02 Sep 2023 15:00 Sandown
Winner: £50,000 (Penalty: £25,575); Distance: 1m 1f 209y; Class: 2; Eligibility: 3YO plus; Going: Good (Good to Soft in places).
Virgin Bet Handicap
| Place | No (Draw) |
Silks | Beaten Distance |
Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
11(10) |
| - |
Dual Identity (IRE) (colt, bay, 8 12) |
3-74500 / 6 |
Flat (29) | Marco Ghiani | W J Knight Kennet Valley Syndicates… |
9/2 | |
| 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 | ||||||||||
2nd |
1(6) |
| 4½ L |
Certain Lad (GB) (colt, bay, 9 12) |
3-73006 / 8 |
Flat (37) | George Bass | J Channon Mr C R Hirst |
22/1 | |
| 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 | ||||||||||
3rd |
7(7) |
| NK |
Stay Well (GB) (colt, bay, 9 4) |
5-83004 / 5 |
Flat (16) | Oisin Murphy | H Morrison Ben & Sir Martyn… |
14/1 | |
| 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 | ||||||||||
4th |
2(14) |
| ¾ L |
Eagle's Way (GB) (colt, chestnut, 9 10) |
1111-27 / 4 |
Flat (32) | S W Kelly | Sir Mark Prescott Tim Bunting - Osborne… |
8/1 | |
| 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 | ||||||||||
5th |
12(5) |
| 4¼ L |
Dashing Roger (GB) (colt, bay, 8 10) |
700-537 / 7 |
Flat (49) | Benoit D L Sayette | W Stone Mr Ron Spore |
40/1 | |
| off the pace towards rear, switched right and plugged on in remote 5th over 1f out | ||||||||||
6th |
3(8) |
| 2¼ L |
Gaassee (IRE) (colt, bay, 9 10) |
30-7044 / 6 |
Flat (36) | Tom Marquand | W J Haggas Sheikh Ahmed Al… |
11/2 | |
| slowly into stride, off the pace towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, never involved | ||||||||||
7th |
8(3) |
| 1½ L |
Great Max (IRE) (colt, bay, 9 3) |
59-4006 / 5 |
Flat (27) | K Stott | M L W Bell AMO Racing Limited |
40/1 | |
| slowly into stride, held up off the pace in rear, some late headway out wide, never involved | ||||||||||
8th |
6(1) |
| 2¼ L |
Andaleep (IRE) (colt, bay, 9 4) |
342140 / 8 |
Flat (21), Jump (1039) |
R Kingscote | D & C Kubler Mr James Finch |
14/1 | |
| off the pace in mid-division on inside, weakened inside final 2f | ||||||||||
9th |
9(12) |
| NS |
Educator (GB) (colt, brown, 9 2) |
0-83237 / 5 |
Flat (8) | R L Moore | W J Haggas J & A Young (Leicester)… |
9/1 | |
| prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened inside final 2f | ||||||||||
10th |
13(9) |
| HD |
Skysail (GB) (colt, chestnut, 8 7) |
10-1527 / 3 |
Flat (30) | T E Whelan | M P Tregoning Whitsbury I |
22/1 | |
| held up off the pace towards rear, ridden out wide 2f out, never involved | ||||||||||
11th |
4(11) |
| 2 L |
Lord Protector (GER) (gelding, bay, 9 9) |
798216 / 6 |
Flat (32) | Rossa Ryan | R M Beckett The Beer Stalkers… |
10/3 | |
| raced keenly, off the pace in 4th, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f | ||||||||||
12th |
5(2) |
| NK |
Groundbreaker (GER) (colt, bay, 9 8) |
4234-48 / 4 |
Flat (86) | Jason Watson | A M Balding Sheikh Mohammed… |
14/1 | |
| slowly into stride, off the pace in last pair, never a factor | ||||||||||
13th |
14(13) |
| 5½ L |
Baltic Voyage (GB) (colt, bay, 8 5) |
44-8419 / 4 |
Flat (30) | J F Egan | R M Beckett Mr P T McGuinness |
12/1 | |
| 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 | ||||||||||
14th |
10(4) |
| 30 L |
Kitsune Power (IRE) (colt, bay, 9 1) |
10-9307 / 5 |
Flat (21) | James Doyle | R Varian Reality Partnerships… |
25/1 | |
| never closer than mid-division on inside, pushed along turning in, soon lost place and in rear tailed off and eased inside final 2f | ||||||||||