17:05
London Essence Handicap
Class 6, 1m5f26y, Flat, 3yo+, Rated 0-65, 10 runners
Winning time 3m 8.43s
- Going
- Heavy
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Amie Waugh (3)
Jim Goldie
Sat behind the pace - moved to outside and up into second with 3f left - hit the front inside the final 2f - kept on strongly to score
David Nolan
Daragh Bourke
Settled behind the pace - hit front 4f out and opened daylight by the 3f pole - drifted off a true line 2f out - overtaken inside final furlong - unable to fight back and beaten into 2nd
Jack Nicholls (5)
K R Burke
Bumped at the off - settled towards the back - made progress but drifted right approaching final furlong - moved into 3rd but couldn't threaten leaders
Rowan Scott
Ewan Whillans
Settled midpack early - moved into contention 8f out and briefly disputed the lead from 4 out to 3 out - unable to threaten from a furlong out and finished 4th
Kaiya Fraser
Rebecca Menzies
Settled towards the back of the pack - nudged into contention 3f from home - into 5th but no threat inside final furlong
Sean Kirrane
R Mike Smith
Sluggish start - settled towards the back of the pack - unable to make headway over the closing stages and stayed on without threatening
William Pyle (3)
Liam Bailey
Settled in the pack - faded tamely from 3f out to finish a distant 7th
Rhys Elliott (5)
R Mike Smith
Settled at the back early - dropped away steadily inside the last 3f - eventually finished eighth
Jake Dickson (7)
Gemma Tutty
Tracked front group early - pushed along 3f out - dropped away inside final 2f - well held at the finish
Billy Garritty
Liam Bailey
Went straight to front - overtaken 4f out - dropped away 3f out - allowed to drop out well beaten
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.