15:00 Epsom Downs

Saturday 4 July 2020

All13:5014:2515:0015:4016:1516:5517:35

Investec Handicap

Off time: 15:04 | Winning time: 2m 5.65s

1^st

(16)

Sky Defender

49-5

22/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: J Fanning

Led over 1f, tracked leader until over 3f out, went 2nd again inside final 3f, led again approaching final 2f, ridden clear over 1f out, stayed on op 28/1 tchd 33/1

2^nd

(12)

Breath Caught

58-7

11/1

T: R M BeckettJ: Harry Bentley

Mid-division, headway on outside over 2f out, chased leaders went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on towards finish, not reach winner op 12/1 tchd 14/1

3^rd

1 ¾

(9)

Tinandali

49-8

10/1

T: D O'MearaJ: Jim Crowley

Mid-division on inside, headway on rail under pressure inside final 2f, went one paced 3rd inside final furlong tchd 11/1

4^th

1 ¼

(6)

Data Protection

58-1

16/1

T: W R MuirJ: J F Egan

Held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, outpaced inside final 2f, kept on final furlong, never going pace to threaten op 14/1

5^th

(5)

You're Hired

78-12

6/1

T: Mrs A J PerrettJ: W Buick

Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never enough pace to threaten op 8/1 tchd 11/2

6^th

(15)

Caradoc

59-6

9/2

T: E WalkerJ: Oisin Murphy

Steadied and switched left start, held up well in rear, headway on outside final furlong, too late to challenge op 6/1

7^th

1 ½

(13)

Sucellus

48-8

33/1

T: R Fell & S MurrayJ: Jason Hart

Held up towards rear, headway and squeezed through over 1f out, soon hung left, never going pace to reach leaders op 28/1

8^th

(11)

Mr Scaramanga

68-4

33/1

T: S DowJ: David Egan

Raced keenly tracking leader, led over 8f out, ridden and headed approaching final 2f, chased winner who went clear over 1f out, lost 2nd entering final furlong, weakened inside final furlong op 25/1

9^th

(8)

Johnny Drama

59-3

6/1

T: A M BaldingJ: S De Sousa

Tracked leaders on outside, went 2nd inside final 4f out until inside final 3f, chased leaders, hung left and weakened final furlong op 11/2 tchd 5/1

10^th

nse

(2)

Ironclad

48-6

3/1f

T: H PalmerJ: Andrea Atzeni

Tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f tchd 11/4

11^th

(10)

Certain Lad

49-10

14/1

T: M R ChannonJ: B A Curtis

Mounted on course, held up towards rear, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, no headway when not much room and switched right over 1f out, soon carried left

12^th

(3)

Plantadream

58-12

18/1

T: J R BestJ: Joey Haynes

Slowly into stride, always towards rear op 16/1

13^th

(14)

Dolphin Vista

79-1

66/1

T: J R BoyleJ: Tom Marquand

Always towards rear, never involved op 33/1

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Non-Runners

(1)

Wargrave¹⁷

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: George Baker J: P Cosgrave

(4)

Sherpa Trail¹²⁹

Weight: 8-0| Age: 4

T: E Walker J: M Dwyer

(7)

Desert Icon⁶

Weight: 9-8| Age: 4

T: W J Haggas J: James Doyle

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£24.20Pl:£6.80, £4.30, £3.20EX:£287.50Trifecta:£7,439.90Tricast:£2,579.71SF:£239.28Swingers:£52.20, £38.30, £21.50

Forecasts

Desert Icon (11/4), Ironclad (3/1), Caradoc (9/2), You're Hired (6/1), Johnny Drama (6/1), Tinandali (10/1), Breath Caught (11/1), Certain Lad (14/1), Data Protection (16/1), Plantadream (18/1), Sky Defender (22/1), Sherpa Trail (25/1), Sucellus (33/1), Mr Scaramanga (33/1), Dolphin Vista (66/1), Wargrave (100/1)

DESERT ICON won in great style at Newmarket last weekend and he's going to be hard to beat under a penalty here if he turns up in the same form. You're Hired may have been let in lightly by the handicapper having gone up just 7lb for his recent Newmarket win. Wargrave completes the shortlist but he won't find this field easy to dominate from the front.

Desert Icon
You're Hired
Wargrave

Previous Winners

2019

Mountain Angel

Weight: 9-4 |Age: 5

J: Andrea Atzeni | T: R Varian

11/4

Prize Money

1st: £15,562.002nd: £4,660.003rd: £2,330.004th: £1,165.005th: £582.006th: £292.00