17:05 Newmarket

Saturday 8 June 2019

All14:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:0517:35

John Holmes Handicap

  • 3YO only  |   Class 4  |   1m 4f  |   Good to Firm (Good in places)  |   7 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 17:09  |   Winning time: 2m 29.37s
1st
Horse silk
4
(2)
Gravistas
39-6
11/8f
T: C & M JohnstonJ: R L Moore
Always handy, led over 2f out, edged right over 1f out, stayed on, ridden out op 7/4
2nd
Horse silk
2
3
(7)
Holy Kingdom
39-7
9/2
T: Tom CloverJ: James Doyle
Mid-division, switched left and headway over 3f out, challenged 2f out, no impression on winner final 100 yards op 4/1 tchd 5/1
3rd
Horse silk
1 ¼
1
(5)
Great Bear
39-8
3/1
T: H & R CharltonJ: Jason Watson
Led, headed 10f out, led again over 3f out, headed over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong op 5/2
4th
Horse silk
4 ½
5
(3)
Artistic Language
39-1
18/1
T: B J MeehanJ: Callum Shepherd
Held up in rear, headway on outside over 3f out, plugged on one pace from over 1f out op 16/1
5th
Horse silk
hd
7
(4)
Mr Zoom Zoom
38-10
25/1
T: L McJannetJ: E J Walsh
Held up in rear, pushed along over 3f out, plugged on one pace final 2f, no impression op 20/1
6th
Horse silk
19
6
(6)
Top Top
38-13
6/1
T: Sir Michael StouteJ: S De Sousa
Took keen hold, prominent, led 10f out, headed over 3f out, weakened 2f out op 15/2 tchd 11/2 and tchd 8/1
7th
Horse silk
2 ¼
2
(1)
Stormwave
39-8
16/1
T: R M BeckettJ: Rob Hornby
Held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten tchd 20/1
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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.10Pl:£1.30, £2.20EX:£6.90Trifecta:£15.90SF:£8.03Swingers:£1.40, £1.90, £2.50

Forecasts

Gravistas (11/8), Great Bear (3/1), Holy Kingdom (9/2), Top Top (6/1), Stormwave (16/1), Artistic Language (18/1), Mr Zoom Zoom (25/1)

Verdict

GREAT BEAR had plenty in hand when winning last time, and although he's asked a stiffer question here, he looks well up to finding the improvement required on paper. Gravistas has been second on his last four starts, and looks the one to give the selection most to do, although Holy Kingdom is underestimated with his latest effort having been franked since.
  1. Great Bear
  2. Gravistas
  3. Holy Kingdom

Previous Winners

2018
Rococo
Weight: 9-6  |Age: 3
J: L Dettori  |  T: J & T Gosden
11/4

Prize Money

1st: £6,469.002nd: £1,925.003rd: £962.004th: £481.005th: £300.006th: £300.007th: £300.008th: £300.00

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