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left 5:30 right Wolverhampton (AW) 13 Jan 2025

Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Apprentice Handicap

(Class 6) (0-62, 4yo+) (1m5f219yds) 1m6f Standard
1st £4,710.60 2nd £2,210.40 3rd £1,104.30 4th £552.60 5th £275.40
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Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Apprentice Handicap, 1m6f - Standard, Class 6 4yo+
Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Apprentice Handicap, 1m6f - Standard, Class 6 4yo+
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Pos. (Draw)
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
Jockey
Trainer
Age WGT OR TS RPR MR
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1 (8)  
5 87 Out-of-Handicaps 1 b 46 12 52 right
ch g Free Eagle (IRE) right - Pivotal's Princess (IRE) right (Pivotal) right
Took keen hold, nudged along early, soon prominent, challenging against rail over 1f out, ridden 1f out, kept on well and led final strides (op 20/1)
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2 (6) nk
5 96 p 61 27 67
b m Sir Percy right - Archduchess right (Archipenko) right
Led narrowly or disputed lead, led clearly 3f out, faced challenge over 1f out, ridden 1f out, kept on well but headed final strides (op 11/1)
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3 (7) [1½]
6 99 b 62 26 66
ch g Dawn Approach (IRE) right - Reyaadah right (Tamayuz) right
Took keen hold, in touch with leaders, ridden and went third 2f out, kept on but no match for first two (op 2/1)
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4 (4) ¾ [2¼]
8 94 p 57 20 60 right
b g English Channel (USA) right - Price Tag right (Dansili) right
Raced in last, still plenty to do when switched right over 1f out, ran on but never near to challenge (inquiry held into running and riding of gelding which raced in rear throughout before staying on strongly down home straight from an unpromising position to finish 4th of 7 runners, beaten 2 1/4 lengths; jockey stated his instructions were to jump out, sit in box seat and see how race developed from there; he explained that gelding had missed the kick and he therefore accepted his early position and decided to sit last; he indicated that he thought the pace was decent for first 2f before it steadied up leaving back straight on first circuit leaving him further out of his ground than had been intended; from this point in race and during middle stages jockey acknowledged that he was aware pace was slow but he was reluctant to make a forward move to improve his position for fear of getting trapped wide; in explaining his riding from leaving back straight on final circuit, he stated that he was again hesitant to switch wide, due to concerns he could end up at least 4 wide around outside of runners, so committed to ride for luck down inner in hope of obtaining a clear passage between rivals on rail or to the inside of a rival if runners fanned approaching home bend, which they often do at Wolverhampton, but it failed to materialise on this occasion and he was denied clear running for some distance approaching 2f marker; on straightening for home he managed to switch gelding to outside, mounting his challenge and gelding had stayed on very well through to line; trainer confirmed instructions; however expressed disappointment that even allowing for fact that gelding wasn't quickest into stride, greater effort had not been made by rider to ensure gelding settled more prominently and was ridden to instructions; trainer also indicated that he was dissatisfied with fact that jockey failed to switch wider and improve his position on to the back of favourite for some distance from approaching 3f marker until entering home straight; jockey told stewards he was still very inexperienced riding in staying races and only had approximately 50 career rides to his name) (op 15/8)
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5 (5) [5½]
5 94 55 13 53
ch m Ulysses (IRE) right - Cosseted right (Pivotal) right
Towards rear but in touch with leaders, outpaced from over 1f out (op 25/1 tchd 18/1)
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6 (1) [8¼]
6 100 62 17 56
b g Intello (GER) right - Izzi Top right (Pivotal) right
Took keen hold, towards rear but in touch with leaders, bit short of room and weakened gradually from over 1f out (op 9/2)
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7 (3) [10¾]
4 911 t 62 15 53
b g Starspangledbanner (AUS) right - Navigate By Stars (IRE) right (Sea The Stars) right
Took keen hold, led narrowly or disputed lead, lost position 3f out, weakened gradually from 2f out (op 10/1)
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