Full Result 3.40 Newmarket (July) | 22 July 2023

Lettergold Handicap

(Class 2) (0-100, 3yo+) 1m July Good

1st £13,500 2nd £6,337.50 3rd £3,170 4th £1,585

Error

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹¹⁾	10. Dutch Decoy 5/1 Oliver Stammers Charlie Johnston	Oliver Stammers Charlie Johnston	6	97	90	92	99	–
ch g Dutch Art - The Terrier (Foxhound)
Midfield, headway halfway, ridden over 1f out, ran on to lead towards finish (tchd 11/2)

2⁽¹²⁾ nk	8. Hafeet Alain (IRE) 6/1 Connor Planas ⁵ Ed Walker	Connor Planas ⁵ Ed Walker	7	92	90	91	98	–
b g Elzaam (AUS) - Batuta (New Approach)
Led, headed but raced in second over 6f out, led again over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed towards finish (tchd 11/2 and tchd 13/2)

3⁽⁷⁾ 1 [1¼]	2. Bopedro (FR) 8/1 Hollie Doyle David O'Meara	Hollie Doyle David O'Meara	7	102	99	97	105	–
b g Pedro The Great (USA) - Breizh Touch (FR) (Country Reel)
Held up in rear, switched right over 1f out, soon ridden, ran on well inside final furlong, went third towards finish, not reach leaders (op 12/1 tchd 17/2)

4⁽⁴⁾ ¾ [2]	9. Liberty Lane (IRE) 17/2 Sam James K R Burke	Sam James K R Burke	3	97	98	91	100	–
b c Teofilo (IRE) - Cape Liberty (IRE) (Cape Cross)
Took keen hold, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ridden and went third when edged left inside final furlong, no impression inside final 110yds (op 15/2 tchd 7/1)

5⁽⁸⁾ 5½ [7½]	12. Saxon King 3/1F Andrea Atzeni Charles Hills	Andrea Atzeni Charles Hills	3	91	92	68	81	–
b c Zoustar (AUS) - Brevity (USA) (Street Cry)
Prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong (op 4/1)

6⁽¹⁰⁾ 2½ [10]	5. Indemnify 16/1 Kieran O'Neill Alice Haynes	Kieran O'Neill Alice Haynes	4	99 h¹	92	63	78	–
gr g Lope De Vega (IRE) - Karisma (IRE) (Lawman)
Held up in rear, headway and not clear run over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong (op 11/1)

7⁽⁵⁾ 3½ [13½]	13. Maysong 25/1 Shariq Mohd ⁷ Alice Haynes	Shariq Mohd ⁷ Alice Haynes	6	87 p	83	43	61	–
ch g Mayson - Aldeburgh Music (IRE) (In The Wings)
Took keen hold, prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out (op 22/1)

8⁽³⁾ 2½ [16]	6. First View (IRE) 14/1 Kieran Shoemark Saeed bin Suroor	Kieran Shoemark Saeed bin Suroor	6	97 p	90	42	62	–
b g Exceed And Excel (AUS) - Love Charm (Singspiel)
Midfield, headway halfway, ridden and weakened over 1f out

9⁽⁶⁾ 2 [18]	4. Bass Player (IRE) 25/1 Daniel Muscutt Tom Clover	Daniel Muscutt Tom Clover	4	99 t	92	38	59	–
b g Iffraaj - Rhythm And Rhyme (IRE) (Elnadim)
Slowly into stride, soon midfield, ridden and some headway under 2f out, soon weakened (op 22/1)

10⁽²⁾ nk [18¼]	11. Havana Blue 6/1 John Fahy Clive Cox	John Fahy Clive Cox	3	92	93	35	57	–
gr c Havana Grey - Exrating (Exceed And Excel)
Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened (op 11/2)

11⁽¹³⁾ 15 [33¼]	1. Justice Protecol 40/1 Benoit De La Sayette Ismail Mohammed	Benoit De La Sayette Ismail Mohammed	4	102	99	–	31	–
b c Time Test - Red Blooded Woman (USA) (Red Ransom)
Took keen hold, pressed leader, led over 6f out, headed over 3f out, ridden and weakened under 2f out, eased final furlong (jockey said colt ran too free) (tchd 50/1)

12⁽¹⁾ 33 [66¼]	7. One Nation 9/1 James Doyle Charlie Appleby	James Doyle Charlie Appleby	3	97 p	98	–	–	–
ch g Dubawi (IRE) - Lacey's Lane (Street Cry)
Raced centre and alone, midfield, shaken up over 3f out, soon weakened, eased over 1f out (jockey said gelding stopped quickly) (tchd 17/2)

12 ran Off time: 3:41:52 Winning time: 1m 39.90s (slow by 2.30s) Total SP: 125%
Non-runners: Bear Force One (self certificate)
1st owner: Owners Group 052 (Dutch Decoy) 1st breeder: Bumble Bloodstock & Cheveley Park Stud
2nd owner: P K Siu (Hafeet Alain)
3rd owner: Lee Bond (Bopedro)
Tote win: £6 PL: £1.70 £2.40 £2.60 Ex: £52.50 CSF: £36.41 Tricast: £245.81 Trifecta: £401.20
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 29 (33%) M [5-8] 50 (35%) H [10-13] 71 (32%)

3:40 Newmarket (July) 22 Jul 2023

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