15:55 Epsom Downs

Wednesday 25 April 2018

All14:1014:4515:2015:5516:2517:00

Investec City And Suburban Handicap

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 2  |   1m 2f 17y  |   Good (Good to Soft in places)  |   10 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:55  |   Winning time: 2m 8.59s
1st
Horse silk
8
(2)
9/4f
T: R VarianJ: Andrea Atzeni
Held up towards rear, steady headway over 2f out, switched right 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, led final 100 yards op 3/1
2nd
Horse silk
1
10
(8)
6/1
T: D R C ElsworthJ: S De Sousa
Led after 1f, brought majority of field off inside rail in straight, headed 3f out, led again over 1f out, narrowly headed inside final furlong, rallied into 2nd final strides, not pace of winner op 8/1
3rd
Horse silk
nk
1
(3)
20/1
T: R A FaheyJ: T Hamilton
Held up in touch, headway chasing leaders 3f out, led narrowly inside final furlong, headed and not pace of winner last 100 yards, lost 2nd final strides op 22/1 tchd 25/1
4th
Horse silk
1 ½
5
(10)
69-1
12/1
T: R M BeckettJ: Harry Bentley
Held up in last pair, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, nearest finish op 14/1
5th
Horse silk
hd
6
(1)
7/1
T: D MenuisierJ: Jim Crowley
Held up last, switched right to outside and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish op 6/1
6th
Horse silk
3
4
(6)
6/1
T: S bin SuroorJ: David Egan (3)
Raced keenly, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong tchd 11/2
7th
Horse silk
¾
7
(9)
48-12
25/1
T: S DowJ: K Shoemark
Soon steadied in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened op 20/1
8th
Horse silk
¾
9
(7)
9/2
T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy
Tracked leader after 1f, pushed along over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f op 5/1
9th
Horse silk
¾
3
(5)
16/1
T: R HannonJ: R L Moore
Led 1f, soon settled in close 3rd, kept towards inside in straight, led 3f out, hung left on camber and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, eased op 10/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
2
(4)
12/1
T: D O'MearaJ: D Tudhope
Slipped badly leaving stalls, pulled up and dismounted soon after op 14/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.70Pl:£1.30, £2.30, £4.60EX:£17.70Trifecta:£210.20Tricast:£221.52SF:£16.40Swingers:£3.50, £9.20, £12.80

Forecasts

Ajman King (9/4), Contango (9/2), Dash Of Spice (6/1), Dubai Horizon (6/1), Thundering Blue (7/1), Pacify (12/1), Anythingtoday (12/1), Contrast (16/1), Another Touch (20/1), Emenem (25/1)

Verdict

DASH OF SPICE and Ajman King meet over course and distance for the second time here and it's the former who is taken to reverse the form with a useful swing in the weights here. Andrew Balding won this last year with a four-year-old and Contango gives him claims of winning back-to-back renewals given his unexposed profile.
  1. Dash Of Spice
  2. Ajman King
  3. Contango

Previous Winners

2017
Brorocco
Weight: 8-4  |Age: 4
7/1

Prize Money

1st: £31,125.002nd: £9,320.003rd: £4,660.004th: £2,330.005th: £1,165.006th: £585.00

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