15:45 Epsom Downs

Friday 31 May 2024

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All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:3017:1017:40

Betfred Nifty 50 Handicap

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 2  |   1m 2f 17y  |   Good to Soft  |   13 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:45  |   Winning time: 2m 12.07s
1st
Horse silk
4
(3)
5/1
T: K R BurkeJ: Pierre-Louis Jamin
Made virtually all, clear over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong op 9/2
2nd
Horse silk
¾
5
(11)
18/1
T: A KingJ: Rossa Ryan
Held up and behind, headway and hung left over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, not trouble winner, stayed on op 16/1
3rd
Horse silk
½
12
(8)
15/2
T: Kevin ColemanJ: Hayley Turner
Steadied start, held up towards rear, not clear run from over 2f out until switched right over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, went 3rd close home, eyecatcher tchd 17/2
4th
Horse silk
½
3
(13)
8/1
T: H Al JehaniJ: James Doyle
Stumbled badly start, held up rear of mid-division, raced keenly and switched right briefly over 4f out, went 2nd and edged left over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, lost 3rd close home op 15/2 tchd 7/1
5th
Horse silk
¾
14
(5)
11/1
T: R M BeckettJ: Tyler Heard (3)
Held up in touch in mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, switched right and widest of all when running on inside final furlong, not reach leaders op 22/1
6th
Horse silk
nk
8
(4)
28/1
T: D MenuisierJ: C Demuro
Held up rear of mid-division, headway over 1f out, not trouble leaders op 25/1
7th
Horse silk
2 ½
1
(7)
9/2f
T: K R BurkeJ: C Lee
Tracked leaders, not clear run from over 2f out until over 1f out, no chance after op 5/1
8th
Horse silk
2 ½
9
(10)
16/1
T: J G PortmanJ: S De Sousa
Took keen hold, prominent, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong tchd 14/1
9th
Horse silk
½
7
(12)
22/1
T: P D EvansJ: P Cosgrave
Tracked leaders, lost place over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong op 20/1 tchd 25/1
10th
Horse silk
½
6
(9)
13/2
T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy
Held up in touch in mid-division, outpaced 2f out, weakened inside final furlong op 7/1
11th
Horse silk
½
11
(6)
11/1
T: B BrookhouseJ: K T O'Neill
Held up towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, never dangerous tchd 10/1
12th
Horse silk
4 ¼
10
(2)
11/1
T: C JohnstonJ: J Fanning
Held up in touch in mid-division, not much room over 3f out, no headway op 9/1
13th
Horse silk
2 ¼
2
(1)
22/1
T: C JohnstonJ: R Kingscote
Tracked leaders, lost place 2f out, well beaten from over 1f out op 16/1

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13
(14)
Horse silk
Sonnerie Power39
Weight: 8-2|  Age: 5
T: M Appleby  J: Non Runner
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.00Pl:£2.40, £5.50, £2.20EX:£123.40Trifecta:£1,334.30Tricast:£678.52SF:£88.98Swingers:£30.20, £5.20, £32.60

Forecasts

Liberty Lane (9/2), Bolster (5/1), City Streak (13/2), Derry Lad (15/2), Haunted Dream (8/1), Lord Melbourne (11/1), I Still Have Faith (11/1), Loyal Touch (11/1), Sweet Reward (16/1), Paradias (18/1), King's Code (22/1), Killybegs Warrior (22/1), Mysterious Love (28/1), Sonnerie Power (33/1)

Verdict

I STILL HAVE FAITH enjoyed a thoroughly productive 2023 campaign, and with his reappearance second at Nottingham sure to have blown away any cobwebs (winner that day has gone in again since), Ben Brookhouse's 4-y-o is fancied to notch a fifth career victory on the level back up at 1¼m. Karl Burke saddles a couple of last-time-out winners in Bolster and Liberty Lane so they're most feared, with Irish-raider Derry Lad another worth a mention, too.

  1. I STILL HAVE FAITH
  2. BOLSTER
  3. LIBERTY LANE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2023
Cadillac
Weight: 9-11  |Age: 5
J: K Stott  |  T: G Boughey
12/1

Prize Money

1st: £50,960.002nd: £23,890.003rd: £11,960.004th: £5,970.005th: £2,990.006th: £1,480.007th: £750.008th: £370.00

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