16:55 Newmarket

Saturday 11 August 2018

All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:5517:30

Royal British Legion Handicap

Off time: 16:56 | Winning time: 1m 41.71s

1^st

(4)

Porth Swtan

38-6

11/2

T: C HillsJ: William Cox (5)

Led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, rallied to lead again inside final furlong, ran on op 5/1 tchd 6/1

2^nd

(3)

Bella Ragazza

38-6

5/1

T: H MorrisonJ: George Wood

Close up in rear, ridden over 1f out, effort and switched right inside final furlong, went 2nd close home op 9/2 tchd 4/1

3^rd

(1)

Dream Today

39-7

5/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: P J McDonald

Tracked leader, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, edged left and headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd close home op 11/2 tchd 6/1

4^th

1 ¼

(7)

Protected Guest

38-4

9/2

T: G G MargarsonJ: Jane Elliott (3)

Tracked leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, one pace when slightly hampered inside final furlong op 4/1

5^th

(8)

Petrus

39-4

5/4f

T: B J MeehanJ: L Dettori

Raced wide close up, ridden and every chance over 1f out, faded inside final furlong op 13/8

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Non-Runners

(2)

Morning Has Broken¹⁸⁹

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: D R C Elsworth J: William Cox

(5)

Three Weeks¹⁵⁷

Weight: 8-12| Age: 3

T: W J Haggas J: Andrea Atzeni

(6)

Finniston Farm⁵¹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: Tom Dascombe J: S W Kelly

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.30Pl:£2.80, £2.30EX:£28.70Trifecta:£116.90SF:£31.17Swingers:£8.20

Forecasts

Petrus (5/4), Protected Guest (9/2), Bella Ragazza (5/1), Dream Today (5/1), Three Weeks (5/1), Porth Swtan (11/2), Morning Has Broken (6/1), Finniston Farm (10/1)

A few of these have been off the track for a while, which complicates matters, but that's not an issue for PETRUS, who ran a fine race to be third to Crack On Crack On at Ascot last time, and seems to be coming to the boil. Dream Today has been highly tried this season, but could bounce back dropped in class, while Three Weeks has been gelded since finishing behind Gronkowski at Kempton in March, and that form better in retrospect.

Petrus
Dream Today
Three Weeks

Previous Winners

2017

Naval Warfare

Weight: 9-6 |Age: 3

J: Oisin Murphy | T: A M Balding

5/1

Prize Money

1st: £16,172.002nd: £4,812.003rd: £2,405.004th: £1,202.00