Count Ceprano (IRE)
Owner: Mr R G Thurston Trainer: Mrs L Pearce Sex: Colt Age: 20
Form Summary
GoingView detailed formhide detailed form | Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
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Firm (Good to Firm in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
Good | 3 | 1 | ||
Good (Good to Firm in places) | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | |||
Good (Straight, Round Good to Soft) | 1 | |||
Good to Firm | 10 | 2 | ||
Good to Firm (Good in places) | 4 | |||
Good to Firm (Good on the Straight Course ) | 1 | 1 | ||
Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
Heavy | 1 | |||
Polytrack | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Soft | 1 | |||
Soft (Good to Soft in places ) | 1 | |||
Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
Standard | 52 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
Standard (Turf, Good) | 1 | |||
Standard / Slow | 1 | |||
Totals | 96 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
Race History
Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
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19 Nov 2013 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 1f 103y | 6 | Poppy Bond | 9st 2lbs | 8 of 13 | G Lee | 8/1 |
mid-division on inside, driven over 2f out, kept on same pace, never troubled leaders | |||||||||
12 Oct 2013 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 1f 103y | 6 | Cantor | 8st 13lbs | 3 of 13 | Simon Pearce | 28/1 |
mid-division, headway over 1f out, kept on well, never troubled leaders | |||||||||
26 Mar 2013 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 2f | 6 | Salient | 9st 2lbs | of 13 | Simon Pearce | |
22 Mar 2013 | Wolverhampton | Standard / Slow | 1m 1f 103y | 7 | Sofias Number One | 9st 7lbs | 4 of 11 | Simon Pearce | 10/1 |
held up in touch, pushed along and lost place over 4f out, kept on from over 1f out, no impression | |||||||||
08 Mar 2013 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 141y | 7 | Crucis Abbey | 9st 7lbs | 6 of 13 | Simon Pearce | 20/1 |
mid-division, headway when not clear run over 1f out, not able to trouble leaders | |||||||||
18 Feb 2013 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 1f 103y | 6 | Mubtadi | 8st 7lbs | 8 of 13 | Simon Pearce | 20/1 |
in rear, ridden over 1f out, one pace | |||||||||
10 Jan 2013 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 141y | 6 | Jumbo Prado | 8st 11lbs | 5 of 9 | Simon Pearce | 12/1 |
held up in rear, driven and headway on inside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never reached leaders | |||||||||
08 Jan 2013 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 141y | 6 | Kyllachykov | 9st 7lbs | 7 of 13 | Simon Pearce | 14/1 |
held up in last pair, effort on inside over 1f out, never a threat | |||||||||
26 Dec 2012 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 1f 103y | 6 | Royal Sea | 9st | 5 of 13 | Simon Pearce | 8/1 |
held up towards rear, not clear run well over 1f out, ridden and stayed on same pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
04 Dec 2012 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 141y | 6 | Count Ceprano | 8st 11lbs | 1 of 13 | Simon Pearce | 14/1 |
held up, headway over 1f out, driven to lead towards finish | |||||||||
13 Oct 2012 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 1f 103y | 6 | Kathleensluckylad | 9st 3lbs | 7 of 13 | T G McLaughlin | 25/1 |
chased leaders, went 2nd over 2f out until 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
29 Sep 2012 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 1f 103y | 6 | Chasin' Rainbows | 9st 5lbs | 8 of 13 | Simon Pearce | 16/1 |
held up mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, one pace | |||||||||
26 Aug 2012 | Yarmouth | Good to Soft | 1m 2f 21y | 5 | Jawhar | 9st 1lbs | 7 of 8 | Simon Pearce | 33/1 |
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
17 Aug 2012 | Newmarket | Good to Firm | 1m 2f | 5 | Semeen | 9st 9lbs | 9 of 20 | Sophie Silvester | 50/1 |
held up towards rear, ridden 2f out, never nearer | |||||||||
