Epsom Races
15:00
Epsom
15:00
Investec Handicap
Epsom
Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2020
Distance: 1m2f
Type: Flat
Going: Good
Class: Class 2
Surface: Turf
Win: £24.20
Place: £6.80 £4.30 £3.20
Exacta: £287.50
Tricast: £2579.71
Trifecta: £7439.90
Non-Runners: Desert Icon (self certificate), Sherpa Trail (unsuitable ground), Wargrave (withdrawn; refused to enter stalls)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 | Sky Defender (GB) | N/A | AVG | Mark Johnston | 131 lbs | 22/1 | Won | Led - headed and prominent after 1f - shaken up and led again over 2f out - ridden and went clear over 1f out - reduced lead towards finish - always doing enough(op 28/1 tchd 33/1) | ||
| 2nd | 12 | Breath Caught (GB) | N/A | Poor | Ralph Beckett | 119 lbs | 11/1 | .75 | Midfield - ridden and headway on outer from over 3f out - chased winner 1f out - stayed on - always held(op 12/1 tchd 14/1) | ||
| 3rd | 2 | N/A | Poor | David O'Meara | 134 lbs | 10/1 | 1.75 | Midfield - ridden over 2f out - headway on inner over 1f out - went third inside final furlong - kept on(tchd 11/1) | |||
| 4th | 15 | Data Protection (GB) | N/A | Poor | William Muir | 113 lbs | 16/1 | 1.25 | Chased leaders - ridden and lost ground over 2f out - stayed on final furlong - went fourth post(op 14/1) | ||
| 5th | 9 | You're Hired (GB) | 9 G | AVG | Amanda Perrett | 124 lbs | 6/1 | 0.1 | Tracked leaders - ridden over 2f out - no extra and held final furlong - lost fourth post(op 8/1 tchd 11/2) | ||
| 6th | 4 | Caradoc (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Ed Walker | 132 lbs | 9/2 | 0.3 | Held up in last - ridden 2f out - headway on outer from over 1f out - ran on final furlong - nearest finish(op 6/1) | ||
| 7th | 11 | Sucellus (GB) | 8 G | Poor | Roger Fell | 120 lbs | 33/1 | 1.5 | Held up in rear - ridden 3f out - stayed on final furlong - not reach leaders(op 28/1) | ||
| 8th | 14 | Mr Scaramanga (GB) | N/A | Poor | Simon Dow | 116 lbs | 33/1 | 0.1 | Close up - led after 1f - ridden and headed over 2f out - lost second 1f out - weakened gradually final furlong(op 25/1) | ||
| 9th | 7 | Johnny Drama (IRE) | N/A | AVG | Andrew Balding | 129 lbs | 6/1 | .75 | Prominent - tracked leader after 2f - ridden and lost second over 2f out - weakened from 1f out(op 11/2 tchd 5/1) | ||
| 10th | 13 | Ironclad (GB) | N/A | Poor | Hugo Palmer | 118 lbs | 3/1F | 0.05 | Tracked leaders - pushed along over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(tchd 11/4) | ||
| 11th | 1 | Certain Lad (GB) | 9 G | AVG | Mick Channon | 136 lbs | 14/1 | .5 | Towards rear of midfield - ridden over 2f out - made no telling impression | ||
| 12th | 10 | Plantadream (GB) | 10 G | AVG | John Best | 124 lbs | 18/1 | 4 | Slowly away - took keen hold - in rear - ridden and beaten over 2f out(op 16/1) | ||
| 13th | 8 | Dolphin Vista (IRE) | N/A | Poor | Jim Boyle | 127 lbs | 66/1 | 11 | Always towards rear - niggled along halfway - ridden 3f out - behind from 2f out(op 33/1) |