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14:35 Beverley

Alan McGuiness And Robin Lunness Memorial Handicap (Class 3)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 7f 96y
  • Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £12,000 added
  • Winner: £7,470
  • 2nd: £2,237
  • 3rd: £1,118
  • 4th: £559
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 36.91s
  • Off Time: 14:36:16
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Mont Kinabalu (IRE)

7/2

    2
    Silk -

    Alfa McGuire (IRE)

    2/1

      1(4)
      Silk - Dark green, orange epaulets, dark green sleeves, orange stars, dark green cap, orange star

      Alfa McGuire (IRE)

      180 CD
      2/1
      • Form 513170-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 88

      keen raced wide tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, led inside final furlong, headed post

      2(3)
      Silk - Red, white sash, royal blue cap

      Exhort

      208 D
      5/2
      • Form 2116-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 82

      raced wide edged left throughout, close up, pushed along and hung left over 1f out, stayed on

      3(1)
      Silk - White, Red sash, Red and White striped cap

      Faithful Promise

      233 BF
      11/1
      • Form 041206-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 79

      tracked leaders, pushed along and unable to quicken over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

      4(2)
      Silk - Dark green, yellow star, dark green sleeves, yellow stars, dark green cap, yellow star

      Shazzab (IRE)

      194
      8/1
      • Form 146317-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 79

      led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong

      5(6)
      Silk - Dark green and pink (quartered), grey sleeves

      Mont Kinabalu (IRE)

      20 D
      7/2
      • Form 42317-3
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 79

      in touch in rear, pushed along and headway inside final furlong, soon ridden and ran on to lead post

      6(5)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow hoops and sleeves, Yellow cap, Royal Blue star

      Placebo Effect (IRE)

      219 BFD
      8/1
      • Form 113133-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-4
      • Official Rating 71

      steadied start, in touch, pushed along and headway over 1f out, ran on

      Previous results

      2017
      (6)
      Silk -

      Starlight Romance (IRE)

      6/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-8

      2016
      (3)
      Silk -

      Garcia

      9/4
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-1

      2015
      (2)
      Silk -

      Bow And Arrow

      3/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-6

      In depth

      Verdict

      ALFA MAGUIRE has run here twice and won both times. He was very highly tried in his last two starts and will find this much less daunting than the Racing Post Trophy. Richard Fahey saddles two with the filly Exhort doing really well in her first campaign, scoring at Haydock and Thirsk before a decent effort in a tough Newmarket nursery. Stable companion Shazzab also won twice in her first season, including on heavy going at Pontefract, and further rain would aid her cause. Placebo Effect had a busy first term winning three of her 10 starts including two on soft going so she would enjoy some cut in the ground. Mont Kinabalu showed he had trained on with a fair run at Chelmsford while Faithful Promise shouldn't be dismissed, though she looked a few pounds high in her final two runs.

      Formwatch

      Alfa McGuire (IRE) 100-1 (9-1) Chased leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened rapidly 3f out, 10th of 12, 21 3/4l behind Saxon Warrior (9-1) at Doncaster 1m Grp 1 stks (1) gs in Oct.

      Exhort 6-1 (9-2) Held up in rear, headway far side of group over 1f out, weakened well inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 2 1/2l behind Awesometank (8-13) at Newmarket 7f fll (2) gs in Sep.

      Faithful Promise 7-2jfav (8-12) Prominent, driven 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 8, 9l behind Neola (9-7) at Goodwood 6f fll (2) sft in Sep.

      Shazzab (IRE) 13-2 (8-12) Towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 14 1/2l behind Awesometank (9-5) at York 1m (2) gd in Oct.

      Mont Kinabalu (IRE) 10-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden and keeping on one pace when hampered inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 3 3/4l behind Mosalim (9-0) at Chelmsford City 7f stks (5) pol in Apr.

      Placebo Effect (IRE) 9-4fav (9-3) Dwelt and slightly hampered start, held up and behind, headway under pressure over 1f out, slightly hampered and switched right inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Dark Liberty (9-5) at Redcar 7f (5) sft in Sep.