02 Aug 2012 | Epsom Downs | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f 18y | 5 | Standpoint | 9st 6lbs | 12 of 13 | Sophie Silvester | 14/1 |
held up in rear, lost touch final 4f, tailed off | |||||||||
21 Apr 2012 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 1f 103y | 6 | Ishikawa | 9st | 3 of 11 | Simon Pearce | 14/1 |
mid-division, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish | |||||||||
30 Mar 2012 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 2f | 6 | Russian Storm | 9st 4lbs | 4 of 12 | Simon Pearce | 15/2 |
raced wide mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden and stayed on to go a never nearer 4th close home | |||||||||
22 Mar 2012 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 1f 103y | 5 | Strawberrymystique | 8st 8lbs | 2 of 9 | Simon Pearce | 16/1 |
dwelt in touch, ridden over 2f out, headway entering final furlong, kept on to chase winner inside final furlong, no chance | |||||||||
08 Mar 2012 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 1f 103y | 6 | Whodathought | 9st 4lbs | 3 of 13 | Simon Pearce | 8/1 |
held up, headway over 1f out, went 3rd inisde final furlong, stayed on | |||||||||
29 Dec 2011 | Kempton | Standard | 1m 2f | 6 | Trip Switch | 9st 4lbs | 7 of 8 | Simon Pearce | 33/1 |
led early, soon settled 4th on rail, lost place and dropped to last pair over 3f out, keeping on when hampered on inside and switched left over 1f out, no threat after | |||||||||
02 Dec 2011 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 2f | 5 | Choral Festival | 8st 10lbs | 12 of 14 | Simon Pearce | 50/1 |
settled in mid-division, weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
02 Nov 2011 | Nottingham | Soft (Good to Soft in places ) | 1m 2f 50y | 5 | Hidden Glory | 9st 4lbs | 8 of 13 | C Catlin | 28/1 |
in rear, never near leaders | |||||||||
15 Aug 2011 | Windsor | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 2f 7y | 5 | Colinca's Lad | 9st 3lbs | 4 of 9 | Sophie Silvester | 11/1 |
towards rear, dropped to last over 4f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish | |||||||||
05 Aug 2011 | Lingfield | Good to Soft | 1m 2f | 6 | Count Ceprano | 10st | 1 of 9 | Simon Pearce | 10/3 |
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, stayed on strongly to lead well inside final furlong, driven out | |||||||||
28 Jul 2011 | Epsom Downs | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f 18y | 5 | Count Ceprano | 9st 10lbs | 1 of 8 | Simon Pearce | 8/1 |
tracked leading pair, challenged on inside 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden and narrowly headed inside final furlong, rallied gamely to lead again last stride | |||||||||
15 Jul 2011 | Newmarket | Good to Firm | 1m 2f | 5 | Proud Chieftain | 9st 9lbs | of 16 | Simon Pearce | |
11 Jun 2011 | Lingfield | Standard (Turf, Good) | 1m 2f | 5 | Archie Rice | 9st 6lbs | 8 of 9 | Simon Pearce | 16/1 |
held up in mid-division, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
14 Aug 2010 | Doncaster | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f 60y | 5 | Mistoffelees | 9st 1lbs | 7 of 9 | Simon Pearce | 5/1 |
held up in 6th, outpaced and no chance final 2f | |||||||||
28 Jul 2010 | Redcar | Firm (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f | 5 | Count Ceprano | 8st 13lbs | 1 of 9 | Sophie Silvester | 5/2 |
held up towards rear, rider lost irons and well recovered over 5f out, headway over 3f out, led well over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, ran on strongly | |||||||||
19 Jul 2010 | Yarmouth | Good to Firm | 1m 2f 21y | 6 | Count Ceprano | 9st 2lbs | 1 of 8 | Sophie Silvester | 85/40 |
held up towards rear and keen, headway over 2f out, kept on to lead last 100 yards | |||||||||
09 Jul 2010 | Newbury | Good to Firm | 1m 2f 6y | 5 | Count Ceprano | 8st 2lbs | 1 of 12 | Simon Pearce | 14/1 |
held up towards rear, headway on outside from 2f out to lead 1f out, ran on well | |||||||||
23 Jun 2010 | Kempton | Standard | 1m | 6 | Whispering Spirit | 9st | 6 of 14 | Simon Pearce | 15/2 |
