17:45 Sandown

Wednesday 2 August 2017

All17:4518:2018:5519:2519:5520:25

racinguk.com Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 17:45 | Winning time: 1m 49.47s

1^st

(9)

Born To Please

38-7

8/1

T: M D I UsherJ: Nicola Currie (7)

Held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, led final 150 yards, ran on well op 7/1

2^nd

(2)

Dragon Dream

39-6

8/1

T: R IngramJ: Rhiain Ingram (5)

Chased leaders, came centre in straight, 2nd 2f out, soon hung right and led, headed final 150 yards, kept on same pace op 7/1

3^rd

1 ¼

(7)

Junoesque

39-3

16/1

T: J GallagherJ: Patrick Pilley (3)

Chased leaders, 2nd over 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden and headed well over 1f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, 3rd and one pace final furlong

4^th

(10)

Sandy Shores

39-9

11/2

T: B J MeehanJ: Jordan Uys (5)

Chased leader, came wide in straight and lost 2nd over 3f out, chased leaders, ridden and hung back right from 2f out, plugged on in 4th final furlong op 5/1 tchd 9/2

5^th

2 ½

(3)

Ashazuri

39-12

6/1

T: J G PortmanJ: Pierre-Louis Jamin (7)

Held up in mid-division, pushed along on inside 3f out, 5th and no impression over 1f out

6^th

3 ¼

(12)

Lesanti

38-11

7/1

T: E De GilesJ: Callum Shepherd

Took keen hold, soon crossed over from wide draw to lead, ridden and headed over 2f out, lost 2nd 2f out, weakened over 1f out, beaten when hung left inside final furlong tchd 13/2

7^th

3 ¼

(6)

Luxford

39-1

11/4f

T: J R BestJ: Levi Williams (7)

Held up towards rear, came centre in straight, no real headway final 2f op 9/2 tchd 5/1

8^th

(11)

Noble Ballad

39-5

8/1

T: R M BeckettJ: P C O'Donnell (3)

Raced wide in mid-division, taken wide in straight, soon beaten

9^th

(5)

Desert Song

39-2

25/1

T: P PhelanJ: Paddy Bradley (3)

Went right start, always behind tchd 20/1

10^th

1 ¼

(1)

Armagnac

39-12

8/1

T: M L W BellJ: Tristan Price (7)

Chased leaders, came centre in straight, weakened 2f out tchd 9/1

11^th

(4)

Shamonix

38-7

33/1

T: M D I UsherJ: Mitch Godwin (3)

Bumped start, pushed along and struggling over 3f out, always behind

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Non-Runners

(8)

Damo¹⁸⁰

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: S Dow J: Jack Duern

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£11.90Pl:£4.50, £1.80, £6.40EX:£125.20Trifecta:£896.20Tricast:£1,045.61SF:£75.79Swingers:£11.30, £18.30, £10.00

Forecasts

Luxford (11/4), Sandy Shores (11/2), Ashazuri (6/1), Lesanti (7/1), Born To Please (8/1), Dragon Dream (8/1), Noble Ballad (8/1), Armagnac (8/1), Junoesque (16/1), Damo (16/1), Desert Song (25/1), Shamonix (33/1)

Luxford is the obvious starting point coming here in search of a turf hat-trick. He was game to record his second Brighton success last time out but has gone up another 4lb as a result and might just struggle to keep the winning run in tact. That could prove true if SANDY SHORES gets her way in front again. Runner-up in her previous two, Brian Meehan's charge could be very dangerous if getting a soft advantage in this apprentice contest and is taken to open her account here. Born To Please was much better last time when dropped to this sort of trip and can go well once more while Ashazuri looks most likely of the remainder ahead of Armagnac.