15:35
bet365 Classic Trial (Group 3)
Group 3, Class 1, 1m1f209y, Flat, 3yo, 7 runners
Winning time 2m 9.36s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Rossa Ryan
Owen Burrows
Settled just behind the pace - moved through to hit the front two out - kept finding more to assert and score
William Buick
Charlie Appleby
Settled with eagerness in the pack early - slipped towards the back after 3f - made ground from 2f out under pressure - moved into second inside the final furlong - stayed on to finish runner-up beaten 3 1/4 lengths
Robert Havlin
John & Thady Gosden
Pulled hard early - moved up to second 2f out - dropped back past the furlong marker and drifted right - found nil in the closing stages to finish third
Ryan Moore
A P O'Brien
Sluggish start leaving them tailed off - pushed along with three furlongs left - stayed on in the closing stages but never a factor - finished fourth
Tom Marquand
Alan King
Held up at the back early - improved into the pack by halfway - pushed along with 2f left but unable to close and finished well held in 5th
Oisin Murphy
Richard Hughes
Set the pace early - opened up a big margin - gap narrowed with 4f left - pushed along and overtaken 2f out then dropped away quickly
Joe Leavy
Brian Meehan
Settled just behind the pace - pushed along with 2f left - dropped away quickly and well held late
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.