14:35 Epsom Downs

Friday 31 May 2019

All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:3017:1517:50

Investec Mile Handicap

Off time: 14:37 | Winning time: 1m 42.76s

1^st

(9)

Gossiping

78-7

10/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Andrea Atzeni

Tracked leader, led over 2f out, clear when ridden over 1f out, stayed on strongly, easily op 9/1 tchd 11/1

2^nd

(1)

Seniority

59-7

11/2f

T: W J HaggasJ: R L Moore

Raced keenly, tracked leaders on inside, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, no chance with winner, just held on for 2nd op 13/2

3^rd

nse

(13)

Greenside

89-0

6/1

T: H CandyJ: Harry Bentley

Held up in mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, almost snatched 2nd final strides, no chance with easy winner op 5/1

4^th

2 ¼

(14)

Masham Star

58-13

6/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: S De Sousa

Chased leaders, ridden disputing 2nd over 1f out, no chance with easy winner, weakened final 125 yards op 15/2

5^th

(15)

Hortzadar

49-2

17/2

T: D O'MearaJ: D Tudhope

Held up towards rear, headway on outside over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders op 9/1 tchd 8/1

6^th

1 ½

(6)

Wahash

59-0

11/1

T: R HannonJ: S M Levey

Held up towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway final furlong, never going pace to get involved tchd 12/1

7^th

(10)

Arigato

48-2

20/1

T: W JarvisJ: Josephine Gordon

Raced keenly towards rear, headway on outside final furlong, not pace to get involved tchd 16/1

8^th

(3)

Nicklaus

48-13

14/1

T: W J HaggasJ: James Doyle

Led, pushed along 3f out, headed over 2f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong tchd 11/1

9^th

(7)

Rufus King

48-12

20/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: F Norton

Tracked leaders in 5th, pushed along over 2f out, ridden inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out op 14/1

10^th

(11)

Breanski

58-4

25/1

T: Jedd O'KeeffeJ: David Egan

Towards rear, headway final furlong, never enough pace to get involved tchd 33/1

11^th

(5)

Hors De Combat

89-3

14/1

T: D J CoakleyJ: Oisin Murphy

Started slowly, towards rear, headway final furlong, never nearer op 12/1

12^th

(4)

Firmament

79-0

16/1

T: D O'MearaJ: Shane Gray

Mid-division on inside, pushed along 3f out, weakened 2f out op 14/1

13^th

(8)

History Writer

48-11

6/1

T: D MenuisierJ: Jason Watson

Steadied start, held up in rear, never a factor op 15/2 tchd 8/1

14^th

(2)

Ghayadh

48-4

50/1

T: S C WilliamsJ: K T O'Neill

In mid-division when not much room on rail and lost place over 7f out, towards rear and never on terms after

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Non-Runners

(12)

Hayadh¹⁵

Weight: 8-11| Age: 6

T: Rebecca Bastiman J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£12.60Pl:£3.80, £2.20, £2.60EX:£84.00Trifecta:£411.90Tricast:£377.94SF:£61.35Swingers:£13.60, £14.90, £7.90

Forecasts

Seniority (11/2), Greenside (6/1), Masham Star (6/1), History Writer (6/1), Hortzadar (17/2), Gossiping (10/1), Hayadh (10/1), Wahash (11/1), Nicklaus (14/1), Hors De Combat (14/1), Firmament (16/1), Arigato (20/1), Rufus King (20/1), Breanski (25/1), Ghayadh (50/1)

It's fair to say FIRMAMENT isn't easy to win with but it was a much improved effort at York last time and he's well-handicapped if he can build on that here. Stablemate Hortzadar may still have more to give for his new yard and wasn't disgraced at York last time but Masham Star could be the main danger with De Sousa booked to ride having shaped like a win may be near on his last couple of starts.

Firmament
Masham Star
Hortzadar

Previous Winners

2018

Medburn Dream

Weight: 8-13 |Age: 5

J: F Norton | T: P Hedger

5/1

Prize Money

1st: £31,125.002nd: £9,320.003rd: £4,660.004th: £2,330.005th: £1,165.006th: £585.00