13:50 York

Friday 25 August 2023

All13:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:4517:15

Sky Bet Handicap (Heritage Handicap)

Off time: 13:51 | Winning time: 2m 30.04s

1^st

(7)

Marhaba The Champ

49-8

8/1

T: K A RyanJ: R L Moore

Held up off the pace in last pair, headway when not clearest of runs and switched left 2f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well op 15/2

2^nd

1 ½

(1)

Bague D'or

59-5

9/1

T: J FergusonJ: Daniel Muscutt

Held up in mid-division inside, headway towards inside over 2f out, stayed on between horses inside final furlong, went 2nd final 100 yards, no chance with winner tchd 17/2

3^rd

(4)

Legendary Day

59-1

33/1

T: A KeatleyJ: Oisin Murphy

Mid-division, headway out wide chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken inside final 2f, stayed on into 3rd final 100 yards, no chance with winner

4^th

(2)

Mr Curiosity

69-9

25/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: D Allan

Close 3rd on inside, went 2nd over 4f out ridden and lost 2nd inside final furlong, weakened final 100 yards tchd 22/1

5^th

nse

(5)

Paradias

49-12

11/1

T: A KingJ: Rossa Ryan

Raced keenly, led, pushed into clear lead 2f out, ridden over 1f out, reduced lead soon after, headed inside final furlong, weakened and lost two places final 100 yards, dropped to 5th post op 9/1

6^th

1 ¼

(3)

Intinso

38-12

9/2

T: J & T GosdenJ: Hollie Doyle

Tracked leaders in 5th, pushed along in 4th over 3f out, ridden and weakened final furlong op 5/1

7^th

(8)

Educator

49-9

12/1

T: W J HaggasJ: Tom Marquand

Held up towards rear, some headway out wide over 1f out, weakened final furlong

8^th

(11)

Dark Moon Rising

49-3

11/1

T: K A RyanJ: T Eaves

Held up off the pace in last pair, good headway far rail over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 10/1 tchd 12/1

9^th

1 ½

(6)

Ravenscraig Castle

59-1

28/1

T: I JardineJ: Jason Hart

Slowly into stride, off the pace towards rear, never involved tchd 25/1

10^th

(9)

Balance Play

39-3

3/1f

T: R M BeckettJ: H Crouch

Towards rear, lost place and in last pair halfway, not clear run and switched left 2f out, soon ridden and never dangerous

11^th

(14)

Toshizou

59-6

28/1

T: R Fell & S MurrayJ: Jonny Peate (3)

Raced wide early, off the pace and always towards rear

12^th

3 ½

(10)

Wootton'sun

49-12

5/1

T: R A FaheyJ: P Hanagan

Raced out wide, never closer than mid-division op 11/2 tchd 6/1

13^th

5 ½

(13)

Capital Theory

49-3

50/1

T: C JohnstonJ: Andrea Atzeni

Chased leaders out wide, pushed along over 4f out, ridden and weakened quickly over 2f out op 40/1

14^th

(15)

Savvy Knight

49-8

33/1

T: S WoodsJ: D Tudhope

Raced wide early, tracked leader until over 4f out, chased leaders, weakened rapidly entering final 2f, soon behind

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Non-Runners

(12)

Zanndabad²

Weight: 9-11| Age: 4

T: A J Martin J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.00Pl:£3.55, £3.45, £10.85EX:£123.10Trifecta:£3,809.60Tricast:£2,284.62SF:£74.90Swingers:£20.60, £54.35, £65.85

Forecasts

Balance Play (3/1), Intinso (9/2), Wootton'sun (5/1), Marhaba The Champ (8/1), Bague D'or (9/1), Paradias (11/1), Dark Moon Rising (11/1), Educator (12/1), Zanndabad (14/1), Mr Curiosity (25/1), Ravenscraig Castle (28/1), Toshizou (28/1), Legendary Day (33/1), Savvy Knight (33/1), Capital Theory (50/1)

A cracking handicap to open the day and it may be worth chancing BAGUE D'OR on his return from 13 months off. He's transferred to a good yard in that time and his runner-up effort in a deep race at Goodwood from this mark confirms he's well treated if returning at that level. Balance Play and Intinso are 3-y-os taking on their elders for the first time and are a couple of potential threats.

BAGUE D'OR (IRE)
BALANCE PLAY (IRE)
INTINSO

Previous Winners

2022

Farhan

Weight: 9-0 |Age: 4

J: N Callan | T: J Butler

20/1

Prize Money

1st: £61,848.002nd: £29,004.003rd: £14,508.004th: £7,248.005th: £3,624.006th: £1,812.00