Betting Better With Sky Bet Handicap
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
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| 1st | 3 | Navello (GB) | 5 G | AVG | George Boughey | 134 lbs | 7/1 | Won | In rear - outpaced and pushed along after 1f - headway into midfield halfway - keeping on over 1f out - ridden and went third final 110yds - led towards finish - won going away(op 13/2 tchd 8/1) | ||
| 2nd | 9 | Prospect (GB) | 6 G | Poor | Paul Midgley | 118 lbs | 7/1 | .75 | Midfield - pushed along 2f out - headway and in touch with leaders 1f out - ridden inside final furlong - led final 110yds - headed towards finish - no match for winner(tchd 13/2) | ||
| 3rd | 2 | Sampers Seven (IRE) | 6 M | Poor | Michael Appleby | 135 lbs | 11/4F | .75 | Taken down early - awkward start - took keen hold - led - going easily 2f out - shaken up over 1f out - ridden and unbalanced inside final furlong - headed final 110yds - no extra towards finish(op 10/3) | ||
| 4th | 8 | Count d'Orsay (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Tim Easterby | 123 lbs | 12/1 | 0.3 | Midfield on far side of group - pushed along 2f out - keeping on 1f out - ridden inside final furlong - no extra final 110yds(op 9/1) | ||
| 5th | 4 | Papa Don't Preach (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Kevin Frost | 133 lbs | 6/1 | 0.3 | Taken down early - ducked right start - soon recovered and prominent - pushed along 2f out - ridden over 1f out - kept on until no impression final 110yds(op 7/1) | ||
| 6th | 5 | Leodis Dream (IRE) | 8 G | AVG |
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Paul Midgley | 127 lbs | 20/1 | .75 | Taken down early - in touch with leaders on near side of group - pushed along halfway - ridden over 1f out - no impression inside final furlong(op 16/1) | |
| 7th | 11 | Kitaab (GB) | 5 G | Poor | Ian Williams | 116 lbs | 50/1 | .5 | Raced in last - outpaced and pushed along halfway - still plenty to do over 1f out - some headway final 110yds - nearest finish (inquiry was held into running and riding of gelding; jockey stated his instructions were to jump out and ride gelding as he found him; he explained that he felt the early pace was very strong and that gelding was always behind the bridle; he added that gelding was showing a tendency to hang left - and that in his opinion this was owing to gelding not handling the good ground - which he felt was riding quicker than the official description - and that he had stayed on at one pace past beaten horses to obtain the best possible placing)(op 28/1 tchd 25/1) | ||
| 8th | 10 | J R Cavagin (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Paul Midgley | 118 lbs | 18/1 | 0.2 | Midfield - outpaced and pushed along halfway - ridden over 1f out - no impression inside final furlong - weakened final 110yds(op 16/1) | ||
| 9th | 6 | Lullaby Bay (GB) | 4 F | AVG | Kevin Ryan | 129 lbs | 8/1 | 0.2 | In rear - pushed along halfway - ridden and some headway towards near side over 1f out - no impression inside final furlong(op 6/1) | ||
| 10th | 1 | Mid Winster (GB) | 7 M | Poor | Paul Midgley | 135 lbs | 13/2 | 0.05 | Taken down early - in touch with leaders on far side of group - pushed along halfway - ridden and lost position over 1f out - weakened gradually final 110yds(tchd 6/1) | ||
| 11th | 7 | A Pint Of Bear (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Scott Dixon | 129 lbs | 9/1 | 3.75 | Ducked right start - midfield on near side of group - pushed along halfway - soon ridden - weakened from 1f out(op 16/1) |
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