15:45 Newbury

Saturday 21 April 2018

All13:2514:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:5517:30

Elite Racing Club Supporting Greatwood Spring Cup Handicap (Str)

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 1m 40.88s

1^st

(16)

Taqdeer

59-1

4/1f

T: J & T GosdenJ: L Dettori

Held up in mid-division, headway travelling well and switched left to centre inside final 3f, led final 100 yards, ran on op 5/1

2^nd

(24)

Humbert

49-0

11/1

T: H PalmerJ: Josephine Gordon

Chased leaders, challenged 2f out, led inside final furlong, headed final 100 yards, regained 2nd post tchd 12/1

3^rd

(1)

Keyser Soze

48-13

25/1

T: R SpencerJ: J P Spencer

Steadied and switched right start, held up in rear, headway when not clear run switched left and weaved through approaching final furlong, strong run to lead final 100 yards, headed close home, lost 2nd final strides op 20/1

4^th

1 ½

(21)

Gabrial

99-9

25/1

T: R A FaheyJ: S W Kelly

Held up in mid-division, headway going well 2f out, tracking leaders going well and every chance when pushed left entering final furlong, no extra towards finish op 28/1

5^th

(11)

Repercussion

59-4

10/1

T: C FellowesJ: S Donohoe

Tracked leader, led inside final 2f, soon hung left, headed and weakened inside final furlong

6^th

1 ¾

(10)

Third Time Lucky

69-1

20/1

T: R A FaheyJ: T Hamilton

Mid-division in centre, headway over 1f out, plugged on

7^th

(15)

Elusive Heights

59-6

40/1

T: R Fell & S MurrayJ: Ben Sanderson (7)

Chased leaders, chance 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong

8^th

(12)

Tony Curtis

59-10

10/1

T: R HannonJ: R L Moore

Went towards near side after 1f, prominent, ridden over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong op 9/1 tchd 17/2

9^th

(13)

Born To Be Alive

49-10

16/1

T: K R BurkeJ: C Lee (3)

Raced keenly, led in centre, came towards near side halfway, headed inside final 2f, weakened entering final furlong

10^th

(22)

Master Carpenter

79-1

25/1

T: B R MillmanJ: Andrea Atzeni

Mid-division, headway over 2f out, weakened final furlong op 28/1

11^th

2 ½

(4)

Fox Trotter

68-5

50/1

T: B J MeehanJ: M Dwyer

Chased leaders in centre, weakened inside final 2f op 66/1

12^th

(18)

Afaak

49-3

6/1

T: C HillsJ: Jim Crowley

Held up towards rear, never on terms op 13/2

13^th

2 ¾

(23)

Prost

48-8

50/1

T: E F VaughanJ: David Probert

Chased leaders, weakened inside final 2f

14^th

(5)

Contrapposto

49-5

40/1

T: D MenuisierJ: K Shoemark

Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten tchd 28/1

15^th

(6)

George William

59-5

22/1

T: R HannonJ: Tom Marquand

Mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out op 20/1

16^th

(9)

Graphite Storm

49-0

20/1

T: C G CoxJ: A Kirby

Held up towards rear, never a factor tchd 18/1

17^th

(14)

Ballard Down

59-8

25/1

T: W J KnightJ: M Harley

Chased leaders, hung left over 2f out, soon weakened op 28/1

18^th

1 ¼

(19)

Lord Of The Rock

69-0

11/1

T: Jedd O'KeeffeJ: S De Sousa

Prominent on near side rail, pushed along 3f out, weakened soon after op 16/1 tchd 10/1

19^th

1 ¾

(7)

Mazyoun

48-13

33/1

T: H PalmerJ: P Cosgrave

Held up and always behind

20^th

(17)

Gilgamesh

48-12

12/1

T: George ScottJ: W Buick

Held up towards rear of mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, no headway and soon weakened op 11/1

21^st

(25)

Leader Writer

69-2

12/1

T: H SpillerJ: Fran Berry

Held up towards rear, ridden 3f out, never a factor op 10/1

22^nd

(8)

Star Archer

49-2

20/1

T: H PalmerJ: James Doyle

Raced on near side rail, always behind, virtually pulled up final 2f op 18/1

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Non-Runners

(3)

Red Label⁷⁷

Weight: 9-8| Age: 4

T: M Botti J: Non Runner

(20)

Hors De Combat⁶⁵

Weight: 9-9| Age: 7

T: D J Coakley J: Oisin Murphy

(2)

Pattie²²

Weight: 8-5| Age: 4

T: M R Channon J: J F Egan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.80Pl:£1.80, £3.20, £5.80, £6.50EX:£56.90Trifecta:£1,570.60Tricast:£1,057.69SF:£42.33Swingers:£11.00, £53.70, £74.70

Forecasts

Taqdeer (4/1), Afaak (6/1), Repercussion (10/1), Tony Curtis (10/1), Humbert (11/1), Lord Of The Rock (11/1), Gilgamesh (12/1), Leader Writer (12/1), Born To Be Alive (16/1), Third Time Lucky (20/1), Graphite Storm (20/1), Star Archer (20/1), Hors De Combat (20/1), George William (22/1), Keyser Soze (25/1), Gabrial (25/1), Master Carpenter (25/1), Ballard Down (25/1), Red Label (25/1), Mazyoun (33/1), Pattie (33/1), Elusive Heights (40/1), Contrapposto (40/1), Fox Trotter (50/1), Prost (50/1)

The form of Afaak's final start last term was well and truly franked when Addeybb put the Lincoln field to the sword last month, his credentials are clear on that showing, though the market will reflect that. Born To Be Alive was a good scorer himself on Town Moor last time while Tony Curtis should be suited by the helter-skelter of this contest. Elusive Heights has the potential to get involved on first start for his new connections but it might be worth forgiving BALLARD DOWN a poor run in the Lincoln. He sluiced home at Newmarket on just his third start on turf last summer and wasn't exactly well drawn last time. There could easily be more to come.

Ballard Down
Afaak
Elusive Heights

Previous Winners

2017

Banksea

Weight: 9-4 |Age: 4

J: J P Spencer | T: L M Cumani

9/1

Prize Money

1st: £31,125.002nd: £9,320.003rd: £4,660.004th: £2,330.005th: £1,165.006th: £585.00