15:00 Newbury

Saturday 20 May 2023

All13:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:4517:18

BetVictor London Gold Cup Heritage Handicap

Off time: 15:02 | Winning time: 2m 9.47s

1^st

(10)

Bertinelli

39-5

9/2

T: A P O'BrienJ: R L Moore

Held up in mid-division, headway out wide tracking leaders over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, led inside final 100 yards, stayed on op 11/2

2^nd

(14)

Bold Act

39-9

10/1

T: C ApplebyJ: W Buick

Hel up towards rear, pushed along 3f out, ridden and no response over 1f out, finally picked up and strong run inside final furlong, going on close home, not reach winner op 11/1

3^rd

(16)

Exoplanet

39-3

5/1

T: R VarianJ: J Mitchell

Steadied and switched left start, held up off the pace towards rear, headway out widest 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, finished well, not reach leaders op 11/2

4^th

(2)

Have Secret

38-9

10/1

T: R A FaheyJ: Andrea Atzeni

Raced keenly tracking leaders on inside, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed and no extra inside final 100 yards op 14/1

5^th

(5)

Forca Timao

38-12

33/1

T: R HannonJ: K Stott

Chased leaders, ridden and unable to quicken when hung left over 1f out, stayed on same pace and no impression in 5th towards finish

6^th

(1)

Old Smoke

38-2

18/1

T: R A FaheyJ: George Rooke

Tracked leaders on inside, hung left and every chance entering final furlong, no extra final 100 yards op 16/1

7^th

(13)

Mr Mistoffelees

38-12

33/1

T: H MorrisonJ: Rossa Ryan

Held up in mid-division , ridden out wide and outpaced inside final 2f, rallied and stayed on again inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders op 28/1

8^th

(3)

Desert Hero

39-0

4/1f

T: W J HaggasJ: Tom Marquand

Sweating,raced keenly, led and set steady pace, quickened 2f out, ridden and strongly pressed over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened final 110 yards

9^th

(9)

Loyal Touch

38-10

14/1

T: C JohnstonJ: L Dettori

Chased leader, ridden to challenge edging left over 1f out, weakened final 110 yards op 12/1 tchd 16/1

10^th

(15)

Raintown

38-2

50/1

T: J S MooreJ: Georgia Dobie (3)

Held up off the pace in last pair, some late minor headway, never dangerous op 33/1

11^th

(12)

Royal Rhyme

39-1

6/1

T: K R BurkeJ: C Lee

Unseated rider loading, tracked leaders out wide, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, weakened final furlong op 11/2

12^th

(4)

Lieber Power

38-12

15/2

T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy

Wore hood to post, slowly into stride, held up towards rear, never on terms tchd 7/1 and tchd 8/1

13^th

(6)

Cool Party

38-4

18/1

T: C JohnstonJ: F Norton

Never closer than mid-division op 16/1

14^th

nse

(8)

Ithaca's Arrow

38-2

50/1

T: D J S Ffrench DavisJ: Rose Dawes (5)

Started very slowly, raced keenly towards rear, headway on inside over 2f out, ridden 2f out, weakened soon after op 66/1

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Non-Runners

(11)

Pjanoo²⁵⁴

Weight: 8-2| Age: 3

T: R Spencer J: Hollie Doyle

(7)

Silver Sword³²

Weight: 8-2| Age: 3

T: Dylan Cunha J: Greg Cheyne

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.50Pl:£1.80, £4.05, £2.40EX:£36.30Trifecta:£250.50Tricast:£241.51SF:£50.67Swingers:£9.05, £8.10, £16.75

Forecasts

Desert Hero (4/1), Bertinelli (9/2), Exoplanet (5/1), Royal Rhyme (6/1), Lieber Power (15/2), Bold Act (10/1), Have Secret (10/1), Loyal Touch (14/1), Silver Sword (14/1), Old Smoke (18/1), Cool Party (18/1), Pjanoo (20/1), Forca Timao (33/1), Mr Mistoffelees (33/1), Raintown (50/1), Ithaca's Arrow (50/1)

Nearly always one of the strongest 3-y-o handicaps of the season. DESERT HERO is in the Derby and gets the vote to take his record to 3-4 on his reappearance. Irish-raider Bertinelli is another low-mileage colt with plenty of potential and heads the dangers along with easy Newmarket handicap winner Royal Rhyme. The other Sheikh Mohammed Obaid runner Exoplanet chased home Lingfield Derby Trial winner Military Order on his C&D return and can also figure if stall 16 isn't too troublesome.

DESERT HERO
BERTINELLI (USA)
ROYAL RHYME (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022

Israr

Weight: 9-5 |Age: 3

J: Jim Crowley | T: J & T Gosden

3/1

Prize Money

1st: £51,540.002nd: £24,170.003rd: £12,090.004th: £6,040.005th: £3,020.006th: £1,510.00