20:40 Sandown

Thursday 23 May 2019

All18:0018:3519:0519:3520:1020:40

Matchbook Casino Whitsun Cup Handicap

Off time: 20:42 | Winning time: 1m 42.21s

1^st

(9)

Lush Life

49-4

11/4

T: J A OsborneJ: J P Spencer

Held up last, headway on outside over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, led towards finish op 3/1 tchd 5/2

2^nd

(4)

War Glory

69-6

11/2

T: R HannonJ: R L Moore

Tracked leaders in 5th, not clear run inside final 2f until switched left over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well until headed and outpaced towards finish op 6/1

3^rd

(7)

History Writer

49-4

9/4f

T: D MenuisierJ: Jason Watson

Slowly into stride, held up last pair, headway on outside chasing leaders 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not pace of winner op 2/1

4^th

(2)

I'vegotthepower

59-0

16/1

T: B J MeehanJ: Oisin Murphy

Led, ridden and kept on until headed inside final furlong, weakened final 100 yards op 20/1

5^th

1 ¾

(10)

Data Protection

48-7

20/1

T: W R MuirJ: Nicola Currie

Raced keenly, chased leading pair, pair, went 2nd over 2f out until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 16/1

6^th

(1)

Masked Identity

48-12

12/1

T: K FrostJ: Gavin Ashton (7)

Chased leaders on inside, weakened inside final furlong op 10/1 tchd 9/1

7^th

(5)

Kitaabaat

49-1

4/1

T: Owen BurrowsJ: Jim Crowley

Held up in 6th, good headway on outside going well over 2f out, run flattened out final furlong

8^th

(8)

Azzeccagarbugli

69-7

25/1

T: M MurphyJ: Rossa Ryan

Pressed leader until over 2f out, chased leaders, weakened well over 1f out tchd 28/1

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Non-Runners

(6)

Borderforce²⁶

Weight: 9-3| Age: 6

T: George Baker J: Cieren Fallon

(3)

Greenside¹⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 8

T: H Candy J: Harry Bentley

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.40Pl:£1.40, £1.60, £1.20EX:£19.70Trifecta:£58.50Tricast:£39.06SF:£18.47Swingers:£2.10, £2.20, £3.90

Forecasts

History Writer (9/4), Lush Life (11/4), Greenside (3/1), Kitaabaat (4/1), War Glory (11/2), Masked Identity (12/1), Borderforce (12/1), I'vegotthepower (16/1), Data Protection (20/1), Azzeccagarbugli (25/1)

The Spring Cup at Newbury holds plenty of clues with regards finding the winner of the 2019 renewal of the Whitsun Cup. GREENSIDE, who has history in this race, finished fourth of 26 to Chatez (today's rival History Writer an encouraging seventh) before readily accounting for Lush Life (third) at Windsor (1m) the following month. A 4lb rise for that River Thames victory means that he has slightly more to do on this occasion, but it's well worth noting that he was also successful off this perch (94) over C&D in June 2017. Therefore, he rates as the rock-solid fancy tonight.

Greenside
History Writer
War Glory

Previous Winners

2018

Chiefofchiefs

Weight: 8-12 |Age: 5

J: R Kingscote | T: C Fellowes

5/1

Prize Money

1st: £9,338.002nd: £2,796.003rd: £1,398.004th: £699.005th: £350.006th: £176.00