17:15 Newbury

Saturday 19 August 2023

All13:5014:2515:0015:3516:0516:4017:15

Benchmark Handicap

Off time: 17:23 | Winning time: 2m 8.98s

1^st

(8)

Greek Order

38-13

9/4f

T: H & R CharltonJ: Oisin Murphy

Steadied start, raced keenly in last pair, headway out wide 2f out, led inside final furlong, soon clear, stayed on well op 85/40 tchd 5/2

2^nd

4 ½

(9)

Maximilian Caesar

39-3

25/1

T: M BottiJ: N Callan

Pulled hard in mid-division, headway out wide tracking leaders halfway, went 2nd inside final 150 yards, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner op 14/1 tchd 12/1

3^rd

1 ¼

(3)

Intricacy

39-3

11/1

T: S & E CrisfordJ: Rossa Ryan

Tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, weakened into 3rd inside final 150 yards op 15/2

4^th

2 ¾

(5)

Cracksking

38-12

6/1

T: J R FanshaweJ: Daniel Muscutt

Held up in mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, plugged on in modest 4th over 1f out op 11/2 tchd 7/1

5^th

1 ¼

(1)

Imperial Emperor

39-11

4/1

T: C ApplebyJ: W Buick

Tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f tchd 9/2

6^th

(2)

Rogue Sea

39-2

17/2

T: Tom CloverJ: David Egan

Led an set steady pace, pushed along and headed 2f out, weakened soon after op 11/1 tchd 12/1

7^th

(6)

Tony Montana

39-6

4/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: K Shoemark

Held up in last pair, headway far side of group over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f op 13/2 tchd 7/1

Also Ran

RTR

(4)

She's Hot

38-9

12/1

T: P & O ColeJ: Mohammed Tabti (5)

Refused to race and took no part op 11/1 tchd 17/2 and 14/1

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Non-Runners

(7)

Bleak³⁶

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: W J Haggas J: Tom Marquand

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.25Pl:£1.40, £3.40, £2.80EX:£47.80Trifecta:£291.00Tricast:£519.78SF:£62.67Swingers:£6.90, £4.20, £17.20

Forecasts

Greek Order (9/4), Imperial Emperor (4/1), Tony Montana (4/1), Cracksking (6/1), Bleak (6/1), Rogue Sea (17/2), Intricacy (11/1), She's Hot (12/1), Maximilian Caesar (25/1)

Some promising sorts in opposition but the vote goes to BLEAK who hasn't looked back since being gelded and can quickly resume winning ways on the back of his excellent York second. Greek Order has been off the track since May but is still feared most off a handy-looking mark, with Cracksking, Rogue Sea and Tony Montana all in the mix too.