16:50 Ayr

Saturday 23 June 2018

All13:4514:2014:5515:3016:1016:5017:25

Sunsport Handicap (For The Winton Cup)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 2  |   1m 5f 26y  |   Good (Good to Firm in places)  |   13 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:51  |   Winning time: 2m 47.74s
1st
Horse silk
4
(12)
7/2f
T: J S GoldieJ: P Mulrennan
Held up in rear, driven over 2f out, headway under pressure over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, kept on tchd 4/1
2nd
Horse silk
1 ¼
12
(6)
9/2
T: R A FaheyJ: Barry McHugh
Mid-division, headway over 3f out, challenged over 2f out, led narrowly inside final 2f, soon ridden, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace op 11/2 tchd 4/1
3rd
Horse silk
½
6
(8)
20/1
T: K DalgleishJ: P Makin
Towards rear of mid-division, driven and headway to chase leaders over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on and chance inside final furlong, held towards finish op 16/1 tchd 25/1
4th
Horse silk
nk
10
(13)
48-9
14/1
T: M R ChannonJ: David Egan
In touch main group, went 2nd over 4f out, close up over 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden and headed narrowly inside final 2f, kept on and every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish op 12/1
5th
Horse silk
2 ¾
8
(10)
68-11
22/1
T: C & M JohnstonJ: Jason Hart
Held up behind, driven over 2f out, headway under pressure over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, not pace to trouble leaders op 16/1
6th
Horse silk
nk
5
(2)
5/1
T: C & M JohnstonJ: J F Egan
In touch main group, driven over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, never able to challenge op 13/2
7th
Horse silk
sh
3
(3)
6/1
T: Ian WilliamsJ: Josephine Gordon
Mid-division, driven over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong, not pace to threaten leaders op 8/1
8th
Horse silk
2 ¼
9
(11)
7/1
T: K R BurkeJ: C Lee (3)
In touch main group, headway over 3f out, effort over 2f out, soon ridden, one pace over 1f out, gradually weakened inside final furlong op 13/2
9th
Horse silk
1
13
(5)
28/1
T: B EllisonJ: Kieran Schofield (7)
Towards rear, outpaced 3f out, ridden over 1f out, never a threatened leaders op 25/1
10th
Horse silk
5
7
(9)
25/1
T: T D EasterbyJ: Cam Hardie
Always behind, outpaced over 2f out
11th
Horse silk
4
11
(1)
11/1
T: J D BethellJ: P J McDonald
In touch main group, headway to chase leaders over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, never on terms, weakened final furlong op 12/1
12th
Horse silk
4
1
(4)
14/1
T: T D EasterbyJ: D Allan
Led 1f, chased clear leader to over 4f out, no danger after, weakened final 2f op 12/1
13th
Horse silk
3
2
(7)
25/1
T: A WatsonJ: J P Sullivan
Led after 1f, clear to over 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened 1f out op 16/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.30Pl:£1.60, £2.00, £6.30EX:£19.30Trifecta:£279.80Tricast:£290.11SF:£18.27Swingers:£5.00, £15.40, £17.70

Forecasts

Euchen Glen (7/2), Northwest Frontier (9/2), Star Of The East (5/1), Speedo Boy (6/1), Kelly's Dino (7/1), New Society (11/1), Koeman (14/1), My Reward (14/1), Eye of The Storm (20/1), Final (22/1), Dance King (25/1), Brandon Castle (25/1), Nietzsche (28/1)

Verdict

By far the toughest race on the card for punters to solve, so you'd be wanting to have more than one selection in an attempt to find the winner. However, we'll stick to the 1m4f Ascot formline featuring Count Calabash in which Koeman (second) finished two places and one length in front of the Ian Williams-trained SPEEDO BOY. The selection was having his first start since November (hurdles) so can be expected to improve. Interestingly, he holds a Northumberland Plate entry (next weekend) and his trainer demonstrated his prowess with Flat stayers landing the consolation race the Northumberland Vase (2017) with a similar dual-purpose type; the sadly ill-fated London Prize.
  1. Speedo Boy
  2. Euchen Glen
  3. Northwest Frontier

Prize Money

1st: £25,876.002nd: £7,700.003rd: £3,848.004th: £1,924.00

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