19:35 Sandown

Thursday 23 May 2019

All18:0018:3519:0519:3520:1020:40

Matchbook Brigadier Gerard Stakes (Group 3)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 1  |   1m 1f 209y  |   Good (Good to Firm in places, Sprint Course: Good to Firm)  |   6 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 19:40  |   Winning time: 2m 5.84s
Odds by:
The word Sky in blue and Bet in white with a red background.
Cloth number
Live Odds
Odds
1
Here Comes When
40/1, 33/1, 40/1
33/1
2
Bombyx
25/1, 22/1, 20/1
16/1
3
Danceteria
6/1, 11/2, 6/1, 13/2
7/1
4
Elwazir
11/2, 5/1, 9/2, 5/1
9/2
5
Matterhorn
6/4, 13/8, 6/4, 11/8, 6/4
11/8
6
Regal Reality
15/8, 7/4, 15/8, 2/1
9/4
SP Book Percentage 112.38

Forecasts

Matterhorn (11/8), Regal Reality (9/4), Elwazir (9/2), Danceteria (7/1), Bombyx (16/1), Here Comes When (33/1)

Verdict

Sir Michael Stoute has won the Brigadier Gerard Stakes nine times, including with Autocratic (2017) and Poet's Word (2018). His 2019 representative Regal Reality (sixth of nine in 2018) is respected off the back of a pleasing seasonal reappearance in the Bet 365 Mile. However, he is totally unproven at this 1m2f trip (dam was a 6f-7f winner) and that sways things firmly towards the 2018/19 AW Champion MATTERHORN who represents Mark Johnston (won this race with Bandari in 2004). He deserves plenty of credit for finishing second to Forest Ranger on unsuitable soft ground in Chester's Group 2 Huxley Stakes, so with the prospect of a sound racing surface tonight, he gets the vote.
  1. Matterhorn
  2. Danceteria
  3. Regal Reality

Previous Winners

2018
Poet's Word
Weight: 9-0  |Age: 5
J: R L Moore  |  T: Sir Michael Stoute
4/6

Prize Money

1st: £39,697.002nd: £15,050.003rd: £7,532.004th: £3,752.005th: £1,883.006th: £945.00

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