19:30
6 Horses Challenge At bet365 Handicap
Class 5, 7f, Flat, 4yo+, Rated 0-70, 11 runners
Winning time 1m 24.61s
- Going
- Standard To Slow
- Surface
- AW
Result
Oisin Murphy
John & Sean Quinn
Set the pace from the off - driven out approaching the turn and drifted right with a furlong left - kept up the effort inside the final furlong to win clear
Mason Paetel (7)
Michael Appleby
Settled off the pace on the outer and pulling hard - improved into contention a furlong out - driven and kept going through the last furlong to take second - unable to reach the winner
Rossa Ryan
Joseph Parr
Tracked leader early - pushed along and kept on at one gear inside final furlong unable to challenge - edged out of second close home
Callum Shepherd
David Simcock
Hesitant start - settled in the pack early then made progress inside the final two furlongs - fought the bit late but held effort to the line for fourth
Jack Mitchell
Ross Burdon
Sat close behind front group early - asked for effort out wide 2f out but failed to gain ground and drifted left - faded in final furlong to finish fifth
Kyle Strydom
Dylan Cunha
Settled at the back - crept on a fraction in the closing stages - always outpaced - finished sixth
Tom Marquand
Sheena West
Sat handy behind the front group early - urged into 3rd approaching 2f out but found nothing when asked to go on - dropped away in the closing stages to finish 7th
Alistair Rawlinson
Harriet Bethell
Checked and moved across left after the break - settled at the back of the field - crept closer late but no real threat finishing eighth beaten 5¼ lengths
Paddy Bradley
James Owen
Settled towards the back early - made no impact through the contest - finished well beaten in 9th
Billy Loughnane
B F Brookhouse
Held a midfield position - urged forward approaching 2f out then drifted left under pressure inside the final furlong - lost ground quickly thereafter to finish tenth
Luke Morris
Ed de Giles
Driven from over 2f out - held up at the back throughout - well held at the finish
Non-runners: My Mate Mike (travel problems), Royal Pleasure (withdrawn; bolted before start)
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.