Roodee Handicap
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 6 | Corbulo (IRE) | N/A | Good |
George Buckell
(3)lbs
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Brian Meehan | 120 lbs | 17/2 | Won | Led on inner - ridden and went clear under 2f out - kept on but reduced lead final furlong - always doing enough(tchd 8/1 and tchd 10/1) | |
| 2nd | 3 | Solent Gateway (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Tom Dascombe | 131 lbs | 5/1 | .5 | In touch with leaders on inner - ridden and bit short of room under 2f out - kept on final furlong - went second towards finish(op 8/1 tchd 4/1) | ||
| 3rd | 5 | Fairmac (GB) | 6 G | Poor | Mark Johnston | 124 lbs | 4/1 | 0.3 | Slowly into stride - raced in last - detached after 1f - still plenty to do when shaken up under 2f out - soon good headway up the centre - briefly went second final 110yds - soon no extra - eyecatcher(op 9/2 tchd 10/3) | ||
| 4th | 2 | Qaasid (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Sir Michael Stoute | 131 lbs | 3/1J | 0.05 | In touch with leaders on outer - ridden over 3f out - headway and went second under 2f out - lost second final 110yds - kept on(op 5/2 tchd 7/2) | ||
| 5th | 4 | Coul Kat (IRE) | 3 G | Poor | Rod Millman | 127 lbs | 6/1 | 9.5 | Close up on outer - pushed along 4f out - lost second under 2f out - soon weakened(tchd 11/2 and tchd 8/1) | ||
| 6th | 1 | Rival (GB) | 7 G | Poor | Andrew Balding | 133 lbs | 3/1J | 2 | Ducked left start - took keen hold - tracked leader on inner - pushed along and weakened quickly from under 2f out (jockey said gelding ran too freely)(op 5/2) |
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