Sporting Life - Racing | Result, Ascot 18-06-2009 Britannia Stakes Heritage Handicap (straight)

Thursday June 18 2009

Ascot 16:20 - Result

Britannia Stakes Heritage Handicap (straight)

£100000 added, 3yo only, 1m, Class 2, £62310 penalty, 30 ran

Going: Good to Firm

Surface: Turf

Race Report »

Winning Time: 1m 40.31s

Pos.	Draw	Dist.	Horse	Wt	Jockey	Trainer	Age	SP
1	15		Fareer	8-10	R Hills	E A L Dunlop	3	20/1
		held up behind, headway from 2f out, switched left over 1f out, ran on strongly inside final furlong, led near finish opened 20/1 touched 20/1 £33000-£1000 £10000-£400 Each Way £10000-£500 Each Way £5000-£250 Each Way
2	13	hd	Secret Society	8-8	J P Spencer	M L W Bell	3	20/1
		started slowly, soon in touch stands side, ridden to lead that group over 1f out, disputed lead inside final furlong, caught near finish opened 25/1 touched 25/1 £11000-£500 Each Way
3	30	s.h	Mirrored	8-5 (+2)	M J Kinane	Sir Michael Stoute	3	16/1
		tracked leaders far side, pressed leaders 2f out, disputed lead and every chance inside final furlong, no extra near finish opened 16/1 touched 16/1
4	29	s.h	Espiritu (FR) (ex5)	8-9	G Mosse	J Noseda	3	20/1
		raced far side towards rear, headway over 2f out, led that group well over 1f out, pressed final furlong, headed and lost 2 places close home opened 25/1 touched 25/1 £33000-£1000 Each Way £12500-£500
5	2	1¾	River Captain (IRE)	8-12	E Ahern	S Kirk	3	14/1
		in touch stands side, ridden to challenge and every chance over 1f out, no extra and one pace final furlong opened 14/1 touched 16/1
6	17	1½	Hyades (USA)	8-10	T P Queally	Sir H R A Cecil	3	25/1
		in touch centre group, joined stands side group 5f out, effort 2f out, no extra over 1f out, kept on one pace opened 25/1 touched 25/1
7	8	¾	Emirates Roadshow (USA)	8-4	Ahmed Ajtebi (3)	Saeed bin Suroor	3	16/1
		raced stands side, led, joined 5f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong opened 20/1 touched 20/1 £8000-£500 Each Way (x2) £5000-£300 Each Way
8	3	1	Satwa Laird	8-4	Martin Dwyer	E A L Dunlop	3	25/1
		raced stands side, held up in rear, kept on from 2f out, never nearer opened 25/1 touched 25/1 £6000-£300 Each Way £25000-£1000
9	6	1¼	Brief Encounter (IRE)	8-8	William Buick	A M Balding	3	6/1 f
		tracked leaders stands side, ridden and no impression over 1f out, stayed on same pace opened 13/2 touched 13/2 £5600-£800 Each Way £4200-£600 £10000-£1500 £5000-£750 £10000-£1600 £4500-£750 Each Way £3000-£480 Each Way (x2) £3000-£500 Each Way
10	4	½	Canwinn (IRE)	8-6	S Hitchcott	M R Channon	3	66/1
		behind stands side, no impression on leaders over 1f out, kept on one pace opened 66/1 touched 66/1
11	19	¾	Roman Republic (FR)	8-9	R Ffrench	M Johnston	3	15/2
		held up in rear centre group, joined stands side group 5f out, some headway from 2f out, never nearer opened 8/1 touched 8/1 £30000-£3300 £20000-£2200 £10000-£1100 (x2) £5000-£550 Each Way £5000-£550 £4000-£500 Each Way £4000-£500
12	27	1¼	Tudor Key (IRE)	8-8	Jim Crowley	Mrs A J Perrett	3	100/1
		in touch far side, effort over 2f out, not quicken and one pace from over 1f out opened 100/1 touched 100/1
13	32	¾	Invisible Man	8-3	N Mackay	J H M Gosden	3	25/1
		raced far side, held up, chased leaders 3f out, effort over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened over 1f out opened 25/1 touched 25/1
14	18	1	Shampagne	9-7	Louis Beuzelin (5)	P F I Cole	3	40/1
		held up in rear centre group, under pressure over 2f out, kept on from over 1f out, never dangerous opened 50/1 touched 50/1
15	25	hd	Uniquely Poised (USA)	8-8	R Mullen	J H M Gosden	3	40/1
		raced far side, held up, not troubled leaders over 1f out, never dangerous opened 40/1 touched 50/1
16	22	nk	Big Bay (USA)	8-3	Andrea Atzeni (5)	Jane Chapple-Hyam	3	40/1
		held up in rear far side, kept on final 2f, never near leaders opened 50/1 touched 50/1
17	23	nk	Suruor (IRE)	8-6	S Donohoe	D Simcock	3	33/1
		in touch far side, led that group over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened quickly final furlong opened 33/1 touched 33/1 £25200-£900 Each Way
18	16	s.h	Crackdown (IRE)	9-1	L Dettori	M Johnston	3	16/1
		led centre group, came over to dispute lead with stands side group 5f out, every chance over 2f out, no headway, weakened over 1f out opened 16/1 touched 16/1
19	12	¾	Mutamaashi	8-6	T P O'Shea	W J Haggas	3	16/1
		started slowly, always behind stands side, never a factor opened 16/1 touched 16/1
20	11	½	Mishrif (USA)	9-0	A Munro	P W Chapple-Hyam	3	80/1
		raced stands side, tracked leaders, no headway over 2f out, soon weakened opened 100/1 touched 100/1 £10000-£100 Each Way
21	26	s.h	Desert Creek (IRE)	9-1	R L Moore	Sir Michael Stoute	3	8/1
		raced far side, held up, headway 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, not quicken and weakened over 1f out opened 8/1 touched 8/1 £5000-£550 (x2) £4500-£500 £10000-£1200 £4000-£500 (x2)
22	9	2½	Eastern Empire	8-7	M Hills	J W Hills	3	25/1
		in touch stands side, ridden and weakened over 2f out opened 25/1 touched 25/1
23	24	1¼	Viva Ronaldo (IRE)	8-12	P Mulrennan	R A Fahey	3	80/1
		tracked leaders far side until weakened over 2f out opened 80/1 touched 80/1
24	28	1¼	Deadly Secret (USA)	8-10	P Hanagan	R A Fahey	3	40/1
		led far side group, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened opened 50/1 touched 50/1
25	14	3¼	Magaling (IRE)	8-7	C P Lemaire	L M Cumani	3	25/1
		in touch centre, joined stands side group 5f out, ridden and weakened quickly over 2f out opened 28/1 touched 28/1
26	5	½	Tarzan (IRE)	8-2	F Norton	M Johnston	3	33/1
		prominent stands side, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten and weakened quickly opened 33/1 touched 33/1
27	7	hd	Aurorian (IRE)	8-5 (+1)	S Drowne	R Hannon	3	40/1
		tracked leaders stands side to 4f out, weakened from 3f out opened 40/1 touched 40/1
28	20	11	Rockhampton (IRE)	9-5	J P Murtagh	A P O'Brien	3	14/1
		tracked leaders centre group, ridden and weakened quickly over 3f out opened 16/1 touched 16/1 £80000-£5000 Each Way £8000-£500 Each Way £5000-£300 Each Way
29	21	¾	Tartan Gunna	8-7	J Fanning	M Johnston	3	40/1
		prominent centre, joined stands side group 5f out, soon ridden and weakened 3f out opened 40/1 touched 40/1
30	10	22	Markyg (USA)	8-10	N Callan	K R Burke	3	50/1
		tracked leader stands side, lost touch and behind 3f out, eased final furlong, tailed off opened 40/1 touched 50/1

