15:00 Sandown

Saturday 2 September 2023

All13:5014:2515:0015:3816:1016:4517:20

Virgin Bet Handicap

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 2  |   1m 1f 209y  |   Good (Good to Soft in places)  |   14 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:00  |   Winning time: 2m 9.47s
1st
Horse silk
11
(10)
Dual Identity
58-12
9/2
T: W J KnightJ: Marco Ghiani
Raced wide off the pace in mid-division, good headway out wide over 2f out, led 2f out, 4 lengths ahead over 1f out, stayed on strongly op 4/1 tchd 5/1
2nd
Horse silk
4 ½
1
(6)
Certain Lad
79-12
22/1
T: J ChannonJ: George Bass (3)
Sweating and edgy, prominent early, soon steadied off the pace in mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden in 4th inside final 2f, stayed on into 2nd close home, no chance with winner op 18/1
3rd
Horse silk
nk
7
(7)
Stay Well
59-4
14/1
T: H MorrisonJ: Oisin Murphy
Held up off the pace towards rear, headway out wide 2f out, went 2nd towards finish, no chance with winner and lost 2nd close home op 12/1
4th
Horse silk
¾
2
(14)
Eagle's Way
49-10
8/1
T: Sir Mark PrescottJ: S W Kelly
Pushed along to go prominent out wide, led after 1f until 8f out, chased leader, led again over 2f out until entering final 2f, soon no chance with winner, weakened and lost two places towards finish op 9/1
5th
Horse silk
4 ¼
12
(5)
Dashing Roger
68-10
40/1
T: W StoneJ: Benoit D L Sayette
Off the pace towards rear, switched right and plugged on in remote 5th over 1f out op 25/1
6th
Horse silk
2 ¼
3
(8)
Gaassee
59-10
11/2
T: W J HaggasJ: Tom Marquand
Slowly into stride, off the pace towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, never involved op 5/1 tchd 9/2
7th
Horse silk
1 ½
8
(3)
Great Max
49-3
40/1
T: M L W BellJ: K Stott
Slowly into stride, held up off the pace in rear, some late headway out wide, never involved tchd 33/1
8th
Horse silk
2 ¼
6
(1)
Andaleep
79-4
14/1
T: D & C KublerJ: R Kingscote
Off the pace in mid-division on inside, weakened inside final 2f tchd 16/1
9th
Horse silk
nse
9
(12)
Educator
49-2
9/1
T: W J HaggasJ: R L Moore
Prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened inside final 2f op 8/1
10th
Horse silk
hd
13
(9)
Skysail
38-7
22/1
T: M P TregoningJ: T E Whelan
Held up off the pace towards rear, ridden out wide 2f out, never involved op 25/1 tchd 28/1
11th
Horse silk
2
4
(11)
Lord Protector
59-9
10/3f
T: R M BeckettJ: Rossa Ryan
Raced keenly, off the pace in 4th, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f op 4/1
12th
Horse silk
nk
5
(2)
Groundbreaker
49-8
14/1
T: A M BaldingJ: Jason Watson
Slowly into stride, off the pace in last pair, never a factor op 18/1
13th
Horse silk
5 ½
14
(13)
Baltic Voyage
38-5
12/1
T: R M BeckettJ: J F Egan
Pushed along leaving stalls to soon go prominent out wide, led f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened rapidly, soon behind and eased inside final 2f op 14/1
14th
Horse silk
30
10
(4)
Kitsune Power
49-1
25/1
T: R VarianJ: James Doyle
Never closer than mid-division on inside, pushed along turning in, soon lost place and in rear tailed off and eased inside final 2f tchd 22/1
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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.50Pl:£2.00, £6.60, £4.50EX:£123.80Trifecta:£2,298.20Tricast:£1,301.85SF:£109.71Swingers:£26.60, £15.20, £39.80

Forecasts

Lord Protector (10/3), Dual Identity (9/2), Gaassee (11/2), Eagle's Way (8/1), Educator (9/1), Baltic Voyage (12/1), Stay Well (14/1), Andaleep (14/1), Groundbreaker (14/1), Certain Lad (22/1), Skysail (22/1), Kitsune Power (25/1), Dashing Roger (40/1), Great Max (40/1)

Verdict

A chance is taken on DUAL IDENTITY who was runner-up in this race off a similar mark last year and is probably in better form than his finishing positions at Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood might suggest. Lord Protector has 2 wins and a close second to show for his 3 previous outings over C&D so he's an obvious threat for in-form Ralph Beckett. Gaassee and Eagle's Way, assuming stall 14 isn't too much of an inconvenience, are others to consider.

  1. DUAL IDENTITY (IRE)
  2. LORD PROTECTOR (GER)
  3. GAASSEE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022
Protagonist
Weight: 9-1  |Age: 5
J: Cieren Fallon  |  T: W J Haggas
17/2

Prize Money

1st: £25,575.002nd: £11,995.003rd: £6,000.004th: £2,995.005th: £1,500.006th: £745.007th: £375.00

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