Leicester Races
Leicester
16:44
Jenny Gibbons Almost 70 Celebration Handicap
Leicester
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Distance: 5f
Type: Flat
Going: Soft
Class: Class 5
Surface: Turf
Win: £3.75
Place: £1.60 £3.10 £2.30
Exacta: £32.20
Tricast: £185.74
Trifecta: £164.10
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2 | Fletcher's Flight (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Philip McBride | 138 lbs | 11/4F | Won | In touch with leaders - led narrowly over 2f out - ridden over 1f out - jockey dropped reins inside final furlong - kept on(op 9/4) | ||
| 2nd | 6 | Stone Circle (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Michael Bell | 134 lbs | 10/1 | .5 | In touch with leaders - went second over 1f out - kept on(op 8/1 tchd 15/2) | ||
| 3rd | 5 | Sound Reason (GB) | 6 G | Poor | David O'Meara | 135 lbs | 15/2 | 2 | Swerved right start - hung badly right throughout - midfield on outer - went third over 1f out - no extra towards finish (jockey said gelding hung badly right-handed throughout)(op 8/1 tchd 13/2) | ||
| 4th | 4 | Safari Dream (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Rod Millman | 135 lbs | 4/1 | .5 | Reared start and slowly away - in rear - soon cajoled along - stayed on from 2f out - went fourth inside final furlong (jockey said gelding reared at start causing him to be slowly away)(op 9/2) | ||
| 5th | 9 | Refuge (GB) | 7 G | AVG | Michael & David Easterby | 130 lbs | 22/1 | 2 | Took keen hold - pressed leaders - weakened from over 1f out(op 16/1 tchd 25/1) | ||
| 6th | 3 | Yazaman (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | Paul Midgley | 136 lbs | 8/1 | .5 | In touch with leaders - soon bumped and towards rear - kept on but not pace to challenge(op 7/1) | ||
| 7th | 1 | Cavalier Approach (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Edward Bethell | 138 lbs | 9/2 | 0.3 | Took keen hold - pressed leaders - weakened from over 1f out(op 5/1 and tchd 11/2) | ||
| 8th | 7 | Dusk Dame (GB) | 3 F | AVG | Alice Haynes | 132 lbs | 7/1 | 7 | Pushed along to lead early - headed over 2f out - soon weakened(op 9/1 and tchd 10/1) | ||
| 9th | 8 | Naughty Niall (GB) | 3 G | AVG | Ian Williams | 131 lbs | 125/1 | 1.25 | Dwelt start - in touch with leaders - soon bumped rival - weakened over 2f out(op 66/1) |