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15:00 Epsom Downs

Investec Handicap (Class 2)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f 17y
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £25,000 added
  • Winner: £15,562
  • 2nd: £4,660
  • 3rd: £2,330
  • 4th: £1,165
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 5.65s
  • Off Time: 15:04:27
  • 13 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Sky Defender

22/1

    2
    Silk -

    Breath Caught

    11/1

      3
      Silk -

      Tinandali (IRE)

      10/1

        1(10)
        Silk - Dark blue, large white spots, dark blue and white chevrons on sleeves, dark blue and white striped cap

        Certain Lad

        135 D
        14/1
        • Form 421-134
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-10
        • Official Rating 104

        mounted on course, held up towards rear, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, no headway when not much room and switched right over 1f out, soon carried left

        2(9)
        Silk - Dark blue, beige star, dark blue sleeves, beige stars, dark blue cap, beige star

        Tinandali (IRE)

        12 D
        10/1
        • Form 17160-2
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-8
        • Official Rating 102

        mid-division on inside, headway on rail under pressure inside final 2f, went one paced 3rd inside final furlong

        4(15)
        Silk - Red and black stripes, red sleeves

        Caradoc (IRE)

        231 BFD
        9/2
        • Form 141314-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-6
        • Official Rating 100

        steadied and switched left start, held up well in rear, headway on outside final furlong, too late to challenge

        5(16)
        Silk - Grey, brown seams, brown cap

        Sky Defender

        20 D
        22/1
        • Form 121424
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-5
        • Official Rating 99

        led over 1f, tracked leader until over 3f out, went 2nd again inside final 3f, led again approaching final 2f, ridden clear over 1f out, stayed on

        7(8)
        Silk - Royal blue, white hoop, striped sleeves, white cap, royal blue star

        Johnny Drama (IRE)

        15 t D
        6/1
        • Form 06202-0
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-3
        • Official Rating 97

        tracked leaders on outside, went 2nd inside final 4f out until inside final 3f, chased leaders, hung left and weakened final furlong

        8(14)
        Silk - Mauve, black epaulets, black sleeves, mauve stars, black cap, mauve star

        Dolphin Vista (IRE)

        15 D
        66/1
        • Form 418-440
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-1
        • Official Rating 95

        always towards rear, never involved

        9(5)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Royal Blue epaulets and armlets, Pink cap

        You're Hired

        20 D
        6/1
        • Form 22240-1
        • Age 7
        • Weight 8-12
        • Official Rating 92

        tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never enough pace to threaten

        10(3)
        Silk - White, Red hoops, Red cap

        Plantadream

        17
        18/1
        • Form 3-1210
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-12
        • Official Rating 92

        slowly into stride, always towards rear

        11(13)
        Silk - White, Black seams, White sleeves, Black stars, White cap, Black star

        Sucellus

        17 D
        33/1
        • Form 2231-60
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-8
        • Official Rating 88

        held up towards rear, headway and squeezed through over 1f out, soon hung left, never going pace to reach leaders

        12(12)
        Silk - Purple, White stars, White sleeves, Purple stars, Purple cap

        Breath Caught

        22
        11/1
        • Form 43777-4
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-7
        • Official Rating 87

        mid-division, headway on outside over 2f out, chased leaders went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on towards finish, not reach winner

        13(2)
        Silk - Green, pink sash and cap, white sleeves

        Ironclad

        334 BFD
        3/1
        • Form 352114-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-6
        • Official Rating 86

        tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f

        14(11)
        Silk - Brown, light blue seams and armlets, light blue and brown hooped cap

        Mr Scaramanga

        28 CD
        33/1
        • Form 535-434
        • Age 6
        • Weight 8-4
        • Official Rating 84

        raced keenly tracking leader, led over 8f out, ridden and headed approaching final 2f, chased winner who went clear over 1f out, lost 2nd entering final furlong, weakened inside final furlong

        15(6)
        Silk - Red, yellow epaulets, armlets and cap

        Data Protection

        10 t C
        16/1
        • Form 2130-36
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-1
        • Official Rating 81

        held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, outpaced inside final 2f, kept on final furlong, never going pace to threaten

        6(1)
        NR

        Wargrave (IRE)

        17 D
        100/1
        • Form 2027-10
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-5
        • Official Rating 99

