14:00 Ascot

Saturday 7 August 2021

All12:5013:2514:0014:3515:1015:45

Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Challenge (Handicap)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 3  |   1m 3f 211y  |   Good to Soft  |   10 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:00  |   Winning time: 2m 35.73s
1st
Horse silk
5
(6)
18/1
T: T KentJ: David Egan
Held up off the pace towards rear, headway tracking leaders and squeezed through over 2f out, not clear run and switched left over 1f out, stayed on to lead final 150 yards, all out op 14/1 tchd 20/1
2nd
Horse silk
hd
10
(5)
9/2
T: Eve Johnson HoughtonJ: Nicola Currie
Mid-division out wide, good headway chasing leaders 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed final 150 yards, rallied op 5/1
3rd
Horse silk
1 ½
1
(8)
28/1
T: Ian WilliamsJ: Andrea Atzeni
Held up off the pace in last pair, headway out wide when not clear run over 2f out, soon switched out, stayed on into 3rd over 1f out, no chance with leading duo
4th
Horse silk
6 ½
7
(11)
7/2
T: R M BeckettJ: S M Levey
Steadied and switched right start, held up towards rear on inside, not clear run 3f out, headway chasing leaders and squeezed through 2f out, went modest 4th final 100 yards op 10/3 tchd 4/1
5th
Horse silk
¾
4
(2)
18/1
T: E A L DunlopJ: Hayley Turner
Wore hood to post, raced keenly disputing 2nd until pushed along inside final 3f, chased leaders, losing place when slightly hampered 2f out, switched right and rallied on inside, kept on late op 16/1 tchd 20/1
6th
Horse silk
¾
6
(1)
4/1
T: W J KnightJ: T P O'Shea
Wore hood to post, mid-division on inside, not clear run and switched left soon after, went 2nd 2f out, soon ridden, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 10/3
7th
Horse silk
1 ¾
3
(3)
25/1
T: S HodgsonJ: A Kirby
Slowly into stride, held up in rear, pushed along 4f out, good headway out wide chasing leaders over 2f out, edged right and weakened over 1f out op 20/1
8th
Horse silk
3 ½
2
(4)
18/1
T: C & M JohnstonJ: Mickaelle Michel
Chased leaders, pushed along edging right over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f op 25/1
9th
Horse silk
16
8
(7)
25/1
T: Ian WilliamsJ: James Doyle
Wore hood to post, led, pushed along over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened quickly op 20/1
10th
Horse silk
7
9
(12)
3/1f
T: A M BaldingJ: J Fanning
Wore hood to post, disputing 2nd, went outright 2nd inside final 3f until over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f op 7/2

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Non-Runners

12
(9)
Horse silk
Torcello77
Weight: 9-2|  Age: 7
T: S Lycett  J: Reserve 2
NR
11
(10)
Horse silk
Plantadream35
Weight: 9-2|  Age: 6
T: J R Best  J: Reserve 1
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£16.40Pl:£3.60, £1.80, £5.80EX:£108.80Trifecta:£3,141.50Tricast:£2,263.56SF:£91.70Swingers:£10.80, £35.40, £15.10

Forecasts

Group One Power (3/1), Sam Cooke (7/2), Spanish Kiss (4/1), HMS President (9/2), Graphite (18/1), Master The Stars (18/1), The Trader (18/1), Torcello (20/1), Plantadream (20/1), C'Est No Mour (25/1), Mancini (25/1), Restorer (28/1)

Verdict

Things didn't really pan out for SPANISH KISS in his hat-trick bid here a month ago, but he looked a handicapper going places prior to that, and given the way he travels this drop in trip is probably a good move. Group One Power is a very solid proposition, while Sam Cooke has it in him to win a race like this.

  1. SPANISH KISS
  2. GROUP ONE POWER
  3. SAM COOKE (IRE)

Prize Money

1st: £20,656.002nd: £7,232.003rd: £3,305.004th: £2,579.005th: £2,272.006th: £1,655.007th: £1,344.008th: £1,033.009th: £722.0010th: £517.00

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