19:50
Betfred 'Play Fred's 5 Million' Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)
Class 4, 1m37y, Flat, 3yo+, 7 runners
Winning time 1m 43.22s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Daniel Muscutt
James Fanshawe
Sat in third early - urged forward with three furlongs left - moved up into second inside the final two furlongs - edged ahead close to the line to score
Oisin Murphy
Andrew Balding
Set the pace early - driven along a furlong out and challenged hard inside the last - overtaken close home and unable to fight back
David Nolan
David O'Meara
Sluggish start and settled towards the back - improved on the inner approaching 2f out despite being short of room - kept going into third under the final furlong - always held by the front two
Aidan Keeley
Roger Varian
Settled in 5th early - improved on inner then shifted out to 3rd over 2f out - unable to find more and edged back to 4th inside final furlong
Adam Farragher
William Haggas
Sluggish start - lost touch with the pace at the back - driven wide and drifted left over 2f out with no impression made
Tom Marquand
William Haggas
Wide early then sat close up behind pace-setter - drifted left under pressure to give up second spot 2f out - kept drifting left and faded to finish fifth
Rossa Ryan
Ralph Beckett
Sat close to the front group early - asked for effort out wide with 2f left - soon lost touch and dropped away - finished seventh
Non-runners: Influential (withdrawn; upset in stalls), Mischief Rule (self certificate, temperature), Mum's Angel (withdrawn; vet's advice)
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.