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16:25 Haydock Park

Truly Independent 15th Year Gallop Handicap (GBBPlus Race) (Class 4)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 6f
  • Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £12,000 added
  • Winner: £6,281
  • 2nd: £2,947
  • 3rd: £1,472
  • 4th: £737
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 8.91s
  • Off Time: 16:25:21
  • 8 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Beauld As Brass

18/1

    2
    Silk -

    Curran (IRE)

    4/1

      3
      Silk -

      Pique'

      4/1

        1(2)
        Silk - Red, White sash, Royal Blue cap

        Russian Crescendo

        82 BF
        4/1
        • Form 411-7
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-9
        • Official Rating 84

        chased leader until pushed along over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

        2(3)
        Silk - Dark green, dark green and beige diabolo on sleeves

        Beauld As Brass

        41
        18/1
        • Form 111130
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-8
        • Official Rating 83

        slowly away, held up in rear, going well when not much room over 2f out, headway over 1f out, led narrowly inside final furlong, stayed on

        3(6)
        Silk - Beige, Royal Blue sleeves and cap

        Pique'

        56 h D
        4/1
        • Form 2221-40
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-8
        • Official Rating 83

        chased leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, 3rd and held towards finish

        4(8)
        Silk - Gold and green halved, white sash, blue cap

        In The Breeze (IRE)

        195 C
        20/1
        • Form 31311/9
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 82

        held up in rear, took keen hold, some headway on outside 2f out, no impression

        5(1)
        Silk - Dark blue, emerald green star, light blue sleeves and cap

        Melakaz (IRE)

        525 D
        20/1
        • Form 51410/4-
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 79

        awkward start, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out

        6(5)
        Silk - White, black epaulets, maroon and white diabolo on sleeves, black and maroon quartered cap

        Knights Affair

        16 D
        5/1
        • Form 214155-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-3
        • Official Rating 78

        not much room start, held up rear of mid-division, closed 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened

        7(7)
        Silk - Royal blue, yellow star, armlets and stars on cap

        Paggane

        19
        7/2
        • Form 231/3
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-0
        • Official Rating 75

        slowly into stride, held up in mid-division, not much room over 2f out, soon pushed along, headway over 1f out, went 4th final furlong, lacked pace to get involved

        8(4)
        Silk - Royal blue, yellow braces, sleeves and cap

        Curran (IRE)

        6 D
        4/1
        • Form 391136
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-12
        • Official Rating 73

        edged right start, led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, just held close home

        Previous results

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        • Weight 9-3

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        In depth

        Formwatch

        Russian Crescendo 3-1fav (9-10) Raced wide early, in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out, 7th of 8, 20 1/4l behind Crystal Flyer (10-2) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp fll (3) pol in Apr.

        Beauld As Brass 50-1 (8-7) Very slowly away and lost many lengths, detached in rear, joined main group over 7f out, ridden 3f out, soon weakened, 12th of 14, dist behind Small Fry (8-6) at Epsom 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Jun.

        Pique' 20-1 (9-11) Midfield, driven over 2f out, faded entering final furlong, last of 10, 7 1/4l behind Santorini Star (10-1) at Goodwood 1m 4f hcp fll (3) gd in May.

        In The Breeze (IRE) 66-1 (9-8) Switched left start, held up in rear, never involved, last of 9, 13 1/4l behind Glen Buck (9-7) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (3) pol in Jan.

        Melakaz (IRE) 10-1 (9-12) Soon led and set steady fractions, edged right and headed over 2f out, edged right and weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 7 1/2l behind Artisan Dancer (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (4) pol in Feb.

        Knights Affair 9-4 (11-8) Close up, mistake 3 out and lost position, soon pushed along, kept on and rallied when ridden run-in, no impression on winner, 2nd of 4, 3 1/2l behind Intosomethinggood (11-4) at Worcester 2m (4) gd in Jul.

        Paggane 14-1 (10-2) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong, 3rd of 9, 5 1/2l behind Simply Ruby (8-8) at Ffos Las 1m 4f hcp fll (5) sft in Jun.

        Curran (IRE) 11-2 (9-2) Led, ridden 3f out, headed final furlong, soon no extra, 6th of 10, 13 1/2l behind Terrorise (9-0) at York 2m hcp (4) gf in Jul.