17:40 Epsom Downs

Friday 31 May 2024

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Molson Coors Handicap

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 2  |   7f 3y  |   Good to Soft  |   12 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 17:41  |   Winning time: 1m 25.9s
1st
Horse silk
1
(8)
9/1
T: D O'MearaJ: James Doyle
Chased leaders, hampered over 2f out, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well op 12/1
2nd
Horse silk
1 ¾
10
(11)
5/2f
T: R VarianJ: Oisin Murphy
Held up in mid-division, not much room over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd close home, no impression on winner
3rd
Horse silk
hd
3
(9)
410-0
28/1
T: J RyanJ: Rossa Ryan
Held up towards rear, switched right and headway over 4f out, hanging left from over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd close home op 25/1
4th
Horse silk
1
9
(5)
22/1
T: J R BoyleJ: P Cosgrave
Not much room start, held up in rear, stayed on from over 1f out, went 4th inside final furlong, stayed on op 14/1 tchd 25/1
5th
Horse silk
2
4
(2)
79-10
12/1
T: G P CromwellJ: C T Keane
Held up in rear, not clear run 2f out, soon switched right, stayed on inside final furlong, never involved op 11/1
6th
Horse silk
¾
6
(4)
17/2
T: P R ChamingsJ: Tom Marquand
Hampered start, held up in rear, kept on inside final furlong, never dangerous
7th
Horse silk
1
11
(1)
59-0
28/1
T: J R BoyleJ: Luke Catton (5)
Held up rear of mid-division, not much room over 2f out, no impression op 25/1 tchd 33/1
8th
Horse silk
nk
8
(3)
28/1
T: R HughesJ: Finley Marsh
Edged right start, held up rear of mid-division, never involved op 20/1
9th
Horse silk
1 ¼
12
(12)
4/1
T: R HannonJ: S De Sousa
Tracked leaders, ridden and hung left over 2f out, soon went 2nd, not much room over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
10th
Horse silk
2
2
(6)
5/1
T: R HannonJ: S M Levey
Tracked leaders, took keen hold, lost place over 1f out
11th
Horse silk
hd
7
(7)
9/1
T: D O'MearaJ: Jason Watson
Led until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 8/1
12th
Horse silk
6 ½
5
(10)
22/1
T: M ApplebyJ: Alistair Rawlinson
Prominent, lost place and not much room 2f out, well beaten from over 1f out tchd 25/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£11.40Pl:£3.30, £1.60, £6.50EX:£47.30Trifecta:£741.60Tricast:£616.43SF:£30.72Swingers:£7.10, £36.90, £19.20

Forecasts

Mission To Moon (5/2), Speeding Bullet (4/1), Dark Thirty (5/1), Spanish Star (17/2), Rhoscolyn (9/1), Darkness (9/1), Earls (12/1), Marlay Park (22/1), Baldomero (22/1), The X O (28/1), Hodler (28/1), Sandy Paradise (28/1)

Verdict

MISSION TO MOON posted a career best when making a winning return to action at Goodwood 4 weeks ago, defeating a next-time-out winner with a shade more authority than the bare margins imply, and a 4 lb rise is unlikely to prevent him going close again. Darkness, runner-up 12 months ago, comes here in good order and is feared along with Dark Thirty. Last year's winner Spanish Star is another not out of things.

  1. MISSION TO MOON (IRE)
  2. DARKNESS (FR)
  3. DARK THIRTY (IRE)

Previous Winners

2023
Spanish Star
Weight: 10-2  |Age: 8
12/1

Prize Money

1st: £38,655.002nd: £18,128.003rd: £9,068.004th: £4,530.005th: £2,265.006th: £1,132.00

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