Full Result 3.00 Brighton | 9 August 2023

Star Sports Festival Of Racing Handicap

(Class 4) (0-80, 3yo+) (5f60yds) 5½f Good

1st £5,129.32 2nd £2,406.88 3rd £1,202.46 4th £601.72 5th £299.88

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁴⁾	4. Faustus 11/2 Jack Mitchell Robert Cowell	Jack Mitchell Robert Cowell	5	98 v	76	72	86	–
b g Mayson - Israfel (Dark Angel)
Took keen hold, in touch with leaders, headway when bit short of room and bumped rival over 2f out, switched right under 2f out, ran on well final furlong, led final 110yds, kept on well (op 7/1)

2⁽³⁾ ½	2. Swift Asset (IRE) 9/4 Pat Dobbs Richard Hannon	Pat Dobbs Richard Hannon	3	911	82	75	89	–
b c Profitable (IRE) - Flick Show (IRE) (Fastnet Rock)
Towards rear, good headway against far rail from under 2f out, briefly disputed lead inside final furlong, kept on (tchd 5/2)

3⁽²⁾ 1¾ [2¼]	6. Bezzas Lad (IRE) 14/1 Alistair Rawlinson Tony Carroll	Alistair Rawlinson Tony Carroll	6	94	72	59	74	–
b g Society Rock (IRE) - Red Rosanna (Bertolini)
Led, edged right and lost two places inside final furlong, no extra inside final 110yds (jockey said gelding hung right-handed) (op 16/1 tchd 12/1)

4⁽⁸⁾ ¾ [3]	9. Batchelor Boy (IRE) 14/1 Darragh Keenan John Gallagher	Darragh Keenan John Gallagher	6	813 1 b	67	51	66	–
ch g Footstepsinthesand - Kathoe (IRE) (Fayruz)
Midfield on outer, headway from under 3f out, outpaced over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong, went fourth inside final 110yds (op 16/1 tchd 12/1)

5⁽⁶⁾ ½ [3½]	7. Song Of Success 17/2 Rhys Clutterbuck James Fanshawe	Rhys Clutterbuck James Fanshawe	3	92	73	54	69	–
b f Havana Gold (IRE) - Rio's Cliffs (Canford Cliffs)
Steadied start, held up in rear, headway from 3f out, outpaced under 2f out, rallied final furlong, not pace to challenge (op 11/1)

6⁽⁷⁾ 1½ [5]	3. Pop Dancer (IRE) 22/1 Jim Crowley Tony Carroll	Jim Crowley Tony Carroll	6	98 p	76	52	68	–
b g Kodiac - Pop Art (IRE) (Excellent Art)
Prominent, bit short of room and weakened inside final furlong (op 14/1 tchd 25/1)

7⁽⁵⁾ 1 [6]	8. Cinque Verde 40/1 Jason Watson Tony Carroll	Jason Watson Tony Carroll	3	91 tb	72	43	59	–
b f Sioux Nation (USA) - Gregoria (IRE) (Holy Roman Emperor)
Took keen hold, in touch with leaders, bumped over 2f out, outpaced when hampered over 1f out, soon no impression (tchd 50/1)

8⁽¹⁾ 3½ [9½]	5. The Defiant 11/1 Joshua Bryan Daniel Steele	Joshua Bryan Daniel Steele	7	96 t	74	32	50	–
b g Morpheus - Killer Class (Kyllachy)
Took keen hold, prominent, hung left over 1f out, soon weakened (op 9/1 tchd 17/2)

9⁽⁹⁾ 4 [13½]	1. Crow's Nest (IRE) 2/1F Kevin Stott George Boughey	Kevin Stott George Boughey	3	911	82	23	42	–
b g U S Navy Flag (USA) - Argentina (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
Always behind, outpaced throughout (trainer said, regarding the poor form shown, that gelding was slowly away and never travelled thereafter and was also unsuited by the sharp, undulating nature of the track over the distance of 5f) (op 15/8)

9 ran Off time: 3:01:09 Winning time: 1m 1.25s (slow by 1.75s) Total SP: 119%
1st owner: Mrs Susan Hadida (Faustus) 1st breeder: Mrs R D Peacock
2nd owner: J Palmer-Brown, N Woodcock And Partner (Swift Asset)
3rd owner: Our Stable Ltd (Bezzas Lad)
Tote win: £6.50 PL: £1.90 £1.30 £2.60 Ex: £19.70 CSF: £18.80 Tricast: £168.21 Trifecta: £124.80
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 60 (39%) M [4-6] 57 (24%) H [7-9] 33 (37%)

3:00 Brighton 9 Aug 2023

Star Sports Festival Of Racing Handicap