Full Results
15:20 Epsom Downs
Investec Corporate Banking Great Metropolitan Handicap (Class 3)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f 6y
- Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £25,000 added
- Winner: £15,562
- 2nd: £4,660
- 3rd: £2,330
- 4th: £1,165
- Form 1137-3
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer J & T Gosden
- Jockey James Doyle
tracked leaders, challenged going well 2f out, soon led, quickened clear over 1f out, edged left final furlong, very easily
- Form 422132-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 84
raced keenly, tracked leaders, squeezed through between horses and every chance 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, edged left and stayed on same pace inside final furlong, no chance with winner
- Form 895153
- Age 7
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 96
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey A Kirby
held up towards rear, headway towards outside over 2f out, kept on under pressure into never nearer 3rd towards finish
- Form 56/003-5
- Age 5
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 96
- Trainer R Varian
- Jockey Jim Crowley
held up in last pair, effort on wide outside over 2f out, stayed on into never nearer 4th towards finish
- Form 3-11542
- Age 4
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey L Morris
held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, stayed on into 3rd inside final furlong, no extra and lost 2 places towards finish
- Form 44-3211
- Age 4
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer S Dow
- Jockey David Egan
took keen hold, held up in mid-division on outside, headway edging left and switched right over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 226716-
- Age 9
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey Hector Crouch
held up towards rear, pushed along on outside over 2f out, stayed on late not trouble leaders
- Form 4335-84
- Age 7
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer J R Best
- Jockey Josephine Gordon
tracked leader 4f, handy 3rd, every chance 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
Ardamir (FR)
37- Form 5-43333
- Age 6
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer Mrs L J Mongan
- Jockey George Wood
mid-division on inside, weakened 2f out
- Form 455117/
- Age 9
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer Ian Williams
- Jockey George Downing
made most, led field just off inside rail in straight, joined 2f out, soon headed, weakened over 1f out
- Form 4/4802-6
- Age 5
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 86
tracked leading pair, went 2nd 8f out, every chance 2f out, soon lost 2nd, weakened quickly inside final furlong
- Form 322182-
- Age 5
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey William Cox
mid-division, headway on outside tracking leaders 8f out, pushed along over 2f out, soon hung left and beaten
- Form 113116-
- Age 5
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer P Hedger
- Jockey Tom Marquand
started slowly, took keen hold in last pair, never a factor