Ascot Races
Ascot
15:22
Racing Welfare Classified Stakes
Ascot
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2023
Distance: 1m
Type: Flat
Going: Good
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £6
Place: £1.60 £1.40 £1.50
Exacta: £20.80
Trifecta: £76.30
Non-Runners: Hickory (doubly declared), Orbaan (doubly declared), Sterling Knight (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10 | Metal Merchant (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Jack Channon | 130 lbs | 5/1 | Won | Midfield - switched to near side and headway over 2f out - led going best over 1f out - soon faced challenge - sustained duel with runner-up final furlong - just prevailed(op 4/1) | ||
| 2nd | 9 | Jeff Koons (IRE) | 5 H | AVG | John & Thady Gosden | 130 lbs | 3/1 | 0.05 | In touch with leaders - led towards near side over 2f out - headed over 1f out - sustained duel with winner final furlong - just failed(tchd 10/3) | ||
| 3rd | 7 | Daysofourlives (IRE) | 4 G | Good | Marco Botti | 130 lbs | 9/2 | 4.5 | Bumped start - towards rear - headway 2f out - outpaced over 1f out - went third inside final furlong - kept on but no match for first two(op 6/1) | ||
| 4th | 8 | Florida (IRE) | 2 C | AVG | William Haggas | 130 lbs | 11/4F | 3.75 | Ducked right and bumped rival start - prominent - briefly disputed lead over 2f out - outpaced over 1f out - lost third and weakened inside final furlong(op 5/2) | ||
| 5th | 4 | Raising Sand (GB) | 11 G | AVG | Jamie Osborne | 133 lbs | 18/1 | 2.75 | Awkward start - held up in rear - some headway over 1f out - soon no impression - weakened towards finish(op 16/1 tchd 20/1) | ||
| 6th | 1 | Dawn Of Liberation (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Richard Hannon | 133 lbs | 12/1 | .75 | In rear - brief headway on outer 2f out - soon outpaced and no chance(tchd 14/1) | ||
| 7th | 6 | Sweet Reward (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Jonathan Portman | 133 lbs | 14/1 | 4 | Raced in second - lost position over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 12/1 tchd 10/1) | ||
| 8th | 11 | Stormbuster (GB) | 3 C | AVG | Andrew Balding | 130 lbs | 11/1 | 24 | Took keen hold - led - hung left over 2f out - soon headed and weakened quickly - eased over 1f out (jockey said colt ran too free early on and hung badly left-handed)(op 12/1) |