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Friday 21 July 2017

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Yacht London Cup Maiden Handicap

Off time: 20:39 | Winning time: 2m 15.27s

1^st

(7)

Mr C

38-0

14/1

T: Ollie PearsJ: Joe Doyle

Chased leaders on outside, 2nd travelling well inside final 2f, led over 1f out, joined inside final furlong, battled on gamely op 12/1

2^nd

(11)

Akkadian Empire

39-4

14/1

T: I JardineJ: D Nolan

Held up towards rear, good headway on wide outside chasing leaders over 2f out, went 2nd pressed winner and every chance throughout final furlong, not go through with effort op 12/1

3^rd

(5)

Epitaph

39-3

4/1

T: M ApplebyJ: Alistair Rawlinson

Mid-division, lost place and towards rear 3f out, rallied over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not reach leaders op 9/2

4^th

(9)

Satish

49-11

16/1

T: D O'MearaJ: P Makin

Started slowly, behind, still last over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, not reach leaders op 11/1

5^th

(10)

Sir Gnet

39-2

4/1

T: E A L DunlopJ: David Probert

Held up in last pair, headway on outside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not reach leaders op 3/1

6^th

(4)

Broughtons Knight

39-1

4/1

T: H SpillerJ: S Donohoe

Held up towards rear, not clear run on inside from 2f out, switched right over 1f out, switched left and ran on inside final furlong, never able to challenge op 6/1 tchd 7/2 and tchd 13/2

7^th

(6)

Shakabula

38-6

33/1

T: B EllisonJ: Ben Robinson (5)

Chased leader 2f, chased leaders, weakening when not much room over 1f out op 25/1

8^th

1 ¾

(8)

Vodka Wells

79-7

20/1

T: R MenziesJ: T Hamilton

Led 3f, chased leader until well over 1f out, weakened over 1f out op 12/1

9^th

2 ¼

(3)

Almunther

49-5

20/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Jason Hart

Took keen hold, chased leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out

10^th

(1)

Luminous

39-5

11/4f

T: S & E CrisfordJ: G Lee

Took keen hold, chased leaders, led 7f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong op 9/2

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Non-Runners

(2)

Tread Lightly⁶

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: T D Easterby J: D Allan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£13.50Pl:£3.20, £2.90, £1.50EX:£202.50Trifecta:£363.50Tricast:£938.26SF:£189.03Swingers:£31.50, £14.30, £13.90

Forecasts

Luminous (11/4), Epitaph (4/1), Sir Gnet (4/1), Broughtons Knight (4/1), Tread Lightly (10/1), Mr C (14/1), Akkadian Empire (14/1), Satish (16/1), Vodka Wells (20/1), Almunther (20/1), Shakabula (33/1)

A race which probably won't capture the imagination of many, and in truth few make obvious appeal. Mr C looked to have a decent winning opportunity at Beverley on Monday on an afternoon when his trainer saddled a double, but was taken out to come here instead so must be respected off bottom weight. Sir Gnet has proved disappointing given his sales price and pedigree, but he needs to be on the premises at this level whilst Luminous has been found a weak race in which to make her handicap debut. Nevertheless, the stand out horse is the former Joseph O'Brien trained EPITAPH. Now with Mick Appleby (known to improve stable switchers) he's potentially thrown in from a mark of 68 with both of his Limerick conquerors going on to achieve much better things in Ireland since.