13:30 Newbury

Saturday 22 April 2023

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Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise Stakes (Registered As The John Porter Stakes) (Group 3)

Off time: 13:30 | Winning time: 2m 45.57s

1^st

(1)

Grand Alliance

49-2

18/1

T: C FellowesJ: James Doyle

Held up in 5th on inside, steady headway 4f out, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final 2f, clear when hung left to far rail final furlong, stayed on strongly op 20/1 tchd 22/1

2^nd

2 ¼

(4)

Farhan

59-2

40/1

T: P A KirbyJ: Oisin Murphy

Held up in rear, steady headway far side of group 3f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd close home, no chance with winner op 50/1 tchd 66/1

3^rd

(2)

Max Vega

69-5

4/1

T: R M BeckettJ: Rossa Ryan

Led 1f, soon steadied in 3rd, headway edged right and bumped rival over 2f out, soon led, headed inside final 2f, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, lost 2nd close home op 9/2 tchd 7/2

4^th

(3)

Mojo Star

59-2

18/5

T: R HannonJ: K Stott

Held up in last pair, headway out wide tracking leaders over 4f out, challenging when hung left and bumped rival over 2f out, ridden 2f out, wandered and no impression over 1f out, modest 4th final furlong op 11/4

5^th

nse

(8)

Lone Eagle

59-2

15/2

T: R M BeckettJ: L Dettori

Raced wide early, tracked leaders, went 2nd over 10f out, led just over 4f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon outpaced, plugged on again inside final furlong op 17/2tchd 9/1

6^th

(5)

Surrey Mist

49-2

17/2

T: K P De FoyJ: Daniel Muscutt

Raced keenly tracking leader, led after 1f, brought field centre in home straight, headed approaching final 4f, lost 2nd weakened quickly over 2f out, tailed off op 12/1

7^th

1 ¼

(6)

Hurricane Lane

59-2

6/4f

T: C ApplebyJ: W Buick

Tracked leading trio, headway out wide approaching final 4f challenging when bumped over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f, eased op 11/8

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Non-Runners

(7)

Israr¹⁶⁸

Weight: 9-2| Age: 4

T: J & T Gosden J: Jim Crowley

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£21.00Pl:£5.60, £10.90EX:£387.00Trifecta:£2,667.00Tricast:£3,382.20SF:£438.11Swingers:£39.30, £9.00, £13.40

Forecasts

Hurricane Lane (6/4), Mojo Star (18/5), Max Vega (4/1), Israr (6/1), Lone Eagle (15/2), Surrey Mist (17/2), Grand Alliance (18/1), Farhan (40/1)

The returning duo HURRICANE LANE and Mojo Star possess much the best form on offer here and Charlie Appleby's former St Leger hero can again hold sway having got the better of Richard Hannon's smart gelding at Doncaster back in 2021. Israr is likely to take a step forward this season and can fight it out for minor honours along with last year's victor Max Vega.

HURRICANE LANE (IRE)
MOJO STAR (IRE)
ISRAR

Previous Winners

2022

Max Vega

Weight: 9-0 |Age: 5

J: Rob Hornby | T: R M Beckett

9/2

Prize Money

1st: £39,697.002nd: £15,050.003rd: £7,532.004th: £3,752.005th: £1,883.006th: £945.00