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| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Elegant Erin (IRE) | 8 M | AVG | Paul Midgley | 137 lbs | 5/1F | Won | Towards rear on near side of group - switched right and against near rail over 1f out - headway and bit short of room 1f out - kept on and led final strides - pushed out | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Paddy's Day (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Nigel Tinkler | 134 lbs | 7/1 | 0.3 | In touch with leaders on near side of group - headway over 1f out - ridden and led narrowly inside final furlong - kept on but headed final strides | ||
| 3rd | 3 | Never Dark (GB) | 8 G | AVG | Iain Jardine | 135 lbs | 9/1 | 0.3 | Led - headed but challenging from 2f out - kept on (vet said gelding lost his left-fore shoe) | ||
| 4th | 13 | Lady Celia (GB) | 7 M | AVG | Alan Brown | 126 lbs | 25/1 | 1.25 | Held up in midfield - switched left and headway on far side of group 1f out - kept on | ||
| 5th | 10 | Newyorkstateofmind (GB) | 8 G | Poor | Ruth Carr | 127 lbs | 18/1 | .5 | In rear - headway on near side of group 1f out - no impression inside final furlong | ||
| 6th | 8 | Sugar Hill Babe (IRE) | 5 M | AVG |
Ethan Jones
(5)lbs
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Lisa Williamson | 123 lbs | 16/1 | .5 | Dwelt start - held up in rear - headway and prominent over 3f out - led 2f out - headed inside final furlong - weakened final 110yds | |
| 7th | 11 | Rory (GB) | 7 G | Poor | Jim Goldie | 126 lbs | 11/2 | 0.2 | In rear - switched right and towards near side 2f out - still plenty to do when short of room inside final furlong - ran on inside final 110yds - nearest finish (jockey said gelding was denied a clear run on several occasions from approaching final furlong to winning line) | ||
| 8th | 2 | Castan (GB) | 4 G | AVG | Bryan Smart | 136 lbs | 12/1 | 1.25 | Prominent on far side of group - weakened inside final furlong | ||
| 9th | 7 | Thornaby Pearl (GB) | 6 G | Poor | Adrian Nicholls | 130 lbs | 14/1 | .5 | Prominent - lost position halfway - weakened final furlong | ||
| 10th | 12 | Buraback (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Derek Shaw | 126 lbs | 25/1 | .75 | In touch with leaders - pushed along halfway - weakened final furlong | ||
| 11th | 5 | Nelson Gay (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Michael Dods | 132 lbs | 6/1 | 0.2 | Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - weakened inside final furlong | ||
| 12th | 14 | Phoenix Star (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Jessica Macey | 121 lbs | 9/1 | 0.3 | Held up in midfield - repeatedly short of room from over 1f out - not recover (jockey said gelding was denied a clear run on several occasions inside final furlong) | ||
| 13th | 6 | Our Absent Friends (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Tristan Davidson | 132 lbs | 16/1 | 0.2 | Midfield on far side of group - weakened final furlong | ||
| 14th | 9 | Borough (GB) | 4 G | Poor |
Mohammed Tabti
(5)lbs
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Iain Jardine | 122 lbs | 50/1 | 0.2 | Dwelt start - soon in touch with leaders - pushed along halfway - weakened 1f out |
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