Sandown 21/08/2009 Good to Firm 2.40 Furniture Village 20th Birthday Handicap (Class 5) £5000 added, 3yo plus, 5f 6yds, penalty £3238, 8 ran. 1st Drawn 4   Step It Up (IRE)   Jack Mitchell(3) 7-4 8 6 J R Boyle Pressed leaders, led just over 3f out, kept on well inside final furlong, comfortably Opened 9/4, touched 5/2 £1000-£400, £1500-£800, £750-£400 2nd Drawn 9 1½  l Chandika   Luke Morris 10-1 8 5 C G Cox Tracked leaders on inside, hung left and chased winner over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, no impression Opened 7/1, touched 10/1 3rd Drawn 2 2l Solemn   David Probert 10-3 9 2 J M Bradley Tracked leaders, unable to quicken over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong Opened 7/2, touched 4/1 £1750-£500 4th Drawn 3 nk Gentle Guru   S Sanders 10-1 9 9 R T Phillips In rear, soon pushed along, switched right inside final furlong, stayed on well, not troubled leaders Opened 8/1, touched 10/1 5th Drawn 8 ¾l Reigning Monarch (USA)   Ross Atkinson(5) 50-1 8 4 Miss Z C Davison In rear, hung right inside final furlong, stayed on, no danger 6th Drawn 6 nk Even Bolder   S Carson 11-2 9 6 E A Wheeler In touch, ridden 2f out, edged left 1f out, weakened inside final furlong Opened 15/2 7th Drawn 5 ½l Sherjawy (IRE)   Kirsty Milczarek 33-1 8 7 Miss Z C Davison Led, headed just over 3f out, weakened over 1f out 8th Drawn 1 2½  l Handsome Cross (IRE) 8 C Catlin 7-1 9 7 W J Musson Always towards rear Opened 5/1, touched 7/1 Non Runner Cape Royal Winning time: 01:01.660 Sandown results 2.05   2.40   3.15   3.50   4.25   5.00