17:00 Newbury

Saturday 23 September 2023

All13:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:00

Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise Handicap (Str)

Off time: 17:03 | Winning time: 1m 45.47s

1^st

(1)

City Of York

38-13

5/1

T: D M SimcockJ: Callum Shepherd

Held up, ridden over 2f out, headway on outside final furlong, ran on to lead final 100 yards, comfortably op 6/1

2^nd

1 ¾

(5)

Metal Merchant

39-11

3/1f

T: J ChannonJ: James Doyle

Mid-division on inside, headway to challenge 2f out, led on inside approaching final furlong, headed final 100 yards, kept on tchd 10/3

3^rd

3 ½

(9)

Lunatick

39-3

4/1

T: H MorrisonJ: Tom Marquand

Held up, ridden behind leaders and short of room approaching final furlong, kept on well when in clear final 100 yards, never on terms op 9/2

4^th

(2)

Baltic Voyage

39-9

7/1

T: R M BeckettJ: H Crouch

Led on outside, ridden and hard pressed 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, plugged on final 100 yards, lost 3rd close home op 15/2 tchd 13/2

5^th

(4)

Welleef

39-6

4/1

T: Owen BurrowsJ: R Kingscote

Mid-division, headway to challenge 2f out, outpaced final furlong and soon no extra op 11/4 tchd 4/1

6^th

(10)

Golspie

39-1

8/1

T: Eve Johnson HoughtonJ: Charles Bishop

Prominent, pushed along and weakened rapidly over 2f out op 13/2

7^th

(7)

Greatest Time

39-6

22/1

T: R HannonJ: S M Levey

In rear, struggling over 2f out, tailed off op 16/1

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Non-Runners

(6)

King's Code¹⁴

Weight: 9-1| Age: 3

T: P D Evans J: Non Runner

(8)

Bodorgan⁴²

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: C Hills J: K Stott

(3)

Mudskipper²²

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: D Menuisier J: Oisin Murphy

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.00Pl:£2.50, £2.00EX:£16.60Trifecta:£63.90Tricast:£59.14SF:£18.62Swingers:£2.40, £3.60, £3.20

Forecasts

Metal Merchant (3/1), Lunatick (4/1), Welleef (4/1), Mudskipper (4/1), City Of York (5/1), King's Code (5/1), Bodorgan (5/1), Baltic Voyage (7/1), Golspie (8/1), Greatest Time (22/1)

A tricky finale to solve but CITY OF YORK is really getting his act together now, so David Simcock's gelding is fancied to complete the hat-trick at the expense of Metal Merchant, who is in better heart- than recent form figures suggest and has been given some respite from the handicapper. Mudskipper and Golspie were 1-2 at Salisbury earlier this month and they can do battle for bronze on this occasion.