Full Result 8.10 Sandown | 24 May 2018

Matchbook Brigadier Gerard Stakes (Group 3)

(Class 1) (4yo+) (1m1f209yds) 1m2f Good

1st £39,697 2nd £15,050 3rd £7,532 4th £3,752 5th £1,883

Error

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁵⁾	5. Poet's Word (IRE) 4/6F Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute	Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute	5	90	119	57	119	–
b h Poet's Voice - Whirly Bird (Nashwan)
Tracked leader, pushed along to challenge in straight and led 2f out, kept up to work and stayed on well final furlong (op 8/15 tchd 1/2 and tchd 8/11)

2⁽²⁾ 2¼	4. Laraaib (IRE) 8/1 Jim Crowley Owen Burrows	Jim Crowley Owen Burrows	4	90	102	52	114	–
b c Pivotal - Sahool (Unfuwain)
Led, took field to centre in straight, ridden and headed 2f out, stuck on well but readily held by winner final furlong (tchd 7/1)

3⁽¹⁾ 2¼ [4½]	2. Desert Encounter (IRE) 12/1 Jamie Spencer David Simcock	Jamie Spencer David Simcock	6	93 h	113	50	112	–
b g Halling (USA) - La Chicana (IRE) (Invincible Spirit)
Held up in last, progress to take 3rd over 2f out, shaken up and not quicken well over 1f out, no impression on leading pair after (op 14/1 tchd 10/1)

4⁽⁴⁾ 3 [7½]	3. Fabricate 3/1 James Doyle Michael Bell	James Doyle Michael Bell	6	90 p	112	41	103	–
b g Makfi - Flight Of Fancy (Sadler's Wells)
Tracked leading pair, shaken up and found nil over 2f out, well held in 4th from over 1f out (op 4/1)

5⁽³⁾ 1½ [9]	1. Air Pilot 16/1 Harry Bentley Ralph Beckett	Harry Bentley Ralph Beckett	9	95	114	43	105	–
b g Zamindar (USA) - Countess Sybil (IRE) (Dr Devious)
Held up in 4th, ridden over 2f out, soon dropped to last and struggling (tchd 14/1 and tchd 20/1)