Brighton Races
Brighton
15:00
Star Sports Festival Of Racing Handicap
Brighton
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2023
Distance: 5½f
Type: Flat
Going: Good
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £6.50
Place: £1.90 £1.30 £2.60
Exacta: £19.70
Tricast: £168.21
Trifecta: £124.80
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 | Faustus (GB) | 7 G | AVG | Robert Cowell | 134 lbs | 11/2 | Won | Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - headway when bit short of room and bumped rival over 2f out - switched right under 2f out - ran on well final furlong - led final 110yds - kept on well(op 7/1) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Swift Asset (IRE) | 4 G | AVG | Richard Hannon | 137 lbs | 9/4 | .5 | Towards rear - good headway against far rail from under 2f out - briefly disputed lead inside final furlong - kept on(tchd 5/2) | ||
| 3rd | 6 | Bezzas Lad (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Tony Carroll | 130 lbs | 14/1 | 1.75 | Led - edged right and lost two places inside final furlong - no extra inside final 110yds (jockey said gelding hung right-handed)(op 16/1 tchd 12/1) | ||
| 4th | 9 | Batchelor Boy (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | John Gallagher | 125 lbs | 14/1 | .75 | Midfield on outer - headway from under 3f out - outpaced over 1f out - rallied inside final furlong - went fourth inside final 110yds(op 16/1 tchd 12/1) | ||
| 5th | 7 | Song Of Success (GB) | 2 F | AVG | James Fanshawe | 128 lbs | 17/2 | .5 | Steadied start - held up in rear - headway from 3f out - outpaced under 2f out - rallied final furlong - not pace to challenge(op 11/1) | ||
| 6th | 3 | Pop Dancer (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Tony Carroll | 134 lbs | 22/1 | 1.5 | Prominent - bit short of room and weakened inside final furlong(op 14/1 tchd 25/1) | ||
| 7th | 8 | Cinque Verde (GB) | 5 M | AVG | Tony Carroll | 127 lbs | 40/1 | 1 | Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - bumped over 2f out - outpaced when hampered over 1f out - soon no impression(tchd 50/1) | ||
| 8th | 5 | The Defiant (GB) | 9 G | AVG | Daniel Steele | 132 lbs | 11/1 | 3.5 | Took keen hold - prominent - hung left over 1f out - soon weakened(op 9/1 tchd 17/2) | ||
| 9th | 1 | Crow's Nest (IRE) | 4 G | AVG | George Boughey | 137 lbs | 2/1F | 4 | Always behind - outpaced throughout (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding was slowly away and never travelled thereafter and was also unsuited by the sharp - undulating nature of the track over the distance of 5f)(op 15/8) |