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17:30 Newmarket

Close Brothers Handicap (Class 3)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Good to Soft (Soft in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £15,000 added
  • Winner: £9,704
  • 2nd: £2,888
  • 3rd: £1,443
  • 4th: £722
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 30.55s
  • Off Time: 17:30:38
  • 8 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Jam Session (IRE)

12/1

    2
    Silk -

    St Mary's

    6/1

      3
      Silk -

      Stanley

      7/2

        1(1)
        Silk - White, dark blue star, dark blue sleeves, white stars, white cap, dark blue star

        Percy's Word

        21 D
        9/2
        • Form 1/316-20
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-2
        • Official Rating 91

        held up, ridden 2f out, no impression final furlong

        2(6)
        Silk - Pink, White sleeves

        Stanley

        62 BF
        7/2
        • Form 21-2412
        • Age 5
        • Weight 10-0
        • Official Rating 89

        led, joined over 7f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on

        3(4)
        Silk - Black, Gold Cross and stripe on cap

        St Mary's

        29 D
        6/1
        • Form 627552
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-13
        • Official Rating 88

        held up, headway on outer 7f out, effort 2f out, soon every chance, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed final strides

        4(7)
        Silk - Dark blue, maroon striped sleeves

        Its'afreebee (IRE)

        16 t BFD
        10/1
        • Form 722112
        • Age 8
        • Weight 9-11
        • Official Rating 86

        tracked leader, joined leader over 7f out, ridden and edged left 2f out, weakened final furlong

        5(3)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Maroon epaulets, striped sleeves

        Master Archer (IRE)

        28 v D
        9/4
        • Form 222212
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-11
        • Official Rating 86

        tracked leaders, effort over 1f out, edged left and not run on inside final furlong

        6(8)
        Silk - Dark green, grey chevron, mauve sleeves, black armlets and diamond on mauve cap

        Chocolate Box (IRE)

        42 p D
        10/1
        • Form 53-1430
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-10
        • Official Rating 85

        raced wide close up, pushed along 3f out, weakened final furlong

        7(2)
        Silk - White, red star, striped sleeves and cap

        Good Time Ahead (IRE)

        14
        25/1
        • Form 2-35201
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 79

        in rear, ridden 3f out, never on terms

        8(5)
        Silk - Dark Blue, White cross belts, Yellow sleeves and cap

        Jam Session (IRE)

        103 p
        12/1
        • Form 1456/0
        • Age 6
        • Weight 8-12
        • Official Rating 73

        held up towards rear, headway on outer entering final furlong, ridden and stayed on to lead final strides

        Previous results

        2017
        (6)
        Silk -

        Rolling Maul (IRE)

        8/1
        • Age 9
        • Weight 9-5

        2016
        (2)
        Silk -

        St Michel

        4/5
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-13

        2015
        (6)
        Silk -

        The Cashel Man (IRE)

        15/8
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-5

        In depth

        Verdict

        Though Master Archer has finished second in five of his six starts this year, he did win at Chester at the end of June. However, he was beaten by ST MARY’S on worse terms at Nottingham at the end of last year and Andrew Balding’s mare looked to be about to hit form when second at Chester last month. Stanley won over 1m6f at Salisbury in May and was second over 2m at Goodwood a couple of weeks later while Its'afreebee wsn’t suited by dropping back to 1m4f at Doncaster. Good Time Ahead opened his account on Turf at Chester last time but has struggled to get home over this far in the past.

        Formwatch

        Percy's Word 9-1 (8-9) Held up mid-division, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 14th of 16, 22 1/2l behind Stratum (8-12) at Newbury 2m hcp (2) gf in Jul.

        Stanley 5-2fav (9-7) Held up in touch on inside, headway tracking leaders over 3f out, soon not much room and squeezed through, 2nd 2f out, ridden and one pace over 1f out, no chance with winner, 2nd of 9, 5l behind Mancini (9-5) at Goodwood 2m hcp (3) gf in Jun.

        St Mary's 9-2 (9-12) Slow into stride towards rear, headway 4f out, effort when short of room approaching final furlong, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, 2nd of 6, 2l behind Piedita (9-5) at Chester 2m hcp fll (4) gd in Jul.

        Its'afreebee (IRE) 2-1fav (9-13) Chased winner, ridden over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, held final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 4, 1 1/2l behind Be Perfect (9-3) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in Jul.

        Master Archer (IRE) 5-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, strong challenge from over 1f out, stayed on, held towards finish, 2nd of 7, 3/4l behind Northwest Frontier (9-2) at York 2m hcp (3) gf in Jul.

        Chocolate Box (IRE) 28-1 (8-12) Mid-division, outpaced over 3f out, weakened final furlong, 15th of 19, dist behind Cosmelli (9-7) at Newcastle 2m hcp (2) pol in Jun.

        Good Time Ahead (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders in 4th place, not much room over 1f out, kept on to lead towards finish, won at Chester 1m 5f hcp (4) gf in Jul beating Omotesando (8-10) by nk, 9 ran.

        Jam Session (IRE) 14-1 (8-13) Hampered start, always well behind, eased final 3f, last of 13, dist behind Envoy (9-1) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (4) gd in Apr.