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14:25 Newbury

Saturday 17 August 2019

All13:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:4517:20

Unibet Geoffrey Freer Stakes (Group 3)

Off time: 14:25 | Winning time: 2m 55.7s

1^st

(2)

Technician

38-10

10/1

T: M MeadeJ: Rob Hornby

Held up off the pace in 3rd and 4th, pushed along 5f out, headway near side of group over 3f out, went 2nd entering final 2f, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, led towards finish op 8/1

2^nd

(4)

Morando

69-8

11/8f

T: A M BaldingJ: S De Sousa

Tracked clear leader, closer 10f out, dropped to 3rd halfway, 2nd again 4f out, led 3f out, ridden and hung right inside final furlong, headed and no extra towards finish op 13/8

3^rd

(1)

Durston

38-10

3/1

T: D M SimcockJ: J P Spencer

Held up off the pace in last, steady headway 3f out to track leaders over 2f out, went 3rd entering final 2f, ridden and no chance with leading duo over 1f out op 7/2

4^th

(5)

Sextant

49-5

4/1

T: Sir Michael StouteJ: R L Moore

Slowly into stride and went right start, held up off the pace in 4th, closer in 3rd 8f out, 2nd 7f out until 4f out, chased leaders, pushed along 2f out, soon weakened

5^th

(3)

Sameem

38-10

13/2

T: J TateJ: P J McDonald

Led set good pace and soon clear, came back to the field 10f out, brought field centre in straight, pushed along and headed 3f out, weakened and behind over 2f out op 5/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£12.30Pl:£3.30, £1.40EX:£27.70Trifecta:£74.30SF:£24.24

Forecasts

Morando (11/8), Durston (3/1), Sextant (4/1), Sameem (13/2), Technician (10/1)

The senior runner in the field, MORANDO is a confident choice and has a bit in hand on official figures on his good fourth in the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot. He won here last year on his only previous visit and ground conditions are of no concern. Sameem could be the one for the forecast given his improved display over 2f less at Hamilton last time. He shapes as though he should stay and is in peak form at present. Technician has to prove his stamina but is a fair performer and not out of it, but both Sextant and Durston need to significantly raise their respective games to score.