16:20 Beverley

Tuesday 14 May 2019

All13:5014:2014:5015:2015:5016:2016:5017:25

Happy Birthday Graham Roberts Handicap

Off time: 16:23 | Winning time: 2m 7.42s

1^st

(6)

Valence

39-3

13/2

T: E A L DunlopJ: R Havlin

Held up in mid-division, headway on outside chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, led and hung right inside final furlong, stayed on op 15/2

2^nd

(11)

Highwaygrey

39-1

8/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: D Allan

Held up towards rear, headway towards inside over 2f out, not clearest of runs 2f out, soon switched right, staying on in 3rd when hampered inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish op 13/2

3^rd

(12)

Euro Implosion

38-13

12/1

T: K DalgleishJ: J Fanning

Led briefly, chased leader, led again inside final 3f, ridden and headed inside final furlong, held when slightly hampered and snatched up final 120 yards, lost 2nd towards finish op 10/1

4^th

(2)

Osmosis

39-9

13/2

T: J WardJ: B A Curtis

Slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders on inside, switched left over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 7/1

5^th

(5)

Beaufort

39-5

9/2f

T: M DodsJ: P Mulrennan

Chased leaders, went 2nd over 2f out until ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong op 5/1 tchd 11/2

6^th

3 ½

(10)

Curfewed

39-3

8/1

T: Miss Tracy WaggottJ: Cam Hardie

Held up towards rear, headway on outside 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 7/1

7^th

1 ¾

(9)

Ritchie Star

38-11

33/1

T: B HaslamJ: A Mullen

Slowly into stride, always behind op 28/1

8^th

(3)

Firewater

39-1

5/1

T: R A FaheyJ: T Hamilton

Held up towards rear, hampered inside final 2f, never on terms op 13/2

9^th

(7)

Archies Lad

39-0

6/1

T: R A FaheyJ: Sean Davis (5)

Mid-division, headway on outside chasing leaders 3f out, weakened inside final 2f op 8/1

10^th

4 ½

(8)

Fenjal

39-7

14/1

T: Miss Gay KellewayJ: Jason Hart

Soon led, ridden and headed inside final 3f, weakened quickly 2f out op 9/1

Also Ran

(4)

Northern Lyte

39-2

14/1

T: N TinklerJ: Rowan Scott (3)

Raced keenly in mid-division on inside, looking for room when clipped heels and unseated rider well over 1f out op 20/1

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Non-Runners

(1)

Potenza¹¹

Weight: 8-5| Age: 3

T: Stef Keniry J: Aaron Jones

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.00Pl:£3.50, £2.40, £4.60EX:£62.20Trifecta:£1,915.10Tricast:£623.22SF:£60.03Swingers:£7.80, £30.10, £0.00

Forecasts

Beaufort (9/2), Firewater (5/1), Archies Lad (6/1), Valence (13/2), Osmosis (13/2), Highwaygrey (8/1), Curfewed (8/1), Euro Implosion (12/1), Fenjal (14/1), Potenza (14/1), Northern Lyte (14/1), Ritchie Star (33/1)

A difficult 3yo handicap in which the market can potentially provide some clues. Curfewed finished off reasonably well at Pontefract (1m) latest, but is fairly exposed as a nine-race maiden. Fenjal and Osmosis are ones to consider at least for their respective new handlers Gay Kelleway and Jason Ward. However, with the ground forecast to be riding good to soft, the likeliest candidate is the Richard Fahey-trained FIREWATER who showed a good attitude when winning under similar conditions as a juvenile at Ayr in October 2018.

Firewater
Fenjal
Curfewed

Previous Winners

2018

Neverbeen To Paris

Weight: 9-7 |Age: 3

J: D Tudhope | T: M L W Bell

4/1

Prize Money

1st: £4,285.002nd: £1,282.003rd: £641.004th: £321.005th: £300.006th: £300.007th: £300.008th: £300.00