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18:10 Hamilton Park

Book Your Tickets At hamilton-park.co.uk 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Handicap (Class 5)

  • 4 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 7y
  • Going: Soft (Heavy in places )
  • Surface: Turf
  • £8,000 added
  • Winner: £4,187
  • 2nd: £1,965
  • 3rd: £982
  • 4th: £491
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 1.39s
  • Off Time: 18:10:36
  • 4 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Borough

5/2

    1(1)
    Silk - Black, white chevron, white sleeves, black armlets

    Impressor (IRE)

    9 p CDCD
    6/5
    • Form 821131
    • Age 6
    • Weight 10-2
    • Official Rating 75

    towards rear but in touch, pushed along over 2f out, headway approaching final furlong, kept on final 110yds but no match for winner

    2(3)
    Silk - Royal blue, light blue stars, yellow cap

    Refuge

    27 t DCD
    6/1
    • Form 513219
    • Age 6
    • Weight 10-0
    • Official Rating 73

    prominent, pushed along over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong

    3(2)
    Silk - Royal Blue, White stars, Royal Blue sleeves and cap

    Borough

    10 BFD
    5/2
    • Form 254612
    • Age 3
    • Weight 9-6
    • Official Rating 68

    made all, shaken up over 2f out, kept on strongly inside final furlong, always doing enough

    4(4)
    Silk - Red, white chevron, dark blue sleeves

    Gustav Graves

    13 h BFD
    4/1
    • Form 287456
    • Age 5
    • Weight 8-11
    • Official Rating 54

    always towards rear, ridden and no impression over 3f out

    Previous results

    2022
    (8)
    Silk -

    Ralphy Boy Two (IRE)

    9/2
    • Age 5
    • Weight 9-11

    2021
    (7)
    Silk -

    Desert Quest (IRE)

    4/1
    • Age 3
    • Weight 8-13

    2020
    (8)
    Silk -

    Tattenhams

    11/1
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-1

    In depth

    Verdict

    Refuge’s run at Nottingham was too bad to be true but he would have to be at his best here to get the better of IMPRESSOR, who was winning for the third time in four starts on heavy going here nine days ago and has his ground again. Gustav Graves would be a surprise winner but the three-year-old Borough was only beaten a neck at Musselburgh after winning at Ayr and will be a threat if handling conditions.

    Formwatch

    Impressor (IRE) 7-4fav (9-5) Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, led over 1f out, edged left final furlong, stayed on, won at Hamilton 6f hcp (4) hvy in Aug beating Slainte Mhath (9-10) by 1 1/4l, 6 ran.

    Refuge 12-1 (9-12) Close up, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 9th of 11, 9 1/4l behind May Blossom (10-0) at Nottingham 5f hcp (5) sft in Jul.

    Borough 3-1fav (9-10) Bumped start, tracked leaders, switched right inside final furlong, went 2nd and ran on, just held, 2nd of 10, nk behind Foreseeable Future (9-12) at Musselburgh 5f hcp (6) gd in Aug.

    Gustav Graves 3-1fav (8-12) Chased leaders, lost place 3f out, not much room entering final furlong, ran on final 75 yards, 6th of 9, 3/4l behind Show Me Show Me (9-11) at Beverley 5f hcp (5) gs in Aug.