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Follow Matchbook On X Handicap Stakes
Class 6, 1m4f, Flat, 4yo+, Rated 0-55, 8 runners
Winning time 2m 33.62s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Taryn Langley (5)
Tony Newcombe
Sluggish to break and settled at the back - keen early - improved and shifted right approaching 3f out - pushed along over 1f out - powered home in the closing stages to get up right on the line
Darragh Keenan
Gihan Arnolda
Tracked pace early - asked for effort 3f out and hit front approaching final 2f - stayed on strongly into last furlong before being caught close to home
Liam Wright (3)
Charlie Clover
Travelled keenly towards the back - moved into contention and edged right approaching 2f out - driven and drifted left inside final 2f - stayed on strongly into the last furlong - couldn't find more and dropped to third close home
Finley Marsh
Jim & Suzi Best
Held up at the back - driven up 3f out - made progress under pressure over 2f out - ran on inside final furlong but squeezed for space near the line - unable to get back on terms
Charles Bishop
Neil King
Handy in the pack early - pushed along with 3f left - stayed on inside the final furlong but flattened out close home
Harry Vigors (5)
Stuart Williams
Held a forward position early - pushed along 3f out - found progress hampered for room inside final 2f - stayed on to finish sixth beaten 2.5 lengths
George Wood
James Owen
Set the pace early - pushed along under pressure 3f out - overtaken approaching 2f out but still in contention with a furlong left - faded inside final furlong to finish 7th
Silvestre De Sousa
Tony Carroll
Held up in the pack early - urged forward 3f out - driven with two furlongs left but failed to fire - slipped to the rear inside the final furlong to finish well held
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.