: Class 2
1
Age: 4
Weight: 9st 0lbs
OR: 88
SP: 11/1
Led - hung left when headed over 1f out - soon rallied - ridden and led again towards finish - gamely(op 12/1 tchd 9/1)
2 nk
Age: 4
Weight: 8st 8lbs
OR: 82
SP: 6/1
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 nk ½
Age: 4
Weight: 9st 12lbs
OR: 100
SP: 100/30F
Prominent - in touch with leaders after 4f - headway over 2f out - went third over 1f out - kept on - joined for 3rd(tchd 3/1)
3 ½
Age: 3
Weight: 8st 12lbs
OR: 93
SP: 28/1
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)
5 2
Age: 4
Weight: 8st 8lbs
OR: 82
SP: 16/1
In touch with leaders - some headway over 2f out - outpaced over 1f out(tchd 18/1)
6 hd
Age: 6
Weight: 8st 11lbs
OR: 85
SP: 22/1
Held up in rear - headway inside final furlong - never dangerous(op 25/1 and tchd 28/1)
7 nk 3
Age: 7
Weight: 9st 11lbs
OR: 99
SP: 9/1
Held up in midfield - switched left when not clear run over 2f out - no telling impression(op 8/1)
8 nk
Age: 3
Weight: 9st 7lbs
OR: 102
SP: 11/2
Towards rear - steady headway over 2f out - never on terms(tchd 6/1)
9 nk
Age: 5
Weight: 9st 8lbs
OR: 96
SP: 22/1
Held up in rear - headway over 1f out - no extra towards finish(op 20/1 tchd 18/1)
10
Age: 3
Weight: 8st 12lbs
OR: 93
SP: 33/1
Never better than midfield(op 40/1)
11 shd
Age: 4
Weight: 8st 12lbs
OR: 86
SP: 22/1
Took keen hold - midfield - weakened over 1f out(op 18/1)
12 10
Age: 7
Weight: 9st 1lbs
OR: 89
SP: 12/1
In touch with leaders - headway over 3f out - weakened over 1f out(op 22/1 and tchd 25/1)
13 16½
Age: 3
Weight: 8st 11lbs
OR: 92
SP: 25/1
Took keen hold - prominent - weakened over 2f out(op 33/1)
14 17¾
Age: 5
Weight: 9st 9lbs
OR: 97
SP: 5/1
Prominent - weakened over 2f out (trainer's rep said - regarding the poor form shown - gelding was unsuited by the Good to Firm (Good in places) ground on this occasion and would prefer a slower surface; vet examined the gelding post-race and had nothing to report)(op 4/1)
15 11 28¾
Age: 9
Weight: 9st 12lbs
OR: 100
SP: 28/1
Never better than midfield(op 25/1)

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £12
Tote place: £2.90 £3 £3
Exacta: £107
Trifecta: £425
Tricast: £139.94
CSF: £73.11