13:40 Newbury

Saturday 13 April 2019

All13:4014:1014:4015:1515:5016:2517:0017:35

Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise Stakes (Group 3) (Registered As The John Porter Stakes)

Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 2m 42.15s

1^st

(3)

Marmelo

69-0

7/1

T: H MorrisonJ: G Mosse

Held up in touch, pushed along and unable to quicken 2f out, headway between horses over 1f out, stayed on to lead towards finish op 9/1

2^nd

(5)

Aspetar

49-0

20/1

T: H & R CharltonJ: Jason Watson

Took keen hold, held up last, steady headway 3f out, tracking leaders and squeezed through to lead over 1f out, hung left inside final furlong, headed and no extra towards finish op 25/1

3^rd

(10)

Laraaib

59-3

12/1

T: Owen BurrowsJ: Jim Crowley

Shade keen, tracked leader 4f, handy 3rd, 2nd again and every chance 2f out, 3rd and one pace inside final furlong tchd 14/1

4^th

(8)

Defoe

59-0

9/4

T: R VarianJ: Andrea Atzeni

Raced wide tracking leaders, 2nd 8f out, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra in 4th inside final furlong op 9/5

5^th

2 ¾

(7)

Young Rascal

49-3

13/8f

T: W J HaggasJ: James Doyle

Held up in last trio, headway on outside tracking leaders over 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 15/8 tchd 2/1 in a place

6^th

2 ½

(4)

Proschema

49-0

10/1

T: Tom DascombeJ: R Kingscote

Pulled hard in touch, weakened over 2f out op 14/1

7^th

(9)

Communique

49-0

11/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: S De Sousa

Led until over 2f out, weakened soon after op 12/1 tchd 10/1

8^th

(1)

Blakeney Point

69-0

40/1

T: H & R CharltonJ: Adam J McNamara

Tracked leaders, weakened 3f out op 50/1

Also Ran

(6)

Pilansberg

79-0

200/1

T: Mark GillardJ: L Morris

Unseated rider leaving stalls

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Non-Runners

(2)

Mootasadir¹⁴

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: H Palmer J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.90Pl:£2.00, £4.40, £3.10EX:£125.20Trifecta:£821.00SF:£126.16Swingers:£11.20, £8.70, £18.40

Forecasts

Young Rascal (13/8), Defoe (9/4), Marmelo (7/1), Mootasadir (8/1), Proschema (10/1), Communique (11/1), Laraaib (12/1), Aspetar (20/1), Blakeney Point (40/1), Pilansberg (200/1)

A fine renewal of this Group 3 contest and it is only marginally that the vote goes to last year's winner DEFOE, who may be best caught fresh and will handle underfoot conditions. Young Rascal is open to further improvement and looks a big danger, while Laraaib has won at this level, the progressive Mootasadir should not be underestimated returned to turf and Communique is a typically-tough representative from his stable. Marmelo is a high-class performer, but probably needs further.

Defoe
Young Rascal
Laraaib

Previous Winners

2018

Defoe

Weight: 9-0 |Age: 4

J: Andrea Atzeni | T: R Varian

5/4

Prize Money

1st: £34,026.002nd: £12,900.003rd: £6,456.004th: £3,216.005th: £1,614.006th: £810.00