14:50 Goodwood

Friday 21 May 2021

All13:1013:4014:1514:5015:2516:0016:35

Vesta Handicap

  • 3YO only  |   Class 4  |   1m  |   Soft (Good to Soft in places)  |   10 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:51  |   Winning time: 1m 46.66s
1st
Horse silk
3
(3)
17/2
T: D M SimcockJ: J P Spencer
Held up last trio, good headway and switched out wide chasing leaders over 1f out, stayed on to lead final 100 yards, won going away op 8/1
2nd
Horse silk
1 ¼
7
(7)
15/2
T: Mrs A J PerrettJ: Jim Crowley
Held up in 5th, good headway out wide chasing leaders 2f out, hung right and led over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner final 100 yards op 8/1 tchd 9/1
3rd
Horse silk
1 ½
10
(4)
10/3f
T: H MorrisonJ: W Buick
Held up in 6th, pushed along chasing leaders over 2f out, unable to quicken over 1f out, kept on into 3rd post, not pace to challenge op 7/2
4th
Horse silk
nse
9
(9)
12/1
T: B R MillmanJ: S M Levey
Held up last, headway on inside over 2f out, chasing leaders and hung badly right inside final furlong, lost 3rd post tchd 11/1
5th
Horse silk
1 ¾
1
(10)
4/1
T: W J KnightJ: Oisin Murphy
Held up in 7th, headway out wide 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong op 10/3 tchd 9/2
6th
Horse silk
2 ¾
5
(8)
9/1
T: S DowJ: Tom Marquand
Raced wide early, led and soon clear, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong op 7/1 tchd 13/2
7th
Horse silk
7
6
(1)
25/1
T: B J MeehanJ: P J Dobbs
Chased leader, pushed along over 2f out, hung right and lost 2nd inside final 2f, weakened soon after
8th
Horse silk
4 ¼
8
(6)
28/1
T: G & J MooreJ: Hector Crouch
Last pair, pushed along over 3f out, never a factor tchd 33/1
9th
Horse silk
1 ¼
4
(2)
5/1
T: P & O ColeJ: Rossa Ryan
Slowly into stride, pushed along and soon chasing leaders on inside, hung right over 2f out, soon weakened op 11/2
10th
Horse silk
¾
2
(5)
9/1
T: A M BaldingJ: William Carver (5)
Chased leaders out wide, pushed along and weakened over 2f out op 11/1 tchd 17/2 and tchd 12/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.60Pl:£2.80, £2.50, £1.50EX:£84.10Trifecta:£415.00Tricast:£257.54SF:£70.98Swingers:£9.50, £5.80, £4.90

Forecasts

Marsabit (10/3), Year Of The Dragon (4/1), Gordonstoun (5/1), Rebel Territory (15/2), Luckiness (17/2), Wake Up Harry (9/1), The Kodi Kid (9/1), Onaraggatip (12/1), Sweet Bertie (25/1), Toronado Grey (28/1)

Verdict

YEAR OF THE DRAGON has few miles on the clock and looked comfortably ahead of his opening mark when a smooth-travelling second at Ascot a fortnight ago, so he makes most appeal in what could be a well-contested 3-y-o handicap. Toronado Grey and Luckiness strike as formidable opponents.

  1. YEAR OF THE DRAGON (IRE)
  2. TORONADO GREY
  3. LUCKINESS (FR)

Prize Money

1st: £4,860.002nd: £2,282.003rd: £1,141.004th: £571.005th: £300.006th: £300.007th: £300.008th: £300.00

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