19:35 Sandown
Thursday 23 May 2019
All18:0018:3519:0519:3520:1020:40
Matchbook Brigadier Gerard Stakes (Group 3)
- 4YO plus  |  Class 1  |  1m 1f 209y  |  Good (Good to Firm in places, Sprint Course: Good to Firm)  |  6 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 19:40Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 2m 5.84s
T:Â Sir Michael StouteJ:Â R L Moore
Reluctant to go to post, tracked leaders in 4th, closer in 3rd 3f out, 2nd over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on strongly op 15/8 tchd 7/4
T:Â C & M JohnstonJ:Â J Fanning
Bit keen, tracked leader, led 3f out until ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner op 6/4 tchd 13/8
T:Â D MenuisierJ:Â J P Spencer
Slowly into stride, raced keenly in 5th, headway 2f out, went modest 3rd and hung right final furlong op 6/1 tchd 11/2
T:Â A M BaldingJ:Â Oisin Murphy
Raced keenly, held up last, headway on outside 2f out, went modest 4th final furlong op 40/1
T:Â J R FanshaweJ:Â Daniel Muscutt
Tracked leading pair on inside, hanging right when not clear run over 2f out, ridden and weakened final furlong op 25/1
T:Â Owen BurrowsJ:Â Jim Crowley
Led, pushed along and headed 3f out, hung right and lost 2nd over 2f out, continued to hang right, weakened final furlong op 11/2
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Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:£2.50Pl:£1.50, £1.40EX:£6.30Trifecta:£24.10SF:£5.75Swingers:£1.50, £3.20, £2.30
Forecasts
Matterhorn (11/8), Regal Reality (9/4), Elwazir (9/2), Danceteria (7/1), Bombyx (16/1), Here Comes When (33/1)
Sir Michael Stoute has won the Brigadier Gerard Stakes nine times, including with Autocratic (2017) and Poet's Word (2018). His 2019 representative Regal Reality (sixth of nine in 2018) is respected off the back of a pleasing seasonal reappearance in the Bet 365 Mile. However, he is totally unproven at this 1m2f trip (dam was a 6f-7f winner) and that sways things firmly towards the 2018/19 AW Champion MATTERHORN who represents Mark Johnston (won this race with Bandari in 2004). He deserves plenty of credit for finishing second to Forest Ranger on unsuitable soft ground in Chester's Group 2 Huxley Stakes, so with the prospect of a sound racing surface tonight, he gets the vote.
- Matterhorn
- Danceteria
- Regal Reality
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £39,697.002nd: £15,050.003rd: £7,532.004th: £3,752.005th: £1,883.006th: £945.00
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