15:35
Beer Festival 12th April Handicap (Div 1)
Class 5, 1m75y, Flat, 3yo, Rated 0-70, 10 runners
Winning time 1m 44.82s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Jason Watson
Darryll Holland
Settled just behind pace wide out - hit the front 2f from home - driven approaching final furlong and drifted right close home - kept responding to the line
Oisin Orr
Jennie Candlish
Settled midpack early - driven to advance out wide with 2f left - moved into second inside the final 2f - kept battling to the line but outrun for the win
Callum Hutchinson
Peter Chapple-Hyam
Settled towards back early - improved to sit close to pace 2f out - kept on for 3rd but boxed in inside final furlong
Joanna Mason
Michael & David Easterby
Checked early - travelled with eagerness towards rear grouping - improved on the wide side approaching final two furlongs though unpolished - kept up effort late but couldn't quicken to trouble the front runners
Kieran O'Neill
Christine Dunnett
Held up at the back - drifted left inside the final furlong - kept on without the speed to get involved with the front rank
Clifford Lee
K R Burke
Sat close up in 5th early - lost touch inside final furlong - finished 6th
Richard Kingscote
Jonathan Portman
Held up strongly early - travelling with the pace until asked for effort 3f from home - dropped away inside final furlong to finish seventh
Robert Havlin
Dean Ivory
Wide early holding tack just off the front group - drifted left and lost momentum before getting bumped inside the final furlong - well held at the line
Enzo Crublet (3)
David Menuisier
Sent clear early - driven to stay in front approaching 2f out but overtaken - faded quickly to finish ninth
Tyler Heard
Patrick Owens
Settled towards the back early - nudged into contention on the inner approaching 2f out - dropped away soon after finishing 10th
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.