15:00 Newbury

Saturday 20 May 2023

All13:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:4517:18

BetVictor London Gold Cup Heritage Handicap

  • 3YO only  |   Class 2  |   1m 2f  |   Good  |   14 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:02  |   Winning time: 2m 9.47s
1st
Horse silk
2
(10)
9/2
T: A P O'BrienJ: R L Moore
Held up in mid-division, headway out wide tracking leaders over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, led inside final 100 yards, stayed on op 11/2
2nd
Horse silk
nk
1
(14)
10/1
T: C ApplebyJ: W Buick
Hel up towards rear, pushed along 3f out, ridden and no response over 1f out, finally picked up and strong run inside final furlong, going on close home, not reach winner op 11/1
3rd
Horse silk
nk
3
(16)
5/1
T: R VarianJ: J Mitchell
Steadied and switched left start, held up off the pace towards rear, headway out widest 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, finished well, not reach leaders op 11/2
4th
Horse silk
½
10
(2)
10/1
T: R A FaheyJ: Andrea Atzeni
Raced keenly tracking leaders on inside, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed and no extra inside final 100 yards op 14/1
5th
Horse silk
½
7
(5)
33/1
T: R HannonJ: K Stott
Chased leaders, ridden and unable to quicken when hung left over 1f out, stayed on same pace and no impression in 5th towards finish
6th
Horse silk
nk
12
(1)
18/1
T: R A FaheyJ: George Rooke
Tracked leaders on inside, hung left and every chance entering final furlong, no extra final 100 yards op 16/1
7th
Horse silk
1
6
(13)
33/1
T: H MorrisonJ: Rossa Ryan
Held up in mid-division , ridden out wide and outpaced inside final 2f, rallied and stayed on again inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders op 28/1
8th
Horse silk
hd
5
(3)
4/1f
T: W J HaggasJ: Tom Marquand
Sweating,raced keenly, led and set steady pace, quickened 2f out, ridden and strongly pressed over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened final 110 yards
9th
Horse silk
sh
9
(9)
14/1
T: C JohnstonJ: L Dettori
Chased leader, ridden to challenge edging left over 1f out, weakened final 110 yards op 12/1 tchd 16/1
10th
Horse silk
½
15
(15)
50/1
T: J S MooreJ: Georgia Dobie (3)
Held up off the pace in last pair, some late minor headway, never dangerous op 33/1
11th
Horse silk
1
4
(12)
6/1
T: K R BurkeJ: C Lee
Unseated rider loading, tracked leaders out wide, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, weakened final furlong op 11/2
12th
Horse silk
¾
8
(4)
15/2
T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy
Wore hood to post, slowly into stride, held up towards rear, never on terms tchd 7/1 and tchd 8/1
13th
Horse silk
¾
11
(6)
18/1
T: C JohnstonJ: F Norton
Never closer than mid-division op 16/1
14th
Horse silk
nse
16
(8)
50/1
T: D J S Ffrench DavisJ: Rose Dawes (5)
Started very slowly, raced keenly towards rear, headway on inside over 2f out, ridden 2f out, weakened soon after op 66/1

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Non-Runners

14
(11)
Horse silk
Pjanoo254
Weight: 8-2|  Age: 3
T: R Spencer  J: Hollie Doyle
NR
13
(7)
Horse silk
Silver Sword32
Weight: 8-2|  Age: 3
T: Dylan Cunha  J: Greg Cheyne
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.50Pl:£1.80, £4.05, £2.40EX:£36.30Trifecta:£250.50Tricast:£241.51SF:£50.67Swingers:£9.05, £8.10, £16.75

Forecasts

Desert Hero (4/1), Bertinelli (9/2), Exoplanet (5/1), Royal Rhyme (6/1), Lieber Power (15/2), Bold Act (10/1), Have Secret (10/1), Loyal Touch (14/1), Silver Sword (14/1), Old Smoke (18/1), Cool Party (18/1), Pjanoo (20/1), Forca Timao (33/1), Mr Mistoffelees (33/1), Raintown (50/1), Ithaca's Arrow (50/1)

Verdict

Nearly always one of the strongest 3-y-o handicaps of the season. DESERT HERO is in the Derby and gets the vote to take his record to 3-4 on his reappearance. Irish-raider Bertinelli is another low-mileage colt with plenty of potential and heads the dangers along with easy Newmarket handicap winner Royal Rhyme. The other Sheikh Mohammed Obaid runner Exoplanet chased home Lingfield Derby Trial winner Military Order on his C&D return and can also figure if stall 16 isn't too troublesome.

  1. DESERT HERO
  2. BERTINELLI (USA)
  3. ROYAL RHYME (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022
Israr
Weight: 9-5  |Age: 3
3/1

Prize Money

1st: £51,540.002nd: £24,170.003rd: £12,090.004th: £6,040.005th: £3,020.006th: £1,510.00

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