15:00 Newbury

Saturday 15 August 2020

All13:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:4517:2017:55

Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Geoffrey Freer Stakes (Group 3)

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 2m 53.42s

1^st

(3)

Hukum

38-9

4/1

T: Owen BurrowsJ: Jim Crowley

Raced keenly, tracked leaders on inside, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on strongly op 7/2

2^nd

2 ½

(5)

Max Vega

38-9

6/1

T: R M BeckettJ: Harry Bentley

Led and set even pace, given breather 6f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace op 9/1

3^rd

2 ¼

(2)

Alignak

49-5

7/2

T: Sir Michael StouteJ: Oisin Murphy

Tracked leader until pushed along over 2f out, plugged on in well held 3rd, no chance with leading duo op 10/3 tchd 11/4

4^th

(1)

Morando

79-5

3/1f

T: A M BaldingJ: S De Sousa

Held up in last pair, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, rallied on inside over 1f out, plugged on in 4th, no chance with leading duo op 7/2 tchd 11/4

5^th

4 ¼

(7)

Sextant

59-5

16/1

T: Sir Michael StouteJ: Louis Steward

Steadied start, held up last, bit closer on outside over 3f out, ridden and no impression 2f out, weakened op 18/1 tchd 20/1

6^th

(8)

Tritonic

38-9

9/2

T: A KingJ: Andrea Atzeni

Held up in 5th, ridden and no impression over 1f out op 4/1

7^th

(6)

Communique

59-5

16/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: A Kirby

Tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened 2f out, soon behind op 11/1

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Non-Runners

(4)

Almania²⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: D M Simcock J: J P Spencer

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.90Pl:£2.30, £3.00EX:£28.80Trifecta:£163.20SF:£26.33Swingers:£4.60, £3.20, £3.80

Forecasts

Morando (3/1), Alignak (7/2), Hukum (4/1), Tritonic (9/2), Max Vega (6/1), Almania (14/1), Sextant (16/1), Communique (16/1)

ALIGNAK finished clear of the rest when just touched off in a listed event at Haydock and, with further improvement anticipated over this new trip, he is expected to take this step up in class in his stride. Communique will be dangerous if allowed to dominate and Morando merits respect in his bid to go one better than in this race last year, but promising Royal Ascot winner Hukum is feared most.

ALIGNAK
HUKUM (IRE)
COMMUNIQUE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2019

Technician

Weight: 8-10 |Age: 3

J: Rob Hornby | T: M Meade

10/1

Prize Money

1st: £20,983.002nd: £7,955.003rd: £3,981.004th: £1,983.005th: £995.006th: £500.00