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Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Handicap
Class 5, 1m6f, Flat, 3yo+, Rated 0-75, 11 runners
Winning time 3m 9.49s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Tom Marquand
Robert Stephens
Settled behind the front group early - squeezed for space around 5f out - found room to make progress between rivals 3f out - urged forward soon after - shifted to the right 2f out - drew alongside the front-runner inside the final furlong - hit the front approaching the line - stayed on strongly to win comfortably
Jason Watson
Brian Meehan
Shared front spot early - dropped behind after a furlong - tracking in touch - moved up well passing the 3f marker - drew alongside up front then went clear over 2f out - driven out - challenged and drawn level inside the final furlong - handed back the advantage - kept battling to the line - edged out for second
Joe Leavy (5)
Richard Hannon
Shared front spot early - lost command before 1f - settled behind pace - made ground stylishly 3f out - driven on with 2f left - stayed on but couldn't get to those in front
Daniel Tudhope
David O'Meara
Tracked the front group early - moved through strongly turning into the straight before being asked for effort - stayed on without reaching the pace-setters - finished fourth beaten 4 lengths
Rhys Elliott (7)
Michael Dods
Settled just off the front group - pushed into contention over 2f out and finished strongly - lacked the speed to get involved in the finish
Rob Hornby
Ralph Beckett
Went straight to front after a furlong - driven when overtaken and matched by rivals 3f out - dropped back approaching final 2f - faded through closing furlong to finish sixth
Pierre-Louis Jamin
Tom Dascombe
Missed the break - settled at the back - niggled into contention from 2f out - stayed on briefly passing the furlong pole - flattened out and well held in 7th
David Egan
Sam England
Settled in the pack - urged forward with 2f left - stayed on without finding extra - finished eighth
Dougie Costello
Steph Hollinshead
Held up towards back - pressed forward before 3f out - stayed on at one effort - finished 9th beaten well
P J McDonald
Ed Dunlop
Sluggish start - settled midpack - urged forward with 5f left - dropped away 2f out and faded to finish tenth
Ben Robinson
Brian Ellison
Hesitant start - dropped towards the back - lost touch approaching the final 4f and never threatened to close
Non-runners: Desert Quest (self certificate)
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