14:10
Precision Facades Handicap
Class 3, 5f15y, Flat, 3yo+, Rated 0-88, 8 runners
Winning time 1m 2.06s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Duran Fentiman
Tim Easterby
Sat just behind the front pair on the rail - boxed in and biding time with a furlong left - found space and moved through strongly - hit the front close home to win under pressure
Jason Hart
Ivan Furtado
Settled in the pack early - roused into contention approaching final furlong and drifted left to nose ahead - pressed hard and put back in front close to the line - kept battling to go down by the shortest of margins
George Wood
Jennie Candlish
Sat close to the pace - pushed to the front approaching final furlong before giving way inside it - held on for third
Richard Kingscote
Hugo Palmer
Settled with eager enthusiasm early on - well placed with the front group - pushed for effort with two furlongs left - found little space when angled right approaching the final furlong - unable to close the gap through to the line - finished fourth beaten three and a half lengths
Mohammed Tabti (5)
Iain Jardine
Slow to break - held up at the back - roused over 2f out - stayed on late without threatening the placings
Sean Kirrane
Tim Easterby
Sluggish start - lost touch early and unable to close the gap thereafter - finished sixth
Joey Haynes
Chelsea Banham
Settled early travelling eagerly - moved to front on the wide side - pushed for effort with 2f left - overtaken inside final furlong - lost touch and finished 7th
Zak Wheatley (3)
Declan Carroll
Settled at the back early - pushed for effort with just over 2f to run - dropped away inside the final furlong - finished eighth well beaten
Non-runners: Cinque Verde (unsuitable ground), Frank The Spark (unsuitable ground), Fuji Mountain (unsuitable ground), Night On Earth (self certificate, temperature), South Parade (self certificate, off feed)
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.