held up mid-division, weakened from 3f out | |||||||||
31 May 2010 | Goodwood | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m | 6 | Kilburn | 8st 9lbs | 9 of 16 | Simon Pearce | 9/1 |
held up in touch, under pressure over 2f out, chased leaders approaching final furlong, soon faded | |||||||||
25 May 2010 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m | 6 | Amber Sunset | 9st 1lbs | 4 of 12 | Saleem Golam | 7/1 |
held up in mid-division, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not pace to reach leaders | |||||||||
03 May 2010 | Warwick | Soft | 1m 22y | 6 | Whipma Whopma Gate | 9st 1lbs | 9 of 12 | Simon Pearce | 9/2 |
mid-division, headway under pressure over 1f out, never able to challenge | |||||||||
07 Apr 2010 | Lingfield | Standard | 7f | 6 | Batchworth Blaise | 8st 12lbs | 2 of 14 | Simon Pearce | 8/1 |
raced in final pair, wide into straight 2f out, headway with winner approaching 1f out, ran on | |||||||||
19 Feb 2010 | Lingfield | Standard | 7f | 6 | Ravi River | 9st 8lbs | 4 of 8 | Declan Cannon | 16/1 |
held up and keen, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong | |||||||||
11 Feb 2010 | Kempton | Standard | 7f | 6 | Harting Hill | 9st 3lbs | 8 of 13 | T P Queally | 6/1 |
held up, towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, no impression | |||||||||
06 Feb 2010 | Lingfield | Standard | 7f | 6 | Stanley Goodspeed | 8st 11lbs | 6 of 12 | Declan Cannon | 16/1 |
in rear, ridden and ran on final furlong, not reached leaders | |||||||||
14 Oct 2009 | Wetherby | Good to Firm | 2m 110y | 5 | Manor Park | 11st | 6 of 10 | Dave Crosse | 66/1 |
held up, weakened 3 out | |||||||||
16 Sep 2009 | Yarmouth | Good to Firm | 7f 3y | 6 | Captain Flasheart | 9st 7lbs | 13 of 15 | Simon Pearce | 14/1 |
behind, ridden halfway, never dangerous | |||||||||
27 Aug 2009 | Lingfield | Firm (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f | 6 | Recalcitrant | 9st 6lbs | of 11 | L P Keniry | |
25 Aug 2009 | Southwell | Standard | 1m | 5 | Calahonda | 9st 5lbs | 12 of 14 | Kelly Harrison | 28/1 |
unseated rider on way to start, soon outpaced | |||||||||
09 Aug 2009 | Leicester | Heavy | 1m 60y | 5 | Focail Eile | 9st 9lbs | 7 of 7 | F Sweeney | 12/1 |
held up, ridden and weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
01 Aug 2009 | Thirsk | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1m | 5 | Mozayada | 9st 7lbs | 6 of 13 | Catherine Gannon | 16/1 |
behind, headway under pressure over 1f out, soon no impression | |||||||||
21 Jul 2009 | Yarmouth | Good | 7f 3y | 5 | Tuxedo | 9st 8lbs | 7 of 10 | Hayley Turner | 13/2 |
held up, ridden and no impression over 2f out | |||||||||
11 Jul 2009 | Nottingham | Good to Firm | 1m 75y | 5 | West End Lad | 10st | 7 of 15 | Simon Pearce | 5/1 |
held up behind, headway over 2f out, stayed on | |||||||||
04 Jul 2009 | Nottingham | Good | 1m 75y | 5 | Tanforan | 10st | 3 of 11 | Simon Pearce | 10/1 |
in rear, behind 4f out, still only 9th and plenty to do over 1f out, ran on strongly final furlong gaining towards finish | |||||||||
23 Jun 2009 | Beverley | Good to Firm | 7f 100y | 5 | Summer Dancer | 9st 13lbs | 5 of 10 | Debra England | 8/1 |
strong into stride, in rear, ridden over 1f out, soon not much room, kept on | |||||||||
10 Jun 2009 | Kempton | Standard | 7f | 4 | Silaah | 8st 9lbs | 9 of 14 | L Morris | 25/1 |
mid-division, ridden on inside 2f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
25 May 2009 | Goodwood | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 6f | 4 | Alfresco | 9st | 8 of 11 | L P Keniry | 14/1 |
chased leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
16 May 2009 | Newmarket | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 7f | 4 | Oceana Blue | 9st 1lbs | 13 of 16 | L P Keniry | 25/1 |
always in rear | |||||||||
26 Feb 2009 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 6f | 5 | Bahamian Lad | 9st 4lbs | 6 of 7 | L P Keniry | 11/4 |
held up, ridden over 1f out, no impression | |||||||||
13 Feb 2009 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 7f | 3 | Flowing Cape | 8st 7lbs | 6 of 7 | C Catlin | 9/2 |
