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17:10 Beverley

Dennis Smith Memorial Handicap (Class 4)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 7f 96y
  • Going: Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £10,650 added
  • Winner: £5,574
  • 2nd: £2,616
  • 3rd: £1,307
  • 4th: £654
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 35.75s
  • Off Time: 17:33:17
  • 7 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Autumn Festival

13/2

    2
    Silk -

    Ugo Gregory

    5/1

      2(7)
      Silk - Silver, tassel on cap

      Urban Sprawl

      17 D
      11/4
      • Form 936940
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-13
      • Official Rating 87

      tracked leader, short of room 2f out, driven over 1f out, no impression

      3(1)
      Silk - Pink, black armlets, black cap

      Autumn Festival

      29 p BFDCD
      13/2
      • Form 020307
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-11
      • Official Rating 82

      made all, ridden 2f out, kept on well

      4(2)
      Silk - VIOLET, WHITE quartered cap

      Metahorse

      18 p D
      3/1
      • Form 563226
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-9
      • Official Rating 83

      tracked leader, driven to challenge 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, lost 2nd towards finish

      5(6)
      Silk - Light Green and Dark Green diamonds

      Ugo Gregory

      11 pt DCD
      5/1
      • Form 151402
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 78

      held up in touch, driven 2f out, headway approaching final furlong, took 2nd towards finish

      6(5)
      Silk - LIGHT GREEN and PURPLE (quartered), LIGHT GREEN sleeves, WHITE cap

      Cliffcake (IRE)

      60 DCD
      9/2
      • Form 001257
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 75

      tracked leaders, driven 2f out, faded inside final furlong

      8(9)
      Silk - BLACK, ORANGE seams and sleeves, WHITE cap

      Intervention

      28 D
      12/1
      • Form 678376
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 73

      held up in rear, pushed along over 1f out, no telling impression

      9(8)
      Silk - Red, yellow inverted triangle, yellow sleeves, red stars, yellow cap

      Miss Britain (IRE)

      24 D
      22/1
      • Form 412748
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 72

      held up in touch, ridden 2f out, never threatened

      1(4)
      NR

      Zozimus (IRE)

      17 v
      5/2
      • Form 345622
      • Age 5
      • Weight 10-2
      • Official Rating 87

      NonRunner

      7(3)
      NR

      Thunder Roar

      60 D
      10/1
      • Form 3-48180
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 75

      NonRunner

      Previous results

      2022
      (5)
      Silk -

      Autumn Festival

      7/2
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-10

      2021
      (10)
      Silk -

      Ugo Gregory

      6/1
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-5

      2020
      (1)
      Silk -

      Idoapologise

      11/4
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-1

      In depth

      Verdict

      This looks wide open but Ugo Gregory and Cliffcake are both previous winners here and Autumn Festival won this last year when 2lb higher in the weights. The latter is tried in cheekpieces today, however, having finished last in a couple of recent outings. ZOZIMUS looks to be the O'Meara first string this year having gone close the last twice, including once here. Urban Sprawl is starting to come down the weights again and beat Metahorse at Thirsk last season with the latter struggling to get his head in front this year.

      Formwatch

      Urban Sprawl 20-1 (8-12) Rear of mid-division, never a factor, ridden and no impression over 1f out, no extra, 14th of 17, 6 1/2l behind Broadhurst (9-1) at Leopardstown 7f hcp gd in Sep.

      Autumn Festival 3-1jfav (10-0) Awkward and slowly away, in rear, pushed along and lost touch 3f out, eased, last of 7, 30 1/4l behind King Of War (8-9) at Chepstow 7f hcp (4) gs in Aug.

      Metahorse 7-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 4 3/4l behind Zouzanna (9-5) at Ascot 7f hcp (4) gd in Sep.

      Ugo Gregory 5-1 (11-2) Held up off the pace in 5th, good headway out wide chasing leaders 3f out, went 2nd turning in until carried left over 1f out, went 2nd again final 150 yards, no chance with winner, 2nd of 7, 3l behind Give It Some Teddy (10-4) at Chester 1m hcp (4) gs in Sep.

      Cliffcake (IRE) 22-1 (9-5) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 17, 8l behind Quest For Fun (9-6) at York 7f hcp (4) gs in Jul.

      Intervention 50-1 (9-1) Took keen hold, raced in centre, led, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 7 1/2l behind Crack Shot (9-2) at Newbury 1m hcp (3) gd in Aug.

      Miss Britain (IRE) 22-1 (9-3) Midfield, ridden over 3f out, switched left 2f out, soon no impression, weakened entering final furlong, 8th of 9, 14l behind Park Street (8-11) at Beverley 1m hcp (4) gd in Sep.

      Zozimus (IRE) 14-1 (10-4) Held up in rear of mid-division, shaken up over 2f out, soon ridden, headway over 1f out, went second inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 12, 3/4l behind Pearl Eye (9-8) at Haydock 1m hcp (4) gd in Sep.

      Thunder Roar 13-2 (9-5) Towards rear, outpaced and pushed along over 3f out, faded over 1f out, 13th of 17, 18 1/4l behind Quest For Fun (9-6) at York 7f hcp (4) gs in Jul.