14:25
William Hill Epic Boosts Spring Mile Handicap (Str)
Class 2, 1m, Flat, 4yo+, 22 runners
Winning time 1m 41.42s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
Result
George Bass
Jack Channon
Held up towards the back - still in the pack with 3f to run - moved through easily inside the final furlong - driven to the front soon after - opened up a advantage close home - won comfortably
Colin Keane
Stephen Thorne
Settled at the back early - began closing steadily from beyond the 3f marker - pressed for effort behind the front pair 2f out - moved into second inside the final furlong - kept on but unable to reel in winner
Conor Whiteley (7)
Brian Ellison
Settled just off the pace - short of space approaching final 2f - moved left and made ground inside final 2f - drifted left again but claimed third under a furlong out and stayed on strongly to finish 3rd
Harry Russell
Brian Ellison
Settled with the pack early - pushed along outside final two furlongs - stayed on into the final furlong but drifted left under pressure - lacked the finishing speed to get involved - finished fourth beaten under five lengths
P J McDonald
Harriet Bethell
Settled in the pack early - began to close ground gradually from two out - squeezed for space briefly under pressure inside the final furlong - kept on late without enough in reserve to reach the front and finished fifth beaten five and a half lengths
Warren Fentiman (3)
John & Sean Quinn
Held up in the pack - urged forward with three left - lost touch under pressure with two to run - unable to threaten the front group entering the last furlong - stayed on mildly to finish sixth
Hector Crouch
George Boughey
Settled in the pack - pushed for effort 2f out - found a short-lived spurt approaching the final furlong - then faded to finish seventh
Oisin Orr
Ed Dunlop
Settled behind the front group early - improved into contention over 2f out and challenged with a furlong left - unable to go with the pace - dropped away close home to finish eighth
Neil Callan
Peter Chapple-Hyam
Settled with a strong grip early - sat close to the front group - asked for effort over 2f out - edged into contention approaching the final furlong marker - unable to threaten - weakened close home to finish ninth
Toby Moore (7)
Ed Dunlop
Settled towards the back - urged forward outside two furlongs left - not on terms with the leading group - stayed on steadily inside the closing stages to finish tenth
Kaiya Fraser
Harry Eustace
Settled midpack early - pushed along approaching 2f out - driven inside final furlong but found no gap and shifted left - faded quickly - finished well beaten in 11th
Marco Ghiani
T J Kent
Fought for control early - up with the pace and went in front over 2f out - pressed for effort and lost the advantage inside the final furlong - unable to find more and well held late
Kevin Stott
Kevin Ryan
Settled towards the back of the pack - made no impression on the leaders - finished well beaten in 13th
Jack Callan (5)
George Boughey
Prominent early - holding position past 2f out - pushed along with no headway inside final furlong - dropped away quickly finishing 14th
Robert Havlin
Michael Appleby
Missed the break - settled with the pack before losing ground 3f out - moved left and held no prospect of involvement from inside the final furlong
Jason Hart
John & Sean Quinn
Sat handy behind front pack early - pushed for effort with over 2f left - dropped away inside final furlong - eventually well held in 16th
Harry Davies
Michael Appleby
Settled in the pack early - pushed along and lost ground inside final 2f - well beaten in 17th
Billy Garritty
Richard & Peter Fahey
Settled in the pack early - dropped away 3f out and towards the back soon after - well held at the finish
Pierre-Louis Jamin
K R Burke
Handy early - hit front after 2f - lost advantage over 2f out - dropped away final furlong to finish well beaten
Cieren Fallon
Hugo Palmer
Handy early - pushed for effort with over 3f left then dropped away - well held from 1f out
Dougie Costello
Steph Hollinshead
Slow to begin - held up towards back of field - never involved and well held late
Sean D Bowen
Harriet Bethell
Went straight to the front - lost the advantage after 2f and pressed on with encouragement into the straight - faded out of contention approaching the final furlong to finish 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.