held up, headway 5f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened well inside final furlong | |||||||||
07 Feb 2009 | Lingfield | Standard | 7f | 4 | Gallantry | 8st 13lbs | 4 of 5 | T P Queally | 11/4 |
in touch, ridden to chase leader 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
18 Jan 2009 | Kempton | Standard | 6f | 4 | Mogok Ruby | 8st 11lbs | 6 of 8 | Liam Jones | 4/1 |
chased leader, every chance well over 1f out, led 2f out, soon headed and one pace | |||||||||
11 Jan 2009 | Great Leighs | Standard | 6f | 4 | Dvinsky | 8st 11lbs | 2 of 7 | Liam Jones | 14/1 |
chased winner, ridden to challenge over 2f out, hung right approaching final furlong, stayed on well, never reached leader | |||||||||
02 Jan 2009 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 6f | 4 | Princess Valerina | 9st 3lbs | 4 of 6 | Liam Jones | 6/1 |
held up, ridden 1f out, kept on inside final furlong | |||||||||
07 Dec 2008 | Lingfield | Standard | 6f | 4 | The Game | 9st 3lbs | 7 of 11 | L P Keniry | 8/1 |
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, driven over 1f out, no response | |||||||||
17 Oct 2008 | Kempton | Standard | 1m | 6 | Smokey Rye | 9st 6lbs | 10 of 13 | Gabriel Hannon | 6/1 |
in touch, ridden on outside 3f out, weakened inside final 2f | |||||||||
20 Sep 2008 | Newbury | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 2f 6y | 2 | Presvis | 8st 8lbs | 16 of 20 | T Quinn | 66/1 |
always behind | |||||||||
19 Sep 2008 | Newbury | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 2f 6y | 4 | Dar Es Salaam | 9st 8lbs | of 15 | Gabriel Hannon | |
05 Sep 2008 | Kempton | Standard | 1m | 4 | Grand Vizier | 9st 10lbs | 7 of 8 | H Poulton | 10/1 |
always in last pair, no chance from halfway | |||||||||
21 Aug 2008 | Great Leighs | Standard | 1m | 3 | Irish Mayhem | 9st 10lbs | 9 of 15 | David Probert | 10/1 |
always mid-division | |||||||||
06 Aug 2008 | Brighton | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 7f 214y | 4 | Choreography | 9st 9lbs | 4 of 16 | David Probert | 9/2 |
in rear on outside, stayed on strongly from over 1f out, not reached leading pair | |||||||||
02 Aug 2008 | Goodwood | Good to Firm (Good on the Straight Course ) | 1m 1f | 3 | Count Ceprano | 9st | 1 of 11 | David Probert | 7/1 |
close up, travelling well behind leaders 2f out, quickened up well to lead just inside final furlong, soon clear, readily | |||||||||
17 Jul 2008 | Bath | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 5y | 4 | Yamal | 10st | 5 of 16 | Gabriel Hannon | 12/1 |
held up, headway under pressure 2f out, one pace | |||||||||
09 Jul 2008 | Kempton | Standard | 1m | 4 | The Fifth Member | 10st | 4 of 14 | Gabriel Hannon | 16/1 |
held up mid-division, quicken over 1f out, ran on to chase leaders inside final furlong, no extra final 100 yards and lost 3rd near finish | |||||||||
23 Jun 2008 | Lingfield | Standard | 7f | 4 | Chjimes | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 8 | Johnny Murtagh | 2/1 |
held up in rear, ridden, headway approaching 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd close home | |||||||||
20 Jun 2008 | Royal Ascot | Firm (Good to Firm in places) | 7f | 2 | Regal Parade | 7st 13lbs | 15 of 28 | Johnny Murtagh | 50/1 |
held up behind stand's side, ridden 3f out, never troubled leaders final 2f | |||||||||
13 Jun 2008 | Goodwood | Good | 7f | 4 | Manchurian | 9st 7lbs | 5 of 14 | Johnny Murtagh | 6/1 |
mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, effort over 1f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
21 May 2008 | Goodwood | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m | 4 | Orchard Supreme | 8st 13lbs | 2 of 9 | R Smith | 9/1 |
held up in 6th, effort on inside over 1f out, stayed on, not pace of winner final 100 yards | |||||||||
10 May 2008 | Ascot | Good to Firm | 7f | 2 | Zaahid | 7st 13lbs | 6 of 22 | David Probert | 66/1 |
prominent in centre group, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
05 May 2008 | Kempton | Standard | 1m | 3 | Viva Vettori | 8st 8lbs | 7 of 14 | R Smith | 10/1 |