        Withdrawn

        3(7)
        NR

        Desert Icon (FR)

        6 p D
        11/4
        • Form 1822-41
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-8
        • Official Rating 96

        NonRunner

        16(4)
        NR

        Sherpa Trail (USA)

        129
        25/1
        • Form 1-10
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-0
        • Official Rating 80

        NonRunner

        Previous results

        2019
        (6)
        Silk -

        Mountain Angel (IRE)

        11/4
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-4

        2018
        (9)
        Silk -

        Ajman King (IRE)

        5/4
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-6

        2017
        (2)
        Silk -

        Not So Sleepy

        10/1
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-8

        In depth

        Verdict

        A mile would have been too short for Sucellus at Ascot and the former Gosden inmate is of interest in this. Certain Lad was running well in Dubai at the start of the year but Newmarket scorer Desert Icon looks vulnerable under a penalty given he seems best in small fields. Data Protection won the consolation Cambridgeshire last season and should be approaching peak fitness after a couple of runs. The return to a longer trip is also in his favour while You're Hired ended a long losing run last month. Tinandali and Johnny Drama could also figure but Caradoc may be too high in the weights. IRONCLAD has been gelded since a beaten favourite at Kempton last August. He’s back over his best trip today on ground that will suit so gets the nod.

        Formwatch

        Certain Lad (8-13) 4th of 6, 13l behind Ghaiyyath (9-5) at Meydan 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Feb.

        Tinandali (IRE) 7-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, led over 1f out, headed towards finish, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Nicholas T (9-3) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in Jun.

        Caradoc (IRE) 6-4fav (9-2) Dwelt headway on outer to track leader 8f out, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 6, 8 1/4l behind Crossed Baton (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f lst stks (1) pol in Nov.

        Sky Defender 7-1 (9-7) Soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 7 1/2l behind Fifth Position (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in Jun.

        Johnny Drama (IRE) 11-1 (9-4) Chased leaders, ridden 3f out, not much room and weakened over 1f out, 11th of 14, 16 1/4l behind Scarlet Dragon (9-2) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp stks (2) gs in Jun.

        Dolphin Vista (IRE) 150-1 (9-5) Steadied start and soon switched right, behind, well beaten over 3f out, tailed off, last of 14, dist behind Scarlet Dragon (9-2) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp stks (2) gs in Jun.

        You're Hired 3-1fav (9-7) Raced centre, tracked leader, overall leader over 3f out, pushed clear over 1f out, eased final furlong, won at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Jun beating Scottish Summit (9-5) by 14l, 9 ran.

        Plantadream 20-1 (9-9) Raced near side, held up, some late headway, never dangerou, 12th of 22, 6 3/4l behind Sir Busker (9-10) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) gd in Jun.

        Sucellus 40-1 (9-4) Raced far side, held up, headway chasing group leaders 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 14th of 22, 10 1/2l behind Sir Busker (9-10) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) gd in Jun.

        Breath Caught 11-2 (9-3) Held up and off the pace, headway and went prominent in chasing group 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace in 4th final furlong, 4th of 9, 5l behind Restorer (9-3) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in Jun.

        Ironclad 5-4fav (9-8) Chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, effort over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 6, 1 3/4l behind Zuba (8-13) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Aug.

        Mr Scaramanga 14-1 (9-7) Led, ridden over 1f out, soon headed and no chance with winner, lost 2 places close home, 4th of 9, 7 3/4l behind Plantadream (9-3) at Lingfield 1m hcp (4) pol in Jun.

        Data Protection 7-1 (9-4) Raced handy, pushed up to challenge 2f out, soon lost her place and weakened final furlong, 6th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Global Spirit (8-13) at Haydock 1m hcp (4) gd in Jun.

        Wargrave (IRE) 66-1 (9-3) Prominent near side rail, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 22nd of 23, 20 1/2l behind Dark Vision (9-1) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) gd in Jun.

        Desert Icon (FR) 11-8fav (9-0) Made all, shaken up entering final furlong, ridden clear, unchallenged, won at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (2) gf in Jun beating Wait Forever (9-2) by 8 1/2l, 5 ran.

        Sherpa Trail (USA) 8-1 (9-10) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon weakened, 10th of 14, 6 3/4l behind Swiss Cheer (9-5) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Feb.