Redcar
18:00
Host & Stay Handicap (Sdde Smith Group Straight Mile Series Qualifier)
Redcar Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 Distance: 1m Type: Flat Going: Good To Firm Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £26.40 Place: £6 £2.80 £4.50 Exacta: £222 Tricast: £1951.51 Trifecta: £3237.60
Non-Runners: Spioradalta (self certificate), Toute Chic (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 4 Ron O (GB) 7 G AVG Ray Craggs 136 lbs 22/1 Won Dwelt start - midfield - headway 2f out - led 1f out - soon went clear - comfortably (trainer had no explanation for the apparent improvement in form)(tchd 20/1)
2nd 3 Strongbowe (FR) 8 G Poor Tim Easterby 139 lbs 15/2 4 Midfield on inner - switched right from over 1f out - headway and ran on inside final furlong - went second towards finish - no match for winner - did well in the circumstances(tchd 17/2)
3rd 11 Feel The Need (GB) 4 G AVG David O'Meara 135 lbs 11/1 .5 Midfield - short of room and switched right 2f out - headway over 1f out - no chance with winner but kept on and briefly went second towards finish(op 8/1)
4th 14 Copper And Five (GB) 9 G AVG Ruth Carr 131 lbs 11/2 0.1 Taken down early - pressed leader - led 2f out - headed 1f out - soon outpaced and no chance with winner - lost two places towards finish(op 5/1)
5th 13 Park Street (GB) 6 G Poor Tina Jackson 131 lbs 12/1 1 Steadied start - in rear - headway over 1f out - no chance with winner but kept on well inside final furlong - never dangerous(op 33/1)
6th 8 Crown Princess (IRE) 5 M AVG Ollie Pears 136 lbs 11/2 .75 In touch with leaders - short of room 2f out - headway and prominent 1f out - soon outpaced - weakened inside final 110yds(op 6/1 tchd 5/1)
7th 1 Billyb (FR) 6 G AVG Ann Duffield 142 lbs 11/1 1.75 Prominent - disputing second when edged left 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 17/2)
8th 12 Look Back Smiling (IRE) 4 G AVG Gemma Tutty 129 lbs 12/1 .75 Steadied start - switched left soon after start - in rear - headway on inner and short of room over 1f out - switched right 1f out - no telling impression(op 11/1 tchd 10/1)
9th 6 Ey Up Its The Boss (GB) 6 G AVG Tony Coyle 137 lbs 9/1 3 Taken down early - prominent - weakened final furlong (trainer's rep said - regarding the poor form shown - that the run may have come too soon for gelding - having only raced 8 days prior; vet had nothing to report)(op 17/2)
10th 2 Clear Angel (GB) 7 G Poor Susan Corbett 139 lbs 100/30F 0.3 Prominent - lost ground quickly over 1f out - weakened and dropped to rear inside final furlong (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding had run too freely; vet had nothing to report)(op 7/2)
11th 10 Berkshire Phantom (IRE) 5 G AVG Fionn McSharry 135 lbs 80/1 1.75 Always behind(op 50/1)
12th 9 Roach Power (IRE) 6 G AVG Tim Easterby 135 lbs 12/1 .5 Led - headed 2f out - lost position over 1f out - weakened and dropped to rear inside final furlong
13th 5 Hortzadar (GB) 9 G Poor David O'Meara 138 lbs 28/1 1.75 Always behind(op 20/1)