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15:00 Newmarket

Close Brothers Handicap (Class 2)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 1m
  • Going: Good to Soft (Soft in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £40,000 added
  • Winner: £20,616
  • 2nd: £9,668
  • 3rd: £4,836
  • 4th: £2,416
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 42.15s
  • Off Time: 15:00:35
  • 13 Ran
2(11)
Silk - Maroon, Mauve epaulets
  • Form 21222-7
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 99

tracked leaders stand side, led this group over 1f out, soon joined, headed inside final furlong, ran on

3(7)
Silk - Royal blue, white hoop, striped sleeves, white cap, royal blue star
11/1
  • Form 245-436
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 98

raced centre, held up towards rear, pushed along and headway between horses over 1f out, kept on same pace

4(8)
Silk - Royal blue
13/2
  • Form 221/112
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 97

close up centre, ridden and weakened entering final furlong

5(9)
Silk - White, purple stars on sleeves
11/1
  • Form 48302-8
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 97

in rear stand side, pushed along and headway over 2f out, pressed leader from over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on

6(10)
Silk - White, emerald green hoops, white sleeves and cap
  • Form 1/607-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 95

in touch stand side, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong

7(13)
Silk - DARK BLUE and YELLOW (halved), DARK BLUE sleeves, YELLOW cap
18/1
  • Form 03110-1
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 93

led stand side group, pushed along and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

8(2)
Silk - White, Black seams, White sleeves, Black stars, White cap, Black star
18/1
  • Form 440/25-0
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 93

slow into stride, in rear centre, pushed along and headway over 1f out, stayed on one pace final furlong, went 3rd close home

9(14)
Silk - Royal Blue, Light Green epaulets

Outbreak

11 BFD
7/1
  • Form 2/6-5143
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 92

dwelt, tracked stand side leader, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened approaching final furlong

10(5)
Silk - WHITE, BLACK seams, WHITE sleeves, BLACK stars, RED cap

Raising Sand

17 p D
20/1
  • Form 1198-64
  • Age 11
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 90

keen held up in centre, headway over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out

11(6)
Silk - MAUVE, BLACK chevrons on sleeves, WHITE cap
28/1
  • Form 13007-0
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 88

in touch in centre, headway to lead this group over 1f out, stayed on one pace final furlong, lost 3rd close home

12(1)
Silk - White, Red chevron, hooped sleeves, Red cap

Ashky (IRE)

181 DCD
10/1
  • Form 311313-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-10
  • Official Rating 87

close up centre, pushed along to lead this group 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong

13(3)
Silk - Red, white cross belts, royal blue sleeves, red and royal blue quartered cap
  • Form 4113-81
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 86

led centre group, pushed along and headed 2f out, weakened and hung left final furlong

14(4)
Silk - Dark green, yellow chevrons, armlets and star on cap
5/1
  • Form 33522/1
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-4
  • Official Rating 81

tracked leader centre, ridden and weakened over 1f out

1(12)
NR
16/1
  • Form 01355-4
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 100

NonRunner

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Frankie rides Unforgotten, who has raced exclusively on the all-weather so far and finished runner-up in the Lincoln Trial at Wolverhampton last month. But GREATGADIAN caught the eye finishing strongly at Doncaster in the Lincoln itself and having won off today’s mark last term, Roger Varian’s charge gets the vote in first-time cheekpieces. Harswell Duke won over today’s trip at Doncaster’s Lincoln meeting with Raising Sand back in fourth while Bucephalus was also successful on Town Moor when scoring over 1m2f. Ashky showed good progress here last year and returns to action.

Formwatch

Empirestateofmind (IRE) 12-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead briefly 2f out, kept on same pace, 7th of 22, 5l behind Migration (9-12) at Doncaster 1m hcp (2) hvy in Apr.

Greatgadian (GER) 40-1 (9-5) Held up, pushed along and headway entering final 2f, soon edged right, ridden and stayed on one pace final furlong, 6th of 22, 4 3/4l behind Migration (9-12) at Doncaster 1m hcp (2) hvy in Apr.

Unforgotten (IRE) 11-4fav (9-2) Bumped start, chased leaders, led over 1f out, hung right inside final furlong, headed final 75 yards, kept on, 2nd of 13, 1/2l behind Alrehb (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) pol in Mar.

Bopedro (FR) 25-1 (9-2) Towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, 8th of 22, 6 1/2l behind Migration (9-12) at Doncaster 1m hcp (2) hvy in Apr.

Heat Of The Moment 33-1 (8-10) Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous, last of 7, 12l behind Sacred (8-13) at Newbury 7f lst stks (1) gd in Sep.

Point Lynas (IRE) 11-2 (9-9) Raced centre, led group, overall leader from 2f out, ridden and stayed on well inside final furlong, won at Newcastle 1m hcp (3) pol in Mar beating Tropez Power (9-10) by 1/2l, 11 ran.

Toshizou (IRE) 50-1 (8-13) In touch, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 10th of 22, 7 3/4l behind Migration (9-12) at Doncaster 1m hcp (2) hvy in Apr.

Outbreak 10-3fav (9-5) Went right start, tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed towards finish, lost 2nd final strides, 3rd of 14, 1 1/4l behind Diderot (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Apr.

Raising Sand 50-1 (9-10) Reared start and slowly away, recovered 6f out, in touch, ridden and headway 2f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish, 4th of 22, 2l behind Harswell Duke (9-3) at Doncaster 1m hcp (2) hvy in Apr.

Dutch Decoy 40-1 (9-9) Held up, headway over 1f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 11th of 22, 17 1/2l behind Harswell Duke (9-3) at Doncaster 1m hcp (2) hvy in Apr.

Ashky (IRE) 7-1 (9-11) Held up, pushed along and headway approaching final furlong, ridden and ran on towards finish, 3rd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Don't Tell Claire (9-10) at Newmarket 1m hcp fll (2) gd in Oct.

Harswell Duke (IRE) 10-1 (9-3) Made most, ridden over 1f out, stayed on gamely, won at Doncaster 1m hcp (2) hvy in Apr beating Titian (9-5) by nk, 22 ran.

Bucephalus (GER) 12-1 (8-8) Keen hold, tracked leaders, led over 2f out, ridden 3 lengths clear approaching final furlong, stayed on, won at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (3) sft in Apr beating Sir Rumi (9-7) by 2 1/4l, 10 ran.

First Folio 11-2 (9-7) Chased leaders, pushed along and stayed on inside final furlong, went modest 4th towards finish, never going pace to get involved, 4th of 8, 3 3/4l behind Mount Athos (9-2) at Kempton 7f hcp (2) pol in Mar.