Tote Win: Ł37.10 Tote Place: Ł7.50,Ł4.30,Ł3.70,Ł7.00
Straight Forecast: Ł400.36 Tricast: Ł7107.06 Exacta: Ł813.50 Trifecta: Ł7983.60
Swingers:1&2:Ł432.20, 2&3:Ł54.90, 1&3:Ł124.20

Jackpot: £95,995.03 carried forward to Ascot, 19th Jun Placepot: £3,521.10 Pool:£447,711.72 92.82 winning tickets Quadpot: £134.20 Pool:£34,234.41 188.73 winning tickets

Analysis: All the action was on the stands side in the big-field handicaps on the straight mile yesterday, but any draw bias was dispelled as middle to high numbers dominated here. The field split into two groups and the winner FAREER, drawn bang in the middle in 15, was brought into the race quietly by Richard Hills. He emerged from the stands side pack in the final furlong and was driven out to edge the far side trio by a neck. Secret Society came from box 13 and edged towards the far side, running a cracker along with Mirrored who came from the outside trap in 30, finding a little trouble-in-running under Mick Kinane. Espiritu was also involved in the photo and he has reacted well to the visor. He looked a tricky customer in earlier races but looks a thorough professional in headgear. River Captain made a bold bid from the front on the stands side but was just found wanting by four better-handicapped horses in the closing stages. Favourite Brief Encounter never looked happy and was shuffled back quickly under William Buick.