behind, ridden over 2f out, no impression on leaders over 1f out | |||||||||
23 Apr 2008 | Kempton | Standard | 7f | 3 | Al Khaleej | 8st 9lbs | of 8 | R Smith | |
Nonrunner | |||||||||
16 Apr 2008 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 7f 32y | 4 | Count Ceprano | 8st 7lbs | 1 of 9 | R Smith | 7/4 |
held up, headway 3f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on well | |||||||||
29 Mar 2008 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 7f 32y | 5 | Divertimenti | 9st 4lbs | 2 of 8 | Gabriel Hannon | 4/1 |
held up, ridden over 2f out, good headway to take 2nd line | |||||||||
22 Mar 2008 | Kempton | Standard | 7f | 4 | Markab | 8st 4lbs | 2 of 12 | Hayley Turner | 15/2 |
started slowly, held up behind, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, took 2nd near finish, not reach winner | |||||||||
03 Mar 2008 | Lingfield | Standard | 7f | 5 | Desert Dreamer | 8st 13lbs | 2 of 9 | Gabriel Hannon | 9/2 |
held up in last pair, switched inside over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, ran on strongly, just failed | |||||||||
28 Feb 2008 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m | 5 | Mia's Boy | 9st 4lbs | of 5 | Kylie Manser | |
Nonrunner | |||||||||
27 Feb 2008 | Kempton | Standard | 7f | 4 | Super Frank | 8st 5lbs | 3 of 7 | Hayley Turner | 9/1 |
behind, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, no extra and one pace final furlong | |||||||||
18 Feb 2008 | Lingfield | Standard | 7f | 5 | Count Ceprano | 9st | 1 of 8 | G Hannon | 10/1 |
held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, switched left inside final furlong, stayed on to lead near finish | |||||||||
04 Feb 2008 | Lingfield | Standard | 7f | 6 | Ninth House | 9st 5lbs | 5 of 6 | G Hannon | 13/2 |
tracked leader, left in lead over 1f out, soon headed, no extra | |||||||||
25 Jan 2008 | Kempton | Standard | 1m | 6 | Waterline Twenty | 9st 1lbs | 3 of 5 | G Hannon | 9/4 |
tracked leaders, ridden to challenge approaching final furlong, pressed winner and every chance inside final furlong, no extra close home | |||||||||
21 Jan 2008 | Kempton | Standard | 7f | 6 | Waterside | 9st 1lbs | 3 of 7 | Dane O'Neill | 16/1 |
held up 4th, ridden, slightly outpaced 2f out, stayed on to take 3rd inside final furlong, not troubled first 2 | |||||||||
30 Dec 2007 | Lingfield | Standard | 6f | 6 | Benllech | 8st 11lbs | 7 of 12 | G Hannon | 9/1 |
steadied start, held up in rear, kept on from over 1f out, never nearer | |||||||||
28 Jul 2007 | Ascot | Good (Straight, Round Good to Soft) | 6f | 4 | Edge Closer | 9st 2lbs | of 13 | Saleem Golam | 9/1 |
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
14 Jul 2007 | Salisbury | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m | 4 | Hunting Tower | 9st 5lbs | of 11 | A Kirby | 9/1 |
tracked leaders, close up and ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
25 Jun 2007 | Windsor | Soft (Heavy in places) | 1m 67y | 4 | Paceman | 9st 6lbs | of 8 | A Kirby | 9/2 |
held up, headway going well over 2f out, soon driven, no response | |||||||||
03 May 2007 | WOLVERHAMPTON | Polytrack | 1901 | 4 | Kay Gee Be | 9st 4lbs | 3 of 6 | Ted Durcan | |
held up in touch, hung right from over 2f out, ran wide entering straight, kept on towards finish | |||||||||
23 Apr 2007 | WINDSOR | Good to Firm | 1827 | 4 | Eau Good | 9st 4lbs | 4 of 13 | A Kirby | |
behind, ridden over 2f out, stayed on under pressure from over 1f out, wandered left, nearest finish | |||||||||
21 Oct 2006 | LINGFIELD | Polytrack | 1540 | 2 | Market Day | 8st 4lbs | 2 of 13 | S Carson | |
held up, headway 2f out, every chance entering final furlong, ran on | |||||||||
29 Sep 2006 | LINGFIELD | Polytrack | 1320 | 5 | Count Ceprano | 9st 3lbs | 1 of 11 | S Carson | |
chased leaders, switched out over 1f out, led inside final furlong, pushed clear | |||||||||
12 Sep 2006 | LINGFIELD | Polytrack | 1320 | 5 | Miss Jenny | 9st 3lbs | 4 of 12 | Ted Durcan | |
dwelt, switched left and held up in rear, shaken up and green over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, promising |