Racecards
16:15 Epsom Downs
Churchill Retirement Living Handicap (Class 4)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 1m 2f 17y
- Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £15,000 added
- Winner: £7,731
- 2nd: £3,626
- 3rd: £1,814
- 4th: £906
- Form 26439-5
- Age 6
- Weight 10-4
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer A West
- Jockey Callum Shepherd
bit slowly into stride, held up in last pair, angled out 2f out, good headway over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, led final stride
- Form 3-23727
- Age 4
- Weight 9-13
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer S Woods
- Jockey Oisin Murphy
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
- Form 53-2623
- Age 3
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey Hollie Doyle
tracked leaders on inside, hung left 3f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f
- Form 4113
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer S & E Crisford
- Jockey K Shoemark
led, ridden over 1f out, strongly pressed throughout final furlong, headed final stride
- Form 54-7634
- Age 7
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer S Dixon
- Jockey Elisha Whittington
raced keenly tracking leaders out wide, lost place on downhill run, weakened turning in
- Form 9-35920
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer P Phelan
- Jockey David Egan
always in rear
- Form 512336
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer C Johnston
- Jockey J Fanning
raced keenly tracking leader, disputing lead throughout final furlong, headed final strides
- Form 15-4565
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer D M Simcock
- Jockey D C Costello
NonRunner
- Form 4-13890
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer S C Williams
- Jockey R Kingscote
NonRunner
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
A dual winner on the all-weather, the unexposed OH SO GRAND was upped in trip for her handicap debut and gets another chance in this. Ribal returned a losing favourite for the fourth time in succession when third at Bath and cheekpieces are applied while Light Up Our Stars returns from a break but won off a higher mark here last summer. Flight Of Angels drops back down in trip with a shout and the same comment applies to Zhang Fei.
Formwatch
Satono Japan (JPN) 66-1 (10-1) Held up in mid-division on rail, some late minor headway, never involved, 5th of 9, 5 1/2l behind Intricacy (9-4) at Ascot 1m 2f hcp (4) sft in Jul.
Udaberri (IRE) 17-2 (9-9) Steadied rear, never involved, 7th of 8, 15 1/2l behind Alnilam (9-1) at Sandown 1m 6f hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Ribal 11-8fav (9-4) Prominent, pushed along and led well over 1f out, ridden and hung left to rail 1f out, no extra and headed closing stages, 3rd of 7, 1l behind Elegancia (8-13) at Bath 1m 2f stks (5) gs in Aug.
Oh So Grand 11-10fav (9-10) Tracked leader until pushed along over 2f out, soon hung left and outpaced, ridden and went modest 3rd final furlong, 3rd of 4, 1 3/4l behind Overactive (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Light Up Our Stars (IRE) 11-2 (9-8) Close up, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 4th of 9, 1 3/4l behind Showmedemoney (9-8) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in May.
Giovanni Baglione (IRE) 40-1 (9-0) Slowly away, always in rear, last of 12, 13 1/2l behind D Day Odette (9-7) at Sandown 1m hcp (5) gs in Aug.
Flight Of Angels 18-1 (8-7) Prominent, raced keenly, ridden and wandered 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 13 1/2l behind Mistral Star (8-12) at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp fll (3) gd in Aug.
Zhang Fei (FR) 28-1 (9-6) Raced keenly tracking leaders, went 2nd inside final furlong, ridden to lead inside final 110 yards, headed towards finish, 2nd of 8, nk behind Forge Valley Lad (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Melek Alreeh (USA) 12-1 (9-1) Restrained in rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, made no impression, 5th of 7, 7 3/4l behind Vega Sicilia (9-10) at Goodwood 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in Jun.
God Of Fire (IRE) 22-1 (9-10) Prominent on outer, ridden and lost position over 2f out, soon weakened, 11th of 12, 13 1/4l behind Botas (9-13) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Aug.