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13:15 Sandown Park

bet365 Handicap (Class 2)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 6y
  • Going: Heavy
  • Surface: Turf
  • £20,000 added
  • Winner: £12,450
  • 2nd: £3,728
  • 3rd: £1,864
  • 4th: £932
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 6.81s
  • Off Time: 13:15:46
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Ballesteros

7/2

    2
    Silk -

    Bear Behind (IRE)

    4/1

      1(4)
      Silk - Royal blue, yellow stripe, sleeves and cap

      Bear Behind (IRE)

      20 D
      4/1
      • Form 47260-D
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 99

      smartly away, led on rail, ridden and narrowly headed inside final furlong, rallied towards finish, always just held

      2(6)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow sash

      Ballesteros

      9 D
      7/2
      • Form 21118-0
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 93

      taken down early, sweating, dwelt and pushed left after start, held up, headway halfway, switched right to rail entering final 2f, switched left and chased leader over 1f out, led narrowly inside final furlong, driven out

      3(5)
      Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap

      Rafeej

      175 D
      6/5
      • Form 11-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9
      • Official Rating 87

      went left start, last trio on outside, ridden and no response halfway, soon beaten

      4(2)
      Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow inverted triangle, sleeves and cap

      Church Music (IRE)

      20 D
      20/1
      • Form 17089-7
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9
      • Official Rating 87

      soon outpaced and pushed along in rear, switched right and stayed on inside final furlong, went moderate 3rd towards finish, never any chance with leading duo

      5(3)
      Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow sash, Yellow sleeves, Dark Blue stars, Yellow cap

      Mister Musicmaster

      223 CD
      14/1
      • Form 411399-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-7
      • Official Rating 85

      chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened soon after

      6(1)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Maroon epaulets and armlets

      Wicked Wench

      38 D
      11/1
      • Form 1324-41
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-2
      • Official Rating 76

      slowly into stride, soon recovered to chase leader, ridden 2f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, no chance with leading duo final furlong, dropped to 4th towards finish

      Previous results

      2011
      (1)
      Silk -

      Night Carnation

      7/2
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7

      2010
      (4)
      Silk -

      Duchess Dora (IRE)

      14/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-3

      2009
      (9)
      Silk -

      Master Of Disguise

      3/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-10

      In depth

      Verdict

      The unbeaten Rafeej makes his reappearance and will be a warm order given he won a handicap on heavy ground at Ffos Las in November and has plenty of scope. However, BALLESTEROS also scored in testing ground at Haydock to land a hat-trick in the autumn and a recent pipe-opener at Newmarket should have brought him on. Ryan Moore partnered him in one of last year's victories and is back on board today. Bear Behind dead-heated at Musselburgh on his reappearance but he's been nowhere near ground this testing previously though it was soft going when Mister Musicmaster scored over C&D in July and he makes more appeal than both Church Music and recent Southwell winner Wicked Wench.

      Formwatch

      Bear Behind (IRE) 7-2fav (8-2) Made all, driven and hung right inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, hard pressed inside final furlong, continued to hang right final 100 yards, just held on (finished 1st, disqualified and placed 2nd), in a race won by Hamish McGonagall (9-7) at Musselburgh 5f cond Stakes (2) gs, 7 ran.

      Ballesteros 10-1 (9-0) Always in rear, 12th of 16, 10l behind Es Que Love (8-12) at Newmarket 6f 3yo hcp 0-100 (2) gd.

      Rafeej 9-4fav (8-11) In touch, headway to lead over 1f out, hung right approaching final furlong, ridden clear, won at Ffos Las 5f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) hvy in Nov beating Ashpan Sam (8-9) by 4 1/2l, 7 ran.

      Church Music (IRE) 40-1 (9-7) Pulled hard tracking leader, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 11, 7l behind Shamaal Nibras (9-0) at Kempton 7f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) pol.

      Mister Musicmaster 12-1 (9-7) Chased leader 2f, soon behind, 9th of 10, 18l behind Ortac Rock (8-13) at Newbury 6f 2yo hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Sep.

      Wicked Wench 9-1 (8-9) Slow into stride, tracked leaders after 1f, ridden halfway, led 1f out, ran on, won at Southwell 5f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Mar beating Bookiesindexdotnet (8-2) by 2 1/2l, 5 ran.