Goose Island Midway Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 | Aimeric (GB) | 5 G | AVG | Roger Varian | 131 lbs | 7/4 | Won | In touch with leaders - pushed along over 3f out - ridden and outpaced 3f out - went third and keeping on 2f out - switched right over 1f out - went second inside final furlong - stayed on and led towards finish(tchd 13/8 and tchd 15/8) | ||
| 2nd | 5 | El Habeeb (IRE) | 3 C | AVG | Kevin Philippart De Foy | 131 lbs | 10/11F | .5 | Held up in behind leaders - pushed along briefly when switched right and went second 3f out - ridden and led over 1f out - hung left 1f out - headed and no extra towards finish(op 11/10 tchd 5/4) | ||
| 3rd | 3 | Luttrell Lad (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Philip Hobbs | 142 lbs | 6/1 | 5.5 | Led - pushed along and clear with one other 2f out - ridden and headed over 1f out - lost second and weakened inside final furlong(op 13/2) | ||
| 4th | 1 | Ain't No Sunshine (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Keith Dalgleish | 142 lbs | 16/1 | 6.5 | Slowly into stride - raced in last and detached when pushed along early - in touch with leaders after 2f - ridden 3f out - outpaced and well held from 2f out - went modest fourth final strides (jockey said gelding was slowly away)(op 12/1 tchd 22/1) | ||
| 5th | 2 | Chuvelo (IRE) | 7 G | Poor |
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Donald McCain | 139 lbs | 33/1 | 0.3 | Raced wide and hung right throughout - in touch with leaders - dropped to rear after 2f - headway and prominent 5f out - ridden and beaten when lost third over 2f out - weakened and lost fourth final strides (jockey said gelding hung right handed throughout)(op 16/1 tchd 14/1) | |
| 6th | 6 | Herbertandflorence (GB) | 3 G | Poor | David C Griffiths | 131 lbs | 150/1 | 44 | Raced in second - lost second and dropped to rear 3f out - tailed off and eased final furlong (jockey said gelding hung badly left handed from 3f out)(op 80/1) |
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