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15:00 Sandown Park

Grand Military Gold Cup (Chase For Military Amateur Jockeys) (Class 3)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 3m 37y
  • Going: Soft (Good to Soft in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £15,000 added
  • Winner: £7,334
  • 2nd: £3,666
  • 3rd: £1,833
  • 4th: £916
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 56.38s
  • Off Time: 15:02:19
  • 6 Ran
1
Silk - Yellow and maroon (quartered), maroon sleeves
  • Form 8115-47
  • Age 10
  • Weight 12-5
  • Official Rating 128

disputed lead, headed 2nd, not fluent 17th, mistake 18th, headway to chase winner 2 out, ridden and switched left and right before last, kept on run-in, switched right close home, held near finish

2
Silk - Dark blue, brown chevrons, dark blue sleeves and cap
7/1
  • Form 96/11P-6
  • Age 10
  • Weight 12-5
  • Official Rating 127

disputed lead, headed 2nd, in rear before 11th, driven before 3 out, soon outpaced by leading group, no impression before last

3
Silk - Dark Green and Light Green diabolo, quartered cap
  • Form 5PF29-6
  • Age 10
  • Weight 12-0
  • Official Rating 127

in touch with leaders, led 3rd, not fluent 7th, headed 9th, briefly led before 12th, in touch with winner when not fluent 2 out, lost position and switched right before last where mistake, weakened run-in

4
Silk - Royal Blue, Pink star, White and Pink hooped sleeves, Royal Blue cap, Pink star

D'jango (FR)

238 t D
12/1
  • Form 1446-3P
  • Age 12
  • Weight 12-0
  • Official Rating 127

keen early, always in rear, awkward 1st, not fluent 3 out, ridden and no impression before 2 out

5
Silk - Dark blue, light blue cross belts, light blue sleeves, dark blue armlets, dark blue and light blue quartered cap
11/1
  • Form 33F4-6P
  • Age 10
  • Weight 12-0
  • Official Rating 107

jumped well, midfield, headway to lead 9th, good jump 2 out, soon ridden, drifted left and kept on well run-in

6
Silk - Orange and yellow (quartered), orange sleeves, yellow stars
  • Form 2/1PP-37
  • Age 9
  • Weight 12-0
  • Official Rating 102

midfield, dropped to rear before 18th, ridden and tailed off before 3 out,

Previous results

In depth

Formwatch

Farceur Du Large (FR) 28-1 (11-1) Jumped left, always well behind, 7th of 11, dist behind Wiseguy (10-8) at Newbury 2m 6f hcp (2) gs in Nov.

Hold That Taught 18-1 (11-4) Towards rear, ran in snatches, closed 5th, lost place before 7th, effort 13th, weakened after 16th, tailed off, 6th of 9, dist behind Henry's Friend (11-12) at Newbury 3m 2f hcp (2) gs in Dec.

Black Gerry (IRE) 16-1 (11-1) In rear, jumped left at times, behind from 7th, tailed off, 6th of 7, dist behind Kotmask (10-13) at Ascot 2m 3f hcp (2) gs in Dec.

D'jango (FR) 18-1 (12-0) Raced wide in touch, ridden and weakened 3 out, tailed off when pulled before up last, at Stratford 3m 4f (2) gd in May.

Fil D'ariane (FR) 28-1 (11-12) Led, dived 7th, headed before 9th, soon lost position, tailed off before 3 out where pulled up, at Taunton 2m 6f (5) sft in Jan.

Steady The Ship (IRE) 10-1 (12-0) A bhnd; t.o, 7th of 13, dist behind I'm Spellbound (12-0) at Chaddesley Corbett 3m sft in Dec.