Newmarket
14:15
Betfair Exchange Handicap
Newmarket Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 Distance: 1m2f Type: Flat Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £6.40 Place: £2.10 £1.40 £1.50 Exacta: £32 Tricast: £104.62 Trifecta: £100.10
Non-Runners: Wait Forever (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 5 Master The Stars (GER) 4 G AVG Ed Dunlop 122 lbs 7/1 Won Midfield - headway 3f out - ridden to lead 2f out - faced strong challenge and clear with one other over 1f out - carried right and headed when bumped inside final furlong - just held - finished 2nd - awarded race(op 11/2)
2nd 6 Good Birthday (IRE) 6 G AVG Andrew Balding 123 lbs 3/1 0 Held up in rear - headway 3f out - clear with one other and challenging over 1f out - ridden when hung right and barged rival inside final furlong - led narrowly inside final furlong - just prevailed - finished 1st - disqualified and placed 2nd(op 7/2 tchd 4/1)
3rd 9 End Result (GB) N/A Poor David Elsworth 117 lbs 9/2 2.75 Held up in rear - headway into midfield 4f out - ridden over 2f out - went third and hung badly left over 1f out - against near rail and no impression inside final furlong(op 7/2)
4th 1 Dashing Roger (GB) 7 G AVG William Stone 130 lbs 16/1 5.5 Took keen hold - held up in midfield - dropped to rear and ridden 4f out - no chance but rallied 1f out - kept on and went modest fourth inside final 110yds - lost shoe (vet said gelding lost its right-fore shoe)(tchd 14/1 and tchd 18/1)
5th 7 Hotspur Harry (IRE) 6 G Poor Robert Eddery 117 lbs 33/1 1.5 Held up in midfield - pushed along over 2f out - soon ridden and outpaced - well held from over 1f out - lost shoe (vet said gelding lost its left-hind shoe)(tchd 40/1)
6th 8 Sandyman (GB) 8 G Poor Michael Appleby 114 lbs 14/1 0.3 Led - ridden and headed 2f out - soon outpaced - lost third and weakened from over 1f out(op 16/1 tchd 12/1)
7th 4 Alpine Mistral (IRE) N/A Good Shaun Keightley 128 lbs 25/1 3 Took keen hold - pressed leader - ridden and every chance over 2f out - soon outpaced - weakened from over 1f out(op 18/1)
8th 2 Tenbury Wells (USA) 8 G AVG John & Thady Gosden 129 lbs 13/8F 25 Chased leaders - ridden and every chance over 2f out - soon beaten - dropped to last and eased final furlong - tailed off (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the gelding's performance other than the jockey saying the gelding had lost its action in the dip on this occasion; vet said a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(tchd 15/8)