Newmarket Races
Newmarket
16:15
Christine Saunders Memorial Handicap
Newmarket
Date: Sat, 22 May 2021
Distance: 1m4f
Type: Flat
Going: Soft
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £3.10
Place: £1.90 £1.60
Exacta: £8.40
Trifecta: £28.40
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Meritorious (GB) | 6 G | Poor | John & Thady Gosden | 133 lbs | 11/4 | Won | Tracked leader - pushed along to lead over 2f out - ridden and hung right and bumped rival over 1f out - ran on well final furlong - always doing enough(op 10/3 tchd 5/2) | ||
| 2nd | 5 | Baileys Derbyday (GB) | 5 G | AVG | Mark Johnston | 127 lbs | 2/1F | 1.25 | Led - ridden and headed by winner over 2f out - bumped over 1f out - kept on final furlong - always held(op 10/3) | ||
| 3rd | 4 | Valparaiso (GB) | 5 G | Poor | Marcus Tregoning | 128 lbs | 4/1 | .5 | Dwelt start - in rear - headway 5f out - pushed along and went third 4f out - ridden and outpaced over 2f out - rallied and kept on well inside final furlong(op 9/2) | ||
| 4th | 2 | Encounter Order (IRE) | N/A | Poor | Ismail Mohammed | 132 lbs | 5/1 | 2 | Midfield - ridden and outpaced over 2f out - no impression over 1f out - not pace to challenge(op 10/3) | ||
| 5th | 3 | Doublethetrouble (GB) | 6 G | Poor | Lucy Wadham | 129 lbs | 18/1 | 6 | Midfield - ridden and outpaced 3f out - lost ground 2f out - soon struggling(op 11/1) | ||
| 6th | 6 | Easy Equation (FR) | 7 G | Poor | J S Moore | 123 lbs | 9/1 | 29 | Held up in midfield - headway after 2f - ridden and lost ground quickly over 3f out - soon dropped to rear - tailed off (jockey said gelding stopped quickly; trainer said gelding unsuited by the soft ground - which in his opinion - was riding particularly holding)(op 6/1) |