17:29
Sky Sports Racing Virgin 519 Handicap
Class 6, 1m1y, Flat, 4yo+, Rated 0-62, 8 runners
Winning time 1m 38.72s
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Result
Oisin Murphy
Denis Coakley
Moved across to the left early - held up eager in the rear group - found space between rivals and made strong progress inside the final furlong - hit the front close home and stayed on strongly to score
Tyrese Cameron (7)
Tony Carroll
Slow to enter stalls then settled into rhythm behind the front group on the rail - found a gap to hit the front inside the last furlong - overtaken close home and unable to match the winner's finishing burst
Ray Dawson
Matt Crawley
Settled towards the back - strong late progress from the outside in the closing stages - narrowly denied second
Josephine Gordon
Tony Carroll
Fought for control early - sat close up wide of the front group - found extra inside final furlong but faded into 4th late
Luke Morris
Daniel Steele
Up with the pace - pressed for the lead inside the final furlong - found nothing late and fifth
Robert Havlin
Michael Attwater
Pulled hard on the outside - eased back into the rear group - swung wide into the straight and kept on without the gears to land a blow - sixth
Darragh Keenan
Ross Burdon
Settled midfield early - driven and lost ground over 2f out - stayed on late but no danger to the front
Ashley Lewis (7)
Brett Johnson
Went straight to front and dictated a measured gallop - pressed for effort and overtaken inside final furlong - dropped away soon after - finished 8th beaten 4.5 lengths
Non-runners: Sir Patchy (self certificate, temperature)
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.