17:50
Mark Leather's 70th Birthday Handicap (Div 2)
Class 6, 6f, Flat, 3yo, Rated 0-60, 9 runners
Winning time 1m 12.29s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Jack Garritty
Mark Walford
Settled in the front rank - pressed for effort a furlong out and found room to hit the front inside the final furlong - pulled clear to win
Andrew Mullen
Rebecca Menzies
Handy with the front group early - pressed for effort inside final 2f and kept battling to the line - beaten a length and a half in 2nd
Sean Kirrane
Tim Easterby
Held up handy in the early stages - roused approaching the final 2f - kept on under pressure inside the last furlong - flattened out close home to finish third
Sam James
Craig Lidster
Handy early - urged forward with over two furlongs left - stayed on at one gait through the closing stages - finished fourth beaten two and a half lengths
Jack Nicholls (5)
Adrian Nicholls
Drifted right and away sluggishly - travelled eagerly - edged to front briefly after 1f - driven and drifted left approaching final furlong - overtaken inside last - weakened to finish fifth
Harry Russell
Ollie Pears
Held up towards the back showing plenty of eagerness early - pressed along inside the final two furlongs - couldn't find more and finished sixth beaten 6 lengths
Oisin McSweeney
Tim Easterby
Hampered at the break - held up towards the back pulling hard - pressed for a run with two furlongs left but soon lost ground finishing seventh
P J McDonald
Steph Hollinshead
Held up in the pack - pushed along with 2f left - dropped away and finished last of the group in 8th
Zak Wheatley (3)
Christopher Kellett
Held a forward spot early - lost touch and slipped towards the back after 2f - well adrift from 2f out - finished well beaten in 9th
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.