20:40 Sandown

Thursday 23 May 2019

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Matchbook Casino Whitsun Cup Handicap

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 3  |   1m  |   Good (Good to Firm in places, Sprint Course: Good to Firm)  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 20:42  |   Winning time: 1m 42.21s
1st
Horse silk
5
(9)
11/4
T: J A OsborneJ: J P Spencer
Held up last, headway on outside over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, led towards finish op 3/1 tchd 5/2
2nd
Horse silk
nk
3
(4)
11/2
T: R HannonJ: R L Moore
Tracked leaders in 5th, not clear run inside final 2f until switched left over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well until headed and outpaced towards finish op 6/1
3rd
Horse silk
hd
4
(7)
9/4f
T: D MenuisierJ: Jason Watson
Slowly into stride, held up last pair, headway on outside chasing leaders 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not pace of winner op 2/1
4th
Horse silk
2
8
(2)
16/1
T: B J MeehanJ: Oisin Murphy
Led, ridden and kept on until headed inside final furlong, weakened final 100 yards op 20/1
5th
Horse silk
1 ¾
10
(10)
20/1
T: W R MuirJ: Nicola Currie
Raced keenly, chased leading pair, pair, went 2nd over 2f out until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 16/1
6th
Horse silk
¾
9
(1)
12/1
T: K FrostJ: Gavin Ashton (7)
Chased leaders on inside, weakened inside final furlong op 10/1 tchd 9/1
7th
Horse silk
2
7
(5)
4/1
T: Owen BurrowsJ: Jim Crowley
Held up in 6th, good headway on outside going well over 2f out, run flattened out final furlong
8th
Horse silk
8
2
(8)
25/1
T: M MurphyJ: Rossa Ryan
Pressed leader until over 2f out, chased leaders, weakened well over 1f out tchd 28/1

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1
(3)
Horse silk
Greenside17
Weight: 9-7|  Age: 8
T: H Candy  J: Harry Bentley
NR
6
(6)
Horse silk
Borderforce26
Weight: 9-3|  Age: 6
T: George Baker  J: Cieren Fallon
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.40Pl:£1.40, £1.60, £1.20EX:£19.70Trifecta:£58.50Tricast:£39.06SF:£18.47Swingers:£2.10, £2.20, £3.90

Forecasts

History Writer (9/4), Lush Life (11/4), Greenside (3/1), Kitaabaat (4/1), War Glory (11/2), Masked Identity (12/1), Borderforce (12/1), I'vegotthepower (16/1), Data Protection (20/1), Azzeccagarbugli (25/1)

Verdict

The Spring Cup at Newbury holds plenty of clues with regards finding the winner of the 2019 renewal of the Whitsun Cup. GREENSIDE, who has history in this race, finished fourth of 26 to Chatez (today's rival History Writer an encouraging seventh) before readily accounting for Lush Life (third) at Windsor (1m) the following month. A 4lb rise for that River Thames victory means that he has slightly more to do on this occasion, but it's well worth noting that he was also successful off this perch (94) over C&D in June 2017. Therefore, he rates as the rock-solid fancy tonight.
  1. Greenside
  2. History Writer
  3. War Glory

Previous Winners

2018
Chiefofchiefs
Weight: 8-12  |Age: 5
5/1

Prize Money

1st: £9,338.002nd: £2,796.003rd: £1,398.004th: £699.005th: £350.006th: £176.00

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