16:30
Unibet Supporting Safer Gambling Week Apprentice Handicap
Class 5, 1m, Flat, 3yo+, Rated 0-75, 12 runners
Winning time 1m 37.34s
- Going
- Standard To Slow
- Surface
- AW
Result
Sean D Bowen
Simon Pearce
Settled at back of field - urged forward approaching 2f out - made strong progress inside final 2f - hit front close home - stayed on strongly to score
Kaiya Fraser
Stuart Williams
pulled hard early - went to front - pressed on strongly with a furlong and a half left - overtaken close home in the last furlong - unable to find more in the closing stages
Laura Coughlan
Archie Watson
Held a handy spot on the rail - eased across two out and lost pace approaching the furlong marker - rallied late to claim third close home
Sam Feilden (5)
John Gallagher
Settled in the pack - niggled into contention from 2f out - angled left and picked up over 1f out - kept on with purpose inside the final furlong to take fourth
Connor Planas
Marco Botti
Slow to break - settled towards back - squeezed for space with two furlongs left - driven and made ground inside final furlong before flattening out close home
Jack Doughty (3)
Dominic Ffrench Davis
Settled in the pack - urged forward with a furlong left - responded steadily inside the final furlong but lacked the speed to get on terms - finished 2.75 lengths back in 6th
Olivia Haines (7)
Stuart Williams
Settled close to the front pack early - pushed for effort with over 2f left - unable to threaten and beaten home in 7th
Mason Paetel (7)
Mark Loughnane
Sluggish start - settled near the back - pushed along but couldn't quicken from over 1f out - well beaten in 8th
William Carver
Jamie Osborne
Handy early - asked for effort with 2f left - had nothing more and dropped away inside final furlong - finished 9th
Callum Hutchinson
Andrew Balding
Settled in rear of the field - squeezed for space when asked to quicken over 2f out - driven approaching final furlong - couldn't find more late and beaten well home
Joe Leavy
Dylan Cunha
Raced wide behind the front group - dropped away approaching 2f out - faded inside the final furlong - finished 11th
Georgia Dobie
David Simcock
Slow to begin and dropped several lengths at the start - drifted to the back of the field - unable to challenge the front-runners - finished well held in 12th
Non-runners: Rey De La Batalla (self certificate), Vibrato (self certificate)
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.