15:55 Epsom Downs

Wednesday 25 April 2018

All14:1014:4515:2015:5516:2517:00

Investec City And Suburban Handicap

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 2m 8.59s

1^st

(2)

Ajman King

48-12

9/4f

T: R VarianJ: Andrea Atzeni

Held up towards rear, steady headway over 2f out, switched right 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, led final 100 yards op 3/1

2^nd

(8)

Dash Of Spice

48-2

6/1

T: D R C ElsworthJ: S De Sousa

Led after 1f, brought majority of field off inside rail in straight, headed 3f out, led again over 1f out, narrowly headed inside final furlong, rallied into 2nd final strides, not pace of winner op 8/1

3^rd

(3)

Another Touch

59-7

20/1

T: R A FaheyJ: T Hamilton

Held up in touch, headway chasing leaders 3f out, led narrowly inside final furlong, headed and not pace of winner last 100 yards, lost 2nd final strides op 22/1 tchd 25/1

4^th

1 ½

(10)

Pacify

69-1

12/1

T: R M BeckettJ: Harry Bentley

Held up in last pair, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, nearest finish op 14/1

5^th

(1)

Thundering Blue

58-12

7/1

T: D MenuisierJ: Jim Crowley

Held up last, switched right to outside and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish op 6/1

6^th

(6)

Dubai Horizon

49-2

6/1

T: S bin SuroorJ: David Egan (3)

Raced keenly, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong tchd 11/2

7^th

(9)

Emenem

48-12

25/1

T: S DowJ: K Shoemark

Soon steadied in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened op 20/1

8^th

(7)

Contango

48-12

9/2

T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy

Tracked leader after 1f, pushed along over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f op 5/1

9^th

(5)

Contrast

49-2

16/1

T: R HannonJ: R L Moore

Led 1f, soon settled in close 3rd, kept towards inside in straight, led 3f out, hung left on camber and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, eased op 10/1

Also Ran

(4)

Anythingtoday

49-3

12/1

T: D O'MearaJ: D Tudhope

Slipped badly leaving stalls, pulled up and dismounted soon after op 14/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.70Pl:£1.30, £2.30, £4.60EX:£17.70Trifecta:£210.20Tricast:£221.52SF:£16.40Swingers:£3.50, £9.20, £12.80

Forecasts

Ajman King (9/4), Contango (9/2), Dash Of Spice (6/1), Dubai Horizon (6/1), Thundering Blue (7/1), Pacify (12/1), Anythingtoday (12/1), Contrast (16/1), Another Touch (20/1), Emenem (25/1)

DASH OF SPICE and Ajman King meet over course and distance for the second time here and it's the former who is taken to reverse the form with a useful swing in the weights here. Andrew Balding won this last year with a four-year-old and Contango gives him claims of winning back-to-back renewals given his unexposed profile.

Dash Of Spice
Ajman King
Contango

Previous Winners

2017

Brorocco

Weight: 8-4 |Age: 4

J: J Quinn | T: A M Balding

7/1

Prize Money

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