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2:25 York 22 Aug 2020

Sky Bet Melrose Handicap (Heritage Handicap)

(Class 2) (0-105, 3yo) (1m5f188yds) 1m6f Good To Soft
1st £40,462.50 2nd £12,116 3rd £6,058 4th £3,029 5th £1,514.50 6th £760.50

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Pos. (Draw)
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
Jockey
Trainer
Age WGT OR TS RPR MR
1 (8)  
3 88 86 94 103
b c Mastercraftsman (IRE) - Promise Me (IRE) (Montjeu)
Raced freely, in touch with leaders on outer, pushed along and headway 3f out, ridden and led over 1f out, soon edged right, kept on strongly and went clear inside final furlong (tchd 11/1)
2 (15) 4
3 91 93 93 104
ch c Sea The Stars (IRE) - Abstain (Araafa)
Prominent, raced wide until over 8f out, ridden and led 2f out, headed over 1f out, stayed on but no chance with winner inside final furlong (op 12/1)
3 (1) [6¼]
3 810 88 83 96
gr c War Command (USA) - Sixpenny Sweets (IRE) (Dalakhani)
Towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and headway over 2f out, went third over 1f out, stayed on
4 (2) [10¾]
3 810 88 74 90
b g Sea The Stars (IRE) - Loveisallyouneed (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
Held up in midfield, ridden over 3f out, stayed on final furlong, went fourth post, not pace to challenge (op 8/1 tchd 15/2)
5 (13) shd [10¾]
3 97 99 84 101
b c Havana Gold (IRE) - Inez (Dai Jin)
Raced freely, tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden 2f out, soon outpaced and beaten (op 14/1)
6 (11) nk [11¼]
3 89 87 71 89
b c Dansili - Key Point (IRE) (Galileo)
Tracked leaders, led after 5f, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened gradually over 1f out (op 33/1)
7 (5) [12½]
3 85 83 64 83
b g Teofilo (IRE) - Bawaakeer (USA) (Kingmambo)
Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, some headway and carried left over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never on terms (op 22/1)
8 (14) [13¾]
3 81 79 57 77
b f Camelot - Dream Approach (IRE) (New Approach)
Soon led, headed and prominent after 5f, ridden over 2f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out (jockey said filly hung badly left under pressure) (op 16/1 tchd 18/1)
9 (3) 13 [26¾]
3 812 90 42 71
b c Midnight Legend - Giving (Generous)
Towards rear of midfield, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten
10 (6) 1 [27¾]
3 89 87 37 67
b g Australia - Eurirs (FR) (Indian Ridge)
Dwelt start, soon midfield, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened (op 6/1)
11 (12) 4 [31¾]
3 86 87 29 62
b g Sea The Moon (GER) - Favorite (GER) (Montjeu)
Tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened (jockey said gelding ran too free; vet reported that a post-race examination of the gelding during routine testing failed to reveal any abnormalities) (op 3/1)
12 (9) 16 [47¾]
3 92 p 94 4 48
b c Lawman (FR) - Abunai (Pivotal)
Midfield on outer, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened (tchd 40/1)
13 (7) [56¼]
3 86 84 27
b g Muhaarar - Bint Almukhtar (IRE) (Halling)
Midfield on inner, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, eased over 1f out (jockey said gelding weakened quickly; trainers rep said gelding failed to stay the trip on this occasion; vet reported that a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities) (op 20/1)
14 (4) [58]
3 811 89 30
b c Dutch Art - Sweet Stream (ITY) (Shantou)
Held up in rear, pushed along over 5f out, soon struggling, eased and tailed off over 1f out (op 20/1 tchd 18